Canada’s Premium
Handcrafted Artisanal Spirits
SPIRITS OF INVENTION
Alberta’s first independent craft distillery, Eau Claire stands for product and taste. We believe in Alberta farmers and work to show our respect for their best-in-the-world agricultural grain production through premium, made-at-home Canadian artisanal spirits.
Our philosophy is simple. We oversee every aspect of our product development – from farm to glass.
Our Distiller, Larry Kerwin, looks for specific grain qualities that will translate into premium distilled products. In some cases, we will commission a farmer to produce a specific varietal to meet our requirements. In our distillery, we use directly sourced natural ingredients to ensure the best flavours are inherent in every product. Our custom manufactured, German made distilling equipment is the best in the world, giving us the ability to carefully manage the most minute flavour detail to precision.
Unlike commercial distilleries, whose huge capacity and need for economics, creates uniformity in product, we are proud of the individual batch characteristics of each product. Like fine wines, using premium grains reflects the climate, soil, and weather characteristics of the grain we use – small batch by small batch. That’s why we mark each bottle with the batch we produce.
We handcraft each batch. We bottle by hand.
Another craft distilling hallmark is creativity. While many of our core brands follow traditional distilling recipes, each is personally refined and we are planning to offer special batches and seasonal products in a range of innovative tastes.
