Local Cocktails

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Black Diamond Distillery Earl Grey Mule, St. Albert

You could buy a bottle of Black Diamond’s Earl Grey Vodka, mix it with ginger beer and lime juice to make an Early Grey Mule but they’ve done it all for us, adding their housemade ginger-pepper syrup and fresh lime to the vodka, and we now can buy it in cans. It’s gingery and peppery with a burst of citrus – we could drink a lot of this so get out your copper mugs and enjoy! Raspberry Lemonade Vodka Soda checked all the boxes for us too… CSPC +837291 355 mL $16

Skunkworks Skunk n Lime Cocktail Mix, Calgary

A popular cocktail from the Skunkworks tasting room, their easy mix cocktails bring the experience home. With bright, moonshine spirit notes and a tart, almost sour lime flavour, it shows its best over ice and with either a little soda or ginger ale (even think about margaritas!). Several flavours such as Moon Tea or the Dark Side (of the Moon) are also available, but the Skunk n Lime might be a real summer go-to. CSPC +844504 200 mL $18

Eau Claire Distillery Whisky Sassafras, Turner Valley

The brand new addition to Eau Claire’s craft cocktail line up, the Whisky Sassafras uses their newest whisky, Rupert’s Exceptional Canadian Whisky, as a base. Quite a bit drier than their other cocktails, the sassafras evokes a mild root beer flavour, but is very smooth, and very refreshing too with a softer whisky expression. CSPC +845845 4-pack 355 mL $15

This group represents just a fraction of Alberta’s Asian food community.