Eau Claire Distillery

Top choice in Southern Alberta


Award-winning Eau Claire Distillery is the province's first craft distillery, using Alberta grain and custom-crafted German stills. Having taken over the town's original movie theater and built on the site of the neighboring brothel, this cool place pours tastings of gin, vodka and single-malt whiskey. The award-winning Parlour Gin is unmissable, well worth the detour.

If you can't decide which cocktail suits you, try the flight of 'Seven Deadly Gins.'


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