The Highwood Distillery in High River recently won big at a whisky competition.
The distillery took home some impressive medals at the 2024 Canadian Whisky Awards held in Victoria, British Columbia, the third week in January.
President Michael Nychyk couldn't be happier that their 'Sweet Sippin' Cream' Canadian Maple Whisky took the gold medal.
"We started with 'Sweet Sippin' Maple Whisky', and then a couple of years later introduced a cream variant, and it's caught on very well and we're super happy to be recognized. It was absolutely fantastic to receive that gold medal at this year's awards."
They also picked up a bronze for their 'Centennial Whisky' amongst other silver and bronze awards.
One thing of note that's especially significant is in light of today's announcement of the 25% tariffs on U.S. imports, is that Highwood Distillery is 100% Alberta made and are only distributed in Canada.
"Super proud to be Albertan. We've been in this location since we started in 1974. Right now, we're not exporting anything into the U.S. and that takes us back to 2013. At that time, we focused back on the Canadian market, so we withdrew all our activities out of the United States."
All the water, wheat and other ingredients to make their spirits are all locally sourced.