We had another full house of enthusiastic attendees: thanks for everyone for your excellent participation. For this year`s event, we travelled the globe, sampling malts from Scotland, England, Japan, and Canada! The distilling world is experiencing real growth, and we are the beneficiaries.
UPDATE: January 2019 - Our next shipment of Taffel and Jubileum will be arriving at the store in the next week or two. If you have pre-ordered yours to guarantee it's availability, we will be calling you to confirm and process your credit card. If you want to order, please contact Grant ASAP. 780 483-1083 or grant@aligrawineandspirits.com. Write AKVAVIT in the Subject line.
Aligra Wine and Spirits has been proud to be the exclusive vendor for Aalborg Spirits in Alberta for 6 years. We’ve worked hard with the Danish community and Aalborg distilleries to bring this unique selection of spirits to the province. Right now, we supply Aalborg Taffel, Jubilæum, and Gammeldansk which will all be here in a few weeks. We are excited to be exploring other products, as well. Thank you for your continued support!
Another excellent evening. We sampled gins from around the world, including one from our own back yard in Nisku!
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Head over to West Edmonton Mall for great whisky selections. Aligra Wine & Spirits has some real gems for holiday giving!
Both the Robert Keenan Wines and the Blair Athol Single Cask Scotch will be in store November 16th 2017. If you have reserved your bottles, Grant will be contacting you. If you haven't, better act fast!
We had a sold out crowd out to taste Bourbons paired with various cookies last week! It was a fun and engaged group of participants. After sampling through all 8 of the Bourbons, the Top 3 favourites were:
1 Evan Williams Single Barrel paired with Whippets and Shortbread,
2 Cyrus Noble Small Batch paired with anything chocolate,
3 Eagle Rare Single Barrel paired with chocolate chip cookies and shortbread.
As with everything in life, it's all a matter of taste! Please drop in and if you aren't sure which one to choose, we have some open for tasters to help you decide!
July 1 2017 is our official 10th anniversary of opening Aligra Wine & Spirits! Grant and I can't believe where the time's gone! So many amazing things have happened. Enjoy these reflections of some of the amusing highlights that have gone on over the years.
It's a BIG summer deal! Not only is Canada Celebrating 150 Years as a country, Aligra Wine & Spirits is celebrating 10 years as a local, independently owned and operated Edmonton business! We are proud to be achieving this milestone and want to share the fun and celebrating with you, our customers.
Tired of the run of the mill Margarita? Kick it up a notch with this zesty recipe! Courtesy of Food & Wine Magazine
Tasted some great rums! If you missed it check out the notes. If you would like to come to one of our tasting events, be sure to sign up here on the website Events page! See you next time!