Oh, the smell... it's marvelous! Imagine walking into a huge room where floor-to-ceiling wooden racking stands stocked chock a block full of whisky barrels turned on their side. It's truly a thing of beauty.
Did you know that the home of Canadian whisky is right here in the Bonnybrook Industrial Area in SE Calgary? No kidding.Alberta Distillers Ltd was founded in 1946 with the goal of making great whisky at a great price for ranch hands. The best grains and the best water in the world can
be found right here in Alberta.
The craftsmen at Alberta Distillersfigured out how to use these locally sourced, high quality ingredients to create 100% rye whisky. You'll recognize some of the award winning Alberta Distiller brands -- likely you grew up with them. There's the ‘OG’
Alberta Premium and Alberta Springs as their whisky brands and they now also have Banff Ice, Alberta Pure and Summit Vodka as their vodka brands.
If you have ever driven down Ogden Road on the west side of Deerfoot, you've passed Alberta Distillers Limited. We discovered 'The Distillery of the Decade' (as per the 2020 Canadian Whisky Awards) recently when Sherry Kelly sent us an email looking for information on wall murals. Sherry is the EA to George Teichroeb, the Plant General Manager. Together, they
were seeking to create a wall mural for George's office that would showcase their craft and celebrate their 75 years of operations. And that's when our whisky education began!
We were fortunate enough to tour their facility and to experience their whisky warehouse. We took dozens of photos and worked with George and Sherry to carefully select the best one. We wanted the photo to be so realistic you could almost smell the whisky when you looked at it. We scaled the photo to fit the wall dimensions -- almost 16 feet wide by 9ft high. Our work of art was printed in multiple different panels on special premium wall vinyl. We protected the vinyl with an overlaminate. Then, over the course of an afternoon, each panel was carefully installed on the wall.
The best part of the whole experience was when George and Sherry saw their new masterpiece for the first time. And decided it was good.... very very good. I caught that moment on camera and I'm happy to share with you all!
You can learn more about Alberta Distillers on their website at www.albertadistillers.com and if you are a vodka or whisky drinker, well then I encourage you to pick up a bottle of Alberta Distillers home grown, award winning collection!
And, of course, if you are in the market for a work of artwall mural, we'd be happy to help! Check out our website to learn more about visual communication solutions to help you build your business.
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