A Commitment to locally Sourced Ingredients

From the inception of building and running a craft distillery our main focus has been to produce premium products using local ingredients. That sounds simple enough but the reality can be somewhat different. Luckily for us, our main ingredients, Alberta water and barley, are among the best in the world. This allows us to have a very stable platform to build our spirits off of and when run through our Canadian-made distilling equipment (handmade in Victoria, BC) produces a spirit that we can proudly place our name on. For us quality is our number one priority and if we feel a spirit is not up to the highest standards we will not bottle it.

Having said this, some items will always have to be sourced out of country (for example there are no citrus trees in Canada which is a botanical in our gin), but our focus is to try to source all of our ingredients within a 100KM radius of the distillery.

Another goal of our distillery is to be as sustainable as possible. For example, all of our spent grain is given to local ranchers to supplement their livestock feed. This makes our waste from mashing-in almost zero. We also collect all of the water used for cooling our rectification tower and condenser when distilling and reuse that for mashing and cleaning. This cuts our waste water almost in half. All of our heating for production is gas through a boiler and all lighting is LED. Solar power for our electrical needs is next on the list.

Having high standards can make work more difficult and time consuming, but in the end we believe it produces a superior product and more enjoyable experience while having less of an impact on the environment.

Cheers!

Two Rivers Distillery

A Respect to Tradition

A Dedication to Excellence

Our story begins in 1915 when two brothers James and Alexander Freeland heeded the call to arms from their King and enlisted in the Canadian Corps of the British Expeditionary Forces. They were sent to Europe after completing their training joined the men on the front lines in northern France shortly after.

Both men went "over the top" in the early morning hours of April 9th at the onset of the Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9, 1917- April 12, 1917). This pivotal engagement in the Nivelle Offensive is seen by most historians as the birth of the Nation of Canada. James, my Grandfather, made it through the battle unscathed physicially, but Great Uncle Alexander didn't. 10,602 Canadians were wounded during the battle including 3,598 killed of which my Great Uncle Alexander was one.

We at Two Rivers honour their and all other WWI soldier's memories by creating our hand craft spirits with the hard work, dedication to excellence and respect of tradition set in place by that generation.

Mark Freeland, Founder, Two Rivers Distillery.