Editing Canadian whisky (section)

===Alberta===
[[File:Black Velvet Canadian Whisky.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A bottle of [[Black Velvet (whisky)|Black Velvet]] is a whisky produced at Black Velvet Distillery in [[Lethbridge]]]]
There are several distilleries based in Alberta, including the Alberta Distillers, established in 1946 in [[Calgary]], Alberta. The distillery was purchased in 1987 by [[Fortune Brands (1969–2011)|Fortune Brands]] which became Beam Suntory in 2011 and [[Suntory Global Spirits]] in 2024. The distillery uses a specific strain of yeast which they developed that specializes in fermenting rye. While the distillery exports much of its whisky for bottling in other countries, they also produce the brands [[Alberta Premium]], Alberta Springs, Windsor Canadian, Tangle Ridge, and Canadian Club Chairman's Select.<ref>De Kergommeaux, p193–202.</ref>

Black Velvet Distillery (formerly the Palliser Distillery)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://whiskymag.com/story?canadas-golden-age|title=Canada's golden age|last=Phillips|first=Blair|date=June 2019|work=Whisky Magazine|access-date=November 30, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116152100/https://whiskymag.com/story?canadas-golden-age|url-status=dead}}</ref> was established in 1973 in [[Lethbridge, Alberta]], and has been owned by [[Heaven Hill]] since 2019. It produces the [[Black Velvet (whisky)|Black Velvet]] brand, mostly shipped in bulk for bottling in America, with some bottled onsite for Canadians. It also makes Danfield's and the Schenley's Golden Wedding and OFC labels.<ref>De Kergommeaux, p203–212.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/new-owners-see-strong-future-for-lethbridge-whisky-distillery-1.4671780 |title=New owners see strong future for Lethbridge whisky distillery|last=Vogt|first=Terry|date=November 5, 2019|work=CTV News|access-date=November 30, 2019}}</ref>

Highwood Distillery (formerly the Sunnyvale Distillery) was established in 1974 in [[High River, Alberta]], the Highwood Distillery specializes in using wheat in their base whiskies. This distillery also produces vodka, rum, gin and liqueurs. Brands of Canadian whisky produced at the Highwood Distillery include Centennial, Century, Ninety, and Potter's. They also produce White Owl whisky which is [[Activated carbon|charcoal-filtered]] to remove the colouring introduced by aging in wood barrels.<ref>De Kergommeaux, p248–256.</ref>