WELCOME TO
BACKROADS SPIRITS CO.
PROUDLY THE HOME OF
'UNDENIABLY SMOOTH' ALIBI VODKA
SASKATCHEWAN'S BEST SELLING CRAFT VODKA & THE WORLD'S BEST PURE NEUTRAL VODKA
AND NOW INTRODUCING
CROOKED WATER HARD ICED TEA!
INTRODUCING
CROOKED WATER
HARD ICED TEA
CRAFTED WITH THE WORLD'S BEST 'UNDENIABLY SMOOTH' ALIBI VODKA!
Backroads Spirits Co. is proud and happy to introduce to you our new Ready-to-Drink beverage Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea! Made with Zero Sugar, 110 Calories per can and Made With Real Tea, Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea is proudly 'Crafted With The World's Best' and Saskatchewan's Best Selling Craft Vodka 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka. Available in 12 pack and 6 pack formats, Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea made with Zero Sugar, 110 Calories, Real Tea and 'Crafted With The World's Best' Pure Neutral Vodka 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka will be your new favourite drink!
The brand Crooked Water originally began as a select "in-house" vodka brand that we had made specially for sale only at our micro-distillery in Wakaw since beginning Backroads Spirits Co. If you have been lucky enough to purchase a bottle while visiting our shop you will have seen that Crooked Water is in reference to our nearby Wakaw Lake, to which the name of our town "Wakaw" (also a palindrome) is Cree for the word "crooked" again in reference to our town's nearby lake. We are happy and proud to now reintroduce Crooked Water in it's new Ready to Drink format as Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea featuring Zero Sugar, 110 Calories, Made with Real Tea and 'Crafted With The World's Best' 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka.
We will be releasing Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea throughout the province slowly as we begin to build up stock to supply different locations. Stay tuned to our social media and website to find out when Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea will be available in a retail liquor store near you! Alternatively, you can ask your nearest retail liquor location to bring in Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea by reaching out to Backroads Spirits Co. If you are a fan of 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka you will be sure to enjoy Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea made with Zero Sugar, 11o Calories per can and 'Crafted With The World's Best' Pure Neutral Vodka and Saskatchewan's Best Selling Craft Vodka 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka!
'Undeniably Smooth'
ALIBI VODKA
is SOLD OUT for 2026!
*You can only purchase what stock is remaining on store shelves.
SASKATCHEWAN'S BEST SELLING CRAFT VODKA 2 YEARS IN A ROW!
We have some very big and very important news to share with everyone! We have once again reached a milestone that was beyond anything we imagined only a few short years ago when starting our distillery, however, something that will again temporarily affect the sale of Alibi Vodka moving forward. We at Backroads Spirits have once again reached the annual production limit that SLGA has set for Saskatchewan Craft Alcohol Producers. Thus once again our family has decided to stop the sale of Alibi Vodka immediately to avoid crossing the threshold and into the new category and to remain what SLGA considers a Saskatchewan Craft Alcohol Producer.
So what does this all mean? Simply put, unfortunately we will no longer be able to sell Alibi Vodka for the remainder of the calendar year of 2025 and you will only be able to purchase whatever stock stores have remaining. Going forward we will be able to resume sale of Alibi Vodka again beginning early in 2026.
We would like to thank each and every one of you our valued customers, retailers and your staff for purchasing and supporting Alibi Vodka over the years to allow us to reach this milestone. We can't thank you enough! We greatly appreciate you supporting our small business dreams and can't wait to provide Alibi Vodka to you again next year.
Thank you again and see you back on shelves in 2026!
PROUDLY AWARDED
WORLD'S BEST
PURE NEUTRAL VODKA
at the 2023 World Vodka Awards
Our very own Alibi Vodka from Backroads Spirits Co. has done the unimaginable by winning the World’s Best Pure Neutral Vodka at the 2023 World Vodka Awards based in the United Kingdom. Having started three years ago, this award came as a surprise to our family-owned and operated micro-distillery!
The World Vodka Awards are the global awards responsible for selecting the best vodkas from around the world. The awarding process takes place with a panel of esteemed international judges, ranging from industry experts, leading journalists, specialist drinks retailers and other distillers, conducting a blind taste test in a series of rounds. Firstly, gold medals and the best vodka are selected from each country before all the winners from around the world then being tasted against one another to select the World’s Best Vodka. The Saskatchewan-made Alibi Vodka was awarded World’s Best Pure Neutral Vodka and Canada’s Best Pure Neutral Vodka competing against vodkas and distilleries from around the world. The judges from the competition described Alibi Vodka as, “Clean and smooth with a bit of citrus and other fruity notes. Bright and fresh, staying cool on the palate.”
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WAKAW'S OWN
Backroads Spirits Co.
Set in the heart of Wakaw, Saskatchewan, approximately 45 minutes northeast of Saskatoon and 30 minutes south of Prince Albert, Backroads Spirits Co. is the first micro-distillery in the area. The name "Wakaw" comes from the Cree language meaning "crooked," in reference to the nearby Wakaw Lake that stretches nearly 20 kilometers and houses hundreds of cabins inhabited year-round. Backroads Spirits Co. is located on 1st Street south in Wakaw in the original Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) retail liquor store building that was used from 1980 to 2018.
OUR BRANDS
We are proud to have under our Backroads Spirits Co. company The World's Best Pure Neutral Vodka and Saskatchewan's Best Selling Craft Vodka 'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka and coming soon From The Makers of Alibi Vodka, something cool, new, and exciting that we can't wait to launch and share with you!
Undeniably Smooth.
Saskatchewan's Best Selling
Craft Vodka.
The World's Best
Pure Neutral Vodka.
100% FAMILY
A Full Family Operation
Like many other businesses in Saskatchewan, Backroads Spirits Co. is pleased to be a full-family operation. Owners Ray and Sandi and their two sons Chase and Cruz, are proud to now not only call one another family but co-workers as well.
Having called the town of Wakaw, Saskatchewan home for nearly 30 years we are excited to continue to call the community and its surrounding towns and residents, family as well. As everyone knows Saskatchewan is one giant family, so from our Sasky family to yours, "cheers" as we look forward to you trying our products.
A NEW ERA OF DISTILLING
Integrating Modern Technology With
a Timeless Tradition
Distilling is a proud tradition with a rich history that has been around for hundreds of years. When creating Backroads Spirits Co. we envisioned a micro-distillery where modern technology is embraced, but the tradition and heritage of distilling is not forgotten. With the use of our ultra-modern distilling equipment, we are capable of producing any type of spirit imaginable all within one still, rather than the use of multiple stills like in other distilleries. Our high-tech still through the use of intelligent artificial automation also allows us to produce top-tier products with higher consistency. This advanced technology and design also allow for our processes to be more efficient offering the capability to be up to 90% more energy efficient than traditional stills. This piece of modern distilling equipment is an extension of our vision where modern technology is integrated with a timeless tradition. Oh, and did we mention our still can even connect to our smartphones!
SK
Proudly
Calling
Saskatchewan
Home.
BACKROADS SPIRITS
A Name Fit For Our Province
With Saskatchewan having a total of over 250,000 kilometers of roads, the most out of any province in Canada, we chose a name that uniquely represents our entire province. And as the residents of Saskatchewan know quite well, those 250,000 kilometers of roads are more than just open highways. It is the miles and miles of gravel and dirt backroads that help define and provide the backbone for our province. Stretching from the far north to the far south, east to west, all across our province backroads are used daily as an important method of getting from place to place. Whether you take a backroad every day or once a year, backroads are an important part of our province's DNA, with the road less traveled always seeming to be the most memorable one.
#TakeTheRoadLessTravelled
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