Backroads Spirits Co.
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Wakaw, Saskatchewan · Wix shop · backroadsspirits.ca
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Backroads Spirits Co. distills Alibi Vodka from homegrown Saskatchewan grain in Wakaw, multiple times and charcoal filtered, and uses it in its Crooked Water Hard Iced Tea.
Backroads Spirits Co.'s Alibi Vodka is a Canadian spirit under HTS 2208.60.20, which carried a 50% US duty from August 22, 2026 and, since September 29, 2026, can no longer be imported into the United States at all.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 29, 2026
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Made in Canada
The family runs its own micro-distillery in Wakaw's old liquor store building, where "we are capable of producing any type of spirit imaginable all within one still."
On the tariff list
- HTS 2208.60.20 · Vodka, in containers each holding not over 4 liters, valued over $2.05/liter · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The distillery sells "'Undeniably Smooth' Alibi Vodka", a bottled craft vodka "distilled multiple times before being put through a lengthy Charcoal Filtration process", which is vodka in containers under 4 litres valued over $2.05 a litre, HTS 2208.60.20.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- backroadsspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Wakaw, SK S0K 4P0
- backroadsspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Backroads Spirits Co. is the first micro-distillery in the area.
- backroadsspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
we are capable of producing any type of spirit imaginable all within one still
- backroadsspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
is produced using the finest homegrown grains from some of the world's richest soils right here in Wakaw, Saskatchewan
- backroadsspirits.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
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.
- whitehouse.gov · accessed 2026-09-29
2208.60.20
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