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Farm to Glass

By David W. Brown

When we think of liquor, we oftentimes think of something made far away, with ingredients grown in places we’ve never heard of by people we’ve never met. But Louisiana is an agricultural state, whose crops feed mouths around the world. From those crops, local distillers have found ways to make some of the best spirits on Earth. And in our hearts and in our glasses, who has better spirit than someone on the Gulf Coast?

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