It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

It’s been more than a decade since microbreweries and craft distilleries began to emerge across the country, and locally too. In the years since, their number and popularity have continued to grow. In 2010, there were 1,800 microbreweries in the US. Today, there are nearly 9,000. Craft distilleries, meanwhile, are growing at an annual rate of more than 11% and number nearly 2,300 – including some right here in Baton Rouge. Olivia Stewart is Chief Operating Officer of Three Roll Distillery, a craft distillery located in downtown Baton Rouge that specializes in a variety of rums made from sugar cane that is sourced and grown right across the river at Olivia’s family plantation in West Baton Rouge Parish. Olivia’s family has owned and operated Alma Plantation since 1859. Her childhood on the farm instilled a passion for all things sugarcane, and eventually rum. When the pandemic hit, Olivia moved back home to operate the family’s distillery. The company was previously was called Can