Bayou Terrebonne Distillers is a marsh roots company founded on the belief that honest joy is distilled from hard work and earned victories, both big and small. Our purpose is to preserve an illicit family tradition as well as the unique beauty and culture of the Bayou Region.
The BTD story begins on the bank of Bayou Terrebonne during Prohibition. Our great grandmother Lillie, our town's first Mardi Gras queen and a moonshiner, lit a fire under a small copper pot still, igniting a family tradition. The legend goes that the Revenuers turned a blind eye to Lily's operation because her moonshine was “too damn good.” Nearly a century later, her defiant spirit lives on in our whiskey, which is distilled on the very same bayou.
Headquartered in Historic Downtown Houma, LA on Main Street, Bayou Terrebonne Distillers is Louisiana’s southernmost distillery. True to the Boot, our Certified Louisiana spirits are mashed with grains from the Pelican State and twice distilled with locally built copper pot stills. Our motto is the old Cajun credo of perseverance “Lache Pas La Patate.”
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