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Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
 
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Inside the daughter-dad distillery turning Louisiana sugar cane into rum

By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor​ ​ ​

Good morning and welcome back to another edition of Acadiana Business Today. Let's get cracking with the headlines. 

You Ragin' Cajun fans might remember Natalie Noel, who played basketball at UL. She and her father, Frank, have established a rum distillery, one of only a handful of rum distilleries in the state, in Donaldsonville.

“We live in one of the largest sugar cane producing areas of the world. Why are we not making more rum?” said 68-year-old Frank "Chip" Noel.

Frank made his own still, and Natalie and the rest of the family incorporated the business and gave him the paperwork as a Christmas present. That was six years ago, and this year Noel Distillery opened for business.

Read the full story here.

Have a great day and see you tomorrow. 

 
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