One Rum and One Beer

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 Cane
Land Rum and has since changed its name to Three Roll Estate. The
name refers to a three-roll mill, a type of sugar mill that has
been used in sugar production for more than a century. Today,
Three Roll distills an array of rums from their own fields and
mills. It's a completely unique supply chain the company refers
to as "Cane to Glass."


The alcohol production business is, as you might expect, a
predominantly male-dominated industry. So it's particularly
significant that we're shaking things up here in Baton Rouge.


Cammy Magee is Chief Operating Officer of Tin Roof Brewing, a
craft brewery also located in downtown Baton Rouge.  


Cammy’s husband, William Magee, cofounded Tin Roof in 2010 and in
the years since it has grown into Baton Rouge’s largest craft
brewery with local distribution at restaruants and grocery stores
and a popular tap room.


Tin Roof  produces a variety of beers, some year round, some
seasonal, including such perennial favorites as Orange Jubilee,
King Cake, and Parade Ground.


Lately, the brewery has begun shifting its focus to a
taproom-centric format that specializes in niche beers and
flavors.


Cammy officially joined the Tin Roof team in 2017, though she had
been involved from the beginning, pitching in with whatever
needed help and handling marketing and social media. Today she
oversees all the day to day operations from label design to
production, scheduling and shipping to payroll.


Cammy is originally from Lafayette and has a business degree from
the University of Louisiana. 


Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the
Boulevard. You can find photos from this show by Erik
Otts at itsbatonrouge.la.  And check out when Three
Roll was called Caneland Distillery and we sat down with Walter
Tharp.


 


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