Eat a Crawfish Boilįor me Lake Charles will always be the place where I learned to peel a crawfish. Their rum is still made in a traditional copper pot and the ingredients all come from inside the state – the sugar cane as close as New Iberia, just up the I-49 Highway.” – Touring the Bayou Rum Distillery. Now there are a few more machines involved in the process, but the story here is all in the local Louisiana method, process and ingredients. The huge picture decorating the wall reminds workers and visitors of how the sugar cane used to be collected, by boat and waterway.

“The 24-foot high, 36,000-square foot distillery smelt incredible – thanks to all that Louisiana sugar cane boiling away. If you want to know more about visiting one of the top attractions in Lake Charles, the Bayou Rum Distillery, then I have a whole blog post on it. You can even join a bottling party here, and get a certificate too. I went along to see some of the rum in production, from Louisiana sugar cane and molasses into the tasty rum that’s now very popular around all of Louisiana. The Bayou Rum Distillery has won the Louey Award for the tourism attraction of the year from the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association. So that can come in as number one on our list of the best things to do in Lake Charles…ĭisclaimer – I had travelled to the USA independently but was visiting Lake Charles on a press trip. ‘Satsuma’ is a particular favourite – a tangy powerful flavour that would be a good digestif, or delicious served over ice cream. It only started up in 2011 and it’s already won too many awards to mention since, worldwide, just to emphasise how great their blends are. And I haven’t even mentioned the Bayou Rum Distillery yet. This industrial city in between Houston and New Orleans is the perfect stop off on a Deep South road trip. Do y’all know anywhere in the world where you can go from drive-thru daiquiris to a crawfish boil to spotting 27 crocodiles in 30 minutes, and then onto gambling away $15 of your life savings at a huge casino? Things to do in Lake Charles, Louisiana

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