MciIhenny's Gold Quotes

“To satisfy McIlhenny Co.’s need for a steady supply of casks, E.A. signed a deal with Jack Daniels, the Lynchburg, Tennesseee–based whiskey distiller whose roots date back to 1866, a year before Tabasco sauce debuted. Under the agreement, still in existence today, McIlhenny Co. has bought tens of thousands of Jack Daniels’s used barrels, which arrive at Avery Island smelling of hard liquor and charred from years of storing sour mash whiskey.”
― Jeffrey Rothfeder, McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire

“The use of the term Dixie as a nickname for the South was inspired by the popularity throughout the United States of the Louisiana “Dix”, or $10 banknote, issued by New Orleans firms.”
― Jeffrey Rothfeder, McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire