Old Alker Distillery can be traced back six generations in New Orleans, the cradle of civilized drinking. The Alker family arrived in 1848 and soon after opened Bobet Barrel and Stave on Tchoupitoulas Street right off the Mississippi docks and started making American Oak Barrels. These Barrels had many uses, but the spirits industry was one of the main customers. Not long after opening, Bobet became the United State’s largest Barrel and Stave producer. From the start, through the Great Depression, Prohibition, and other challenges, the family laid the foundation for the Old Alker Distillery. Our hand-crafted family recipes are produced in small batches in copper pot stills and aged in the same type of barrels as our ancestors did. Try one today and taste a little of New Orleans’s history.

Location of Barrel and Stave Yard
Barrel and Stave Yard
8304 Oak Street