Tabasco Factory- Avery Island, Louisiana

After leaving New Orleans, we drove a bit out of our way to visit the Tabasco Factory on Avery Island.

I have to say that I am a huge fan of Tabasco.  I have bought other hot sauces before, but there is no reason to.  Tabasco has the perfect amount of heat and flavor.

We got to Avery Island about 10 minutes until 9 to visit the factory, as the place opened at 9.  There is an entry area for the island, and we were told that we needed to wait until 9 to actually go in to Avery Island.  Its a dollar to go to Avery Island.

After waiting we went back and were permitted to enter.  It is a bit of an awkward process to be honest.

The factory tour was actually pretty brief and simple.  Compared to some of the other factory tours we have done this one was a bit basic.  But thats OK, we had fun!


Still, if you are expecting an over the top, 90 minute tour (I am thinking about some of the extensive bourbon tours we take here in Kentucky) you will be disappointed.

You go in and watch a couple of short films about the company, what products they make, how the peppers are picked, etc.  You are able to look in to the bottling process at the factory, and that is pretty cool.  There are a couple of small museum display type rooms.  They do give you some small sample bottles of Tabasco sauce.

The entire thing takes maybe half an hour.  But you can walk around the place and explore the gift shop.  We probably spent an hour in the gift shop!

You can also sample all of the various sauces and other products they make!  There is Tabasco cola and ice cream!