List of breweries in Louisiana

Stained glass panel with the silhouette of a man on a rearing horse and lettering for "Jackson Brewing Co."
Stained glass panel from the Jackson Brewing Co., New Orleans

Breweries in Louisiana produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.

In 2014, Louisiana's 37 breweries and brewpubs, and 66 distributors, and hundreds of retailers employed more than 15,000 people directly, and more than 10,000 others in related industries.[1] Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Louisiana's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Louisiana's breweries and related industries was more than $380 million.[1] Consumer purchases of Louisiana's brewery products generated more than $150 million in additional tax revenue.[1] In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Louisiana ranked 36th (out of 51 including the Washington, D.C.) in the number of craft breweries per capita with 15.[2]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[3] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[4]

History

The first manufacturing establishment in the city of New Orleans was a brewery built by Pierre Dreux called La Brassiere in January 1723. In 1852 Louis and Samuel Fasnacht purchased some property on Poeyfarre St and started Fasnacht Brewery. They sold the brewery in 1865 to Erath and Company Brewery . New Orleans Brewing Co.(1890) was founded out of a six brewery merger at the site of Louisiana Brewing Co.(1885) located at Jackson Ave. & Tchoupitoulas St., brands included: Eagle Beer, Double Eagle Ale, and 4-X Beer. Jax Brewery opened in 1891 on Decatur St., Columbia Brewing (1894) on Elysian Fields, National Brewing Co., Dixie Beer (1907), Union Brewing Co. (1912) on N.Robertson, Regal made at American Brewing Co. on Bienville St., and Falstaff (1936). The next chapter of Brewing in Louisiana began in 1986 with the opening of Abita Brewing Co. In recent years other craft breweries have opened and the brewing culture is developing.

Breweries

Closed breweries

  • 40 Arpent Brewing Company[29][30] – Arabi, taproom, opened in 2014, closed in 2017.
  • Jackson Brewery – New Orleans, opened in 1891, closed in 1974; the brewery building now contains shops and restaurants

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Beer Industry Economic Impact in Louisiana" (PDF). Beer Institute. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "State Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2014". Brewers Association. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Brewers Association. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Beer Serves America". Beer Institute. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Marsiglia, Matt (March 2, 2017). "Two Much Needed Breweries to Finally Arrive in the Marigny & Bywater Neighborhoods". NOLA Brew Bus. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (April 6, 2016). "Broken Wheel Brewery Opens in Marksville, Louisiana". Gambit. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ponseti, Valerie (December 3, 2015). "Cajun Brewing, Lafayette's First Microbrewery, Open for Business", KATC. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ McKnight, Laura (April 23, 2014). "Chafunkta Brewing to Release Its First Bottled Beer", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Dec 23 2015) "Chappapeela Farms Brewery debuts beers Dec. 31", 'Gambit'
  10. ↑ McKnight, Laura (January 20, 2015). "5 Things to Know about Courtyard Brewery, New Orleans' First Nano-Brewery", The Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Apr 19 2016) "Brewsday Tuesday: New Louisiana breweries open", 'Gambit'
  12. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (September 17, 2014). "Crescent City Brewhouse Is Now Serving 'Beertails'", New Orleans Eater. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ Bivens, Erica (September 1, 2016). "Food Truck 'Invasion' at Crying Eagle Brewing Was Huge Success", KPLC. Lake Charles. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ Breslow, Peter (June 3, 2006). "Couple Vows to Get Beer Flowing Again in 'Dixie'", NPR. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  15. ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Apr 27 2015) "Flying Heart Brewing opens in Bossier City making it Louisiana’s 15th brewery", 'Gambit'
  16. ↑ McKnight, Laura (April 24, 2014). "Hammond-Based Gnarly Barley to Debut Its Brews with a Series of Events", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  17. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (April 18, 2017). "Brewsday Tuesday: Louisiana Purchase Brewing Opens in Ponchatoula". Gambit. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 McGunnigle, Nora (June 28, 2016). "20 Great Breweries Within Driving Distance of New Orleans", New Orleans Eater. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ Price, Todd A. (August 27, 2013). "Old Rail Brings Brewing to Mandeville", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  20. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (July 5, 2016). "Brewsday Tuesday: Updates on Breweries in Monroe, Louisiana", Gambit Weekly. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  21. ↑ Matisse, Nathan (April 23, 2015). "Parish Brewing Ghost in the Machine Double IPA Review", Paste magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  22. ↑ Price, Todd A. (May 12, 2017). "Port Orleans Bewery and Stokehold Restaurant Now Open on Tchoupitoulas Street". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  23. ↑ Price, Todd A. (May 9, 2017). "Beer Begat the Menu at New Stokehold Restaurant". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  24. ↑ Tiana Kennell (Apr 04 2016) "Red River Brewing taproom grand opening", 'Shreveport Times'
  25. ↑ McNulty, Ian (May 24, 2017). "Royal Brewery Debuts, Expanding the City's Local Beer Revival to New Orleans East". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  26. ↑ Boone, Timothy (April 11, 2016). "Microbrewery Southern Craft to Debut First 2 Beers", Associated Press via Biz New Orleans. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  27. ↑ Braud, Gabrielle (May 28, 2015). "How Tin Roof Brewing Co. Evolved from a Colorado Dream to a Baton Rouge Reality", Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  28. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (November 29, 2016). "Brewsday Tuesday: Wayward Owl Opens Tasting Room". Gambit. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  29. ↑ Rickard, Mary (August 13, 2014). "40 Arpent Brewing Part of Parish Revival of Historic Town", The Advocate. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  30. ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (October 4, 2016). "Brewsday Tuesday: 40 Arpent Brewing opens its taproom and other news". Gambit. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  • Louisiana Brewery Trail
  • Labadie, Jeremy and Wolf-Knapp, Argyle "New Orleans Beer: A Hoppy History of Big Easy Brewing" published 2014
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