List of breweries in Louisiana
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
- 40 Arpent Brewing Company[5] – Arabi, taproom,[6] opened in 2014
- Abita Brewing Company – brewery and taproom in Covington, brewpub in Abita Springs, founded in 1986
- Bayou Teche Brewery – Arnaudville, taproom, opened in 2010
- Broken Wheel Brewery[7] – Marksville, brewery and taproom, opened in 2015
- Cajun Brewing[8] – Lafayette, opened in 2015
- Chafunkta Brewing Company[9] – Mandeville, founded in 2011
- Chappapeela Farms Brewery[10] – Amite City, brewery and brewpub, opened in 2015
- Courtyard Brewery[11] – New Orleans, tap room, opened in 2015
- Covington Brewhouse – Covington, taproom, founded as Heiner Brau Brewery in 2005, renamed Covington Brewhouse in 2012
- CottonPort Brewing[12] - Sterlington in Ouachita Parish, brewery and taproom, opened in 2016
- Crescent City Brewhouse[13] – New Orleans, brewpub, opened in 1991
- Crying Eagle Brewing Company[14] – Lake Charles, opened in 2016
- Dixie Brewing Company – New Orleans; founded in 1907; the brewery was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005; since then the beer has been contract brewed at other locations[15]
- Flying Heart Brewing[16] - Bossier City, brewery and taproom, opened in 2015
- Gnarly Barley Brewing Company[17] – Hammond, opened in 2014
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Company – a national chain with several dozen brewpubs, including one in New Orleans
- Great Raft Brewing – Shreveport, taproom, opened in 2013
- Mudbug Brewery[18] – Thibodaux, taproom, opened in 2014
- New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company (NOLA) – New Orleans, taproom, opened in 2009
- Old Rail Brewing Company[19] – Mandeville, brewpub, opened in 2013
- Ouachita Brewing Company[20] – West Monroe, opened in 2015
- Parish Brewing Company[21] – Broussard, taproom, opened in 2008
- Red River Brewing[22] – Shreveport, brewery and taproom, opened in 2013
- Second Line Brewing[18] – New Orleans, taproom, opened in 2014
- Southern Craft Brewing Company[23] – Baton Rouge, taproom, opened in 2016
- Tin Roof Brewing Company[24] – Baton Rouge, taproom, opened in 2010
- Urban South Brewery[18] – New Orleans, taproom, opened in 2016
Closed breweries
- Jackson Brewery – New Orleans, opened in 1891, closed in 1974; the brewery building now contains shops and restaurants
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Beer Industry Economic Impact in Louisiana" (PDF). Beer Institute. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "State Craft Beer Sales & Production Statistics, 2014". Brewers Association. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Brewers Association Announces 2013 Craft Brewer Growth". Brewers Association. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Beer Serves America". Beer Institute. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ Rickard, Mary (August 13, 2014). "40 Arpent Brewing Part of Parish Revival of Historic Town", The Advocate. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Oct 10 2016) "Beer buzz: 40 Arpent Brewing opens taproom in Arabi", 'Gambit'
- ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Apr 06 2015) "Broken Wheel Brewery opens in Marksville, Louisiana", 'Gambit'
- ↑ Ponseti, Valerie (December 3, 2015). "Cajun Brewing, Lafayette's First Microbrewery, Open for Business", KATC. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ McKnight, Laura (April 23, 2014). "Chafunkta Brewing to Release Its First Bottled Beer", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Dec 23 2015) "Chappapeela Farms Brewery debuts beers Dec. 31", 'Gambit'
- ↑ McKnight, Laura (January 20, 2015). "5 Things to Know about Courtyard Brewery, New Orleans' First Nano-Brewery", The Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Apr 19 2016) "Brewsday Tuesday: New Louisiana breweries open", 'Gambit'
- ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (September 17, 2014). "Crescent City Brewhouse Is Now Serving 'Beertails'", New Orleans Eater. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ Bivens, Erica (September 1, 2016). "Food Truck 'Invasion' at Crying Eagle Brewing Was Huge Success", KPLC. Lake Charles. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ↑ Breslow, Peter (June 3, 2006). "Couple Vows to Get Beer Flowing Again in 'Dixie'", NPR. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ Nora McGunnigle (Apr 27 2015) "Flying Heart Brewing opens in Bossier City making it Louisiana’s 15th brewery", 'Gambit'
- ↑ McKnight, Laura (April 24, 2014). "Hammond-Based Gnarly Barley to Debut Its Brews with a Series of Events", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- 1 2 3 McGunnigle, Nora (June 28, 2016). "20 Great Breweries Within Driving Distance of New Orleans", New Orleans Eater. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ Price, Todd A. (August 27, 2013). "Old Rail Brings Brewing to Mandeville", Times-Picayune. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ McGunnigle, Nora (July 5, 2016). "Brewsday Tuesday: Updates on Breweries in Monroe, Louisiana", Gambit Weekly. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ↑ Matisse, Nathan (April 23, 2015). "Parish Brewing Ghost in the Machine Double IPA Review", Paste magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Tiana Kennell (Apr 04 2016) "Red River Brewing taproom grand opening", 'Shreveport Times'
- ↑ Boone, Timothy (April 11, 2016). "Microbrewery Southern Craft to Debut First 2 Beers", Associated Press via Biz New Orleans. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ 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.