ABITA SPRINGS, La (press release) – Abita Brewing Company, is kicking the holiday season off with a larger than life Keg Tree in their Brewery Beer Garden.
There’s a lot brewing in Louisiana today. On this week’s show, meet the innovators, the brewers, and the mixologists who are making that magic happen. We begin with the newest – Wetlands Sake. That favorite drink of Japan is now being made right here in our state using Louisiana rice. Founders Nan Wallis and Lindsey Beard give us a tour of the first sake brewery in the Bayou State.Then we meet PJ Coffee’s founder, Phyllis Jordan, who brewed up a revolution when she first began serving cold brewed iced coffee in New Orleans in the 1980s.We also hear from David Blossman, president of the Abita Brewing Company, the first craft brewery in our state.Finally, we speak with Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery and author of The Craft Beer Revolution, where he explores the history of craft beers and what it means to be a craft brewer.
Locally Brewed: The Breweries Large, Medium, & Pint-Sized
Exploring the craft breweries that make up the fast growing beer scene in Southeast Louisiana
Locally Brewed: The Breweries Large, Medium, & Pint-Sized By Rob Krieger | May 18, 2021 at 9:17 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 9:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The breweries in Southeast Louisiana are beginning to pour over, from large-scale production facilities to the more pint-sized shops, itâs a bustling scene of brews.
But a little more than 15 years ago, nearly all the breweries on the scene today didnât exist.
âThere were just no operating breweries after Katrina and this is very much a market that needed an influx of beer,â Patrick Brown, owner of 504 Craft Beer Reserve, said.
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