List of breweries in Louisiana

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Stained glass panel from the Jackson Brewing Company, 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.

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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 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

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Abita Brewing Company

In the nineteenth and twentieth century, New Orleans was the hub of breweries in Louisiana. The first manufacturing establishment in the city of New Orleans was a brewery built by Pierre Dreux called La Brassiere in January 1723. [5] In 1852, Louis and Samuel Fasnacht purchased property on Poeyfarre Street and started Fasnacht Brewery, which they sold to Erath and Company Brewery in 1869. The New Orleans Brewing Assoc. (1890) was founded out of a six brewery merger at the site of Louisiana Brewing Co. (1885). The brewery was located at Jackson Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street and brands included 4-X Beer, Double Eagle Ale and Eagle Beer. [6]

Jackson Brewing Co. opened in 1890 on Decatur Street, Regal beer made at the American Brewing Co. (1891) on Bienville Street, Columbia Brewing Co. (1899) on Elysian Fields Avenue, Dixie Brewing Co. (1907) on Tulane Avenue, National Brewing Co. (1911) on Gravier Street, Union Brewing Corp. (1911) on N. Robertson Street and Falstaff Brewing Corp. (1936) on Gravier Street. [6]

The next chapter of brewing in Louisiana began in 1986 with the opening of the Abita Brewing Co. Following a nationwide trend of opening craft breweries like Abita, the beginning of the twenty-first century has seen craft breweries opening statewide. [6]

Breweries

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Dixie Beer brewed by the Dixie Brewing Company
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Gnarly Barley Brewing Company
BreweryTypeLocationFoundedOn-site
Abita Brewing Company Microbrewery Covington 1986Taproom
All Relation Beer [7] Microbrewery New Orleans 2019Taproom
Bayou Teche Brewing Microbrewery Arnaudville 2010Taproom
Brieux Carré Brewing [8] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Broken Wheel Brewery [9] Microbrewery/Brewpub Marksville 2015Taproom
Chafunkta Brewing Company [10] Microbrewery Mandeville 2013Taproom
Courtyard Brewery [11] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2014Taproom
Crescent City Brewhouse [12] BrewpubNew Orleans1991Taproom
Crying Eagle Brewing Company [13] Microbrewery/Brewpub Lake Charles 2016Taproom
Faubourg Brewing Company [14] [15] RegionalNew Orleans1907Taproom
Flying Heart Brewing & Pub [16] Microbrewery Bossier City 2015Taproom
Flying Tiger Brewery [17] Microbrewery Monroe 2016Taproom
Gnarly Barley Brewing Company [18] Microbrewery Hammond 2014Taproom
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company [19] Brewpub (National chain)New Orleans2004Taproom
Low Road Brewing [20] MicrobreweryHammond2017Taproom
Miel Brewery and Taproom [21] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2018Taproom
Mudbug Brewery [22] Microbrewery Thibodaux 2014Taproom
New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company (NOLA)MicrobreweryNew Orleans2009Taproom
Oak St Brewery [23] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2021Taproom
Old Rail Brewing Company [24] BrewpubMandeville2013Taproom
Ouachita Brewing Company [25] Microbrewery West Monroe 2015Taproom
Parish Brewing Company [26] Microbrewery Broussard 2010Taproom
Parleaux Beer Lab [8] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Port Orleans Brewing Company [27] [28] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Red River Brewing Company [29] Microbrewery/BrewpubShreveport2013Taproom
Royal Brewery (New Orleans) [30] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Second Line Brewing [22] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2015Taproom
Tin Roof Brewing Company [31] MicrobreweryBaton Rouge2010Taproom
Urban South Brewery [22] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2016Taproom
Zony Mash Beer Project [32] MicrobreweryNew Orleans2019Taproom

Closed breweries

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New Orleans Brewing Association Brewery (1890–1899), later the New Orleans Brewing Company Inc.
New Orleans Brewing Association Brewery in 1896, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of New Orleans "New Orleans Brewing Association" Brewery in 1896, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. LOC sanborn03376 007-3 (cropped).jpg
New Orleans Brewing Association Brewery in 1896, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of New Orleans
Jackson Brewery in 1976, New Orleans Jax Brewery New Orleans 1976 by Leon Winer.JPG
Jackson Brewery in 1976, New Orleans
Original Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue in 1907, New Orleans Dixie Brewery New Orleans 1907.jpg
Original Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue in 1907, New Orleans
Falstaff Brewery building, New Orleans Falstaff Building New Orleans 2012.jpg
Falstaff Brewery building, New Orleans
BreweryTypeLocationFoundedDissolved
40 Arpent Brewing Company [33] [34] Microbrewery Arabi 20142017
American Brewing Company (New Orleans) [35] [36] Regional New Orleans 18911962Founded as American Brewing Company in 1891, renamed American Beverage Company in 1933, renamed American Brewing Company in 1934. Brewed Regal Beer.
Cajun Brewing [37] Microbrewery Lafayette 20152018
Cane River Brewing [38] Microbrewery Natchitoches 20182022Brewery and taproom taken over by Bossier City-based Flying Heart. [39]
Chappapeela Farms Brewery [40] Microbrewery/Brewpub Amite City 20152015
CottonPort Brewing [41] Microbrewery Sterlington 20162016
Covington Brewhouse [42] Microbrewery Covington 20052018Founded as Heiner Brau Brewery in 2005, renamed Covington Brewhouse in 2012.
Falstaff Brewing Corporation [43] NationalNew Orleans19111979Founded as National Brewing Company in 1911, renamed National Beverage Company in 1920, renamed National Industrial Alcohol Co. Inc. Brewery in 1921, purchased by Falstaff in 1936. The brewery building was repurposed as an apartment building in 2008.
Jackson Brewing Company RegionalNew Orleans18901974Founded as Jackson Bohemian Brewery in 1890, renamed Jax Beer, renamed Jackson Brewing Company. The brewery building now contains residences, shops and restaurants.
La Brasserie Brewery [5] New Orleans1723UnknownFirst brewery in Louisiana.
Louisiana Purchase Brewing Company [44] Microbrewery Ponchatoula 20172019
New Orleans Brewing Company Inc. [45] New Orleans18901949Founded as the New Orleans Brewing Association in 1890, renamed New Orleans Brewing Company in 1900, renamed New Orleans Brewing Company Inc. in 1933.
Southern Craft Brewing Company [46] Baton Rouge20162021
Wayward Owl Brewing [47] MicrobreweryNew Orleans20162018

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