Abita Brewing Company
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 Abita Brew Pub in Abita Springs, LA |
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| Location | Abita Springs, Louisiana United States |
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| Owner(s) | Abita Brewing, LLC. David Blossman, President Mark Wilson, Brewmaster Deb Clarke, Head Brewer |
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| Year opened | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual production | 125,000 barrels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Abita Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Abita Springs, Louisiana, 30 miles north of New Orleans. They first began brewing beer in 1986. That year, the company produced 1,500 barrels of beer. Today, they brew over 125,000 barrels of beer annually and 5,000 barrels of root beer annually. The Abita Brewing Company produces seven year-round flagship brews (Abita Amber, Golden, Light, Turbodog, Purple Haze, Jockamo I.P.A. and Restoration Pale Ale), five seasonal beers, three Harvest brews, four Big Beers, a draft-only series of Select beers and a root beer all from a state-of-the-art brewing complex.[6] [7]
Abita's flagship beers are sold in 46 US states and Puerto Rico. Abita Brewing Company was the 15th largest Craft Brewery and the 24th largest brewery of any category in the United States ranked by volume sold in 2010.[8]
The company brews its beer with water from artesian wells in Abita Springs. In August 2005, Stuff Magazine named Abita's Turbodog Ale as the best beer made in America.[9] The Abita Brew Pub, under independent ownership, is located at the original brewery location in Abita Springs and features Abita beers, with some brews exclusive to the brew pub, under a close partnership with the brewery.[2][3]
The company also produces Abita root beer which is unusual in that it's made with Louisiana sugarcane rather than high-fructose corn syrup.
Abita beer is currently served at Disney's Port Orleans Resort, a hotel/resort located in Walt Disney World in the Orlando, Florida area. The resort, themed after New Orleans, serves Abita on tap at restaurants and bars on site.
In February of 2012 the company began distribution of three of its flagship brews in cans: Amber, Purple Haze and Jockamo I.P.A. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Abita Andygator from Abita Brewing Company, a Doppelbock style beer: An unofficial page for Abita Andygator from Abita Brewing Company in Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- ^ Owen Ogletree's Pub Crawl for the best pubs, beer bars, and brewpubs in New Orleans, Louisiana
- ^ Draft Beer List
- ^ Abita producing ale to benefit reconstruction | Modern Brewery Age | Find Articles at BNET
- ^ http://abita.com/brew/wheat.html[dead link]
- ^ Webster, Richard A. (November 2007). "Stout Market: North Shore Beer Makers and Distributors Partake in an Unprecidented Sales Boom" (PDF). New Orleans City Business, North Shore Report.: pp. 31–33. http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/PDFIssues/11-01-2007NSR.pdf[dead link]
- ^ Owen Ogletree (2008-05-10), Brewtopia Events LLC report on Abita Brewery, Brewtopia LLC, http://www.classiccitybrew.com/abita08.html, retrieved 2008-07-23[1]
- ^ Abita Brewing Company (2011-09-20), Special brew celebrates anniversary, Abita Brewing Company, http://abita.com/news/
- ^ "Turbodog is the Big Dog in National Magazine". Abita Brewing Company. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080306033822/http://www.abita.com/news/turbodog.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
[edit] External links
- Abita Brewing Company
- Abita Brew Pub
- Article about Restoration Ale and Abita's post-Katrina activities.
- Abita Brewing Company on Twitter
- Nola Cuisine's review of the Abita Brewery Tour.
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Coordinates: 30°28′57″N 90°03′24″W / 30.4824087°N 90.056605°W
