List of breweries in Louisiana
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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 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
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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Brewery | Type | Location | Founded | On-site |
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Abita Brewing Company | Microbrewery | Covington | 1986 | Taproom |
Abita Brew Pub | Now restaurant/brewpub (Original location of Abita Brewery) | Abita Springs | 1994 | Taproom |
All Relation Beer[7] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2019 | Taproom |
Bayou Teche Brewing | Microbrewery | Arnaudville | 2010 | Taproom |
Brieux Carré Brewing[8] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2017 | Taproom |
Broad Street Cider & Ale | Cidery | New Orleans | 2017 | Taproom |
Broken Wheel Brewery[9] | Microbrewery/Brewpub | Marksville | 2015 | Taproom |
Cane River Brewing[10] | Microbrewery | Natchitoches | 2018 | Taproom |
Chafunkta Brewing Company[11] | Microbrewery | Mandeville | 2013 | Taproom |
Courtyard Brewery[12] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2014 | Taproom |
Crescent City Brewhouse[13] | Brewpub | New Orleans | 1991 | Taproom |
Crying Eagle Brewing Company[14] | Microbrewery/Brewpub | Lake Charles | 2016 | Taproom |
Dixie Brewing Company[15] | Regional | New Orleans | 1907 | Taproom |
Flying Heart Brewing & Pub[16] | Microbrewery | Bossier City | 201 | Taproom |
Flying Tiger Brewery[17] | Microbrewery | Monroe | 2016 | Taproom |
Gilla Brewing Company[10] | Microbrewery | Gonzales | 2019 | Taproom |
Gnarly Barley Brewing Company[18] | Microbrewery | Hammond | 2014 | Taproom |
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company[19] | Brewpub (National chain) | New Orleans | 2004 | Taproom |
Great Raft Brewing | Microbrewery | Shreveport | 2013 | Taproom |
Huckleberry Brewing Company[10] | Microbrewery | Alexandria | 2018 | Taproom |
Low Road Brewing | Microbrewery | Hammond | 2017 | Taproom |
Miel Brewery and Taproom[20] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2018 | Taproom |
Mudbug Brewery[21] | Microbrewery | Thibodaux | 2014 | Taproom |
New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company (NOLA) | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2009 | Taproom |
Old Rail Brewing Company[22] | Brewpub | Mandeville | 2013 | Taproom |
Ouachita Brewing Company[23] | Microbrewery | West Monroe | 2015 | Taproom |
Parish Brewing Company[24] | Microbrewery | Broussard | 2010 | Taproom |
Parleaux Beer Lab[8] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2017 | Taproom |
Pidgin Town Brewing at Ale on Oak[10] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2019 | Taproom |
Port Orleans Brewing Company[25][26] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2017 | Taproom |
Rally Cap Brewing Company[10] | Microbrewery | Baton Rouge | 2019 | Taproom |
Red River Brewing Company[27] | Microbrewery/Brewpub | Shreveport | 2013 | Taproom |
Royal Brewery (New Orleans)[28] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2017 | Taproom |
Second Line Brewing[21] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2015 | Taproom |
Southern Craft Brewing Company[29] | Microbrewery | Baton Rouge | 2016 | Taproom |
Spigots Brew Pub[10] | Brewpub | Houma | 2017 | Taproom |
Tin Roof Brewing Company[30] | Microbrewery | Baton Rouge | 2010 | Taproom |
Twenty 8 West Brewing[10] | Microbrewery | Alexandria | 2018 | Taproom |
Urban South Brewery[21] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2016 | Taproom |
Utility Brewing[10] | Microbrewery | Ruston | 2017 | Taproom |
Zea Rotisserie & Brewery | Now restaurant (Former brewpub) | Metairie | ||
Zony Mash Beer Project[7] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2019 | Taproom |
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Closed breweries
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Brewery | Type | Location | Founded | Dissolved | |
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40 Arpent Brewing Company[31][32] | Microbrewery | Arabi | 2014 | 2017 | |
Algiers Brewing Company[33] | Algiers | 1889 | 1894 | Founded as Algiers Brewery, renamed Algiers Brewing Company in 1892. | |
American Brewing Company[34][35] | Regional | New Orleans | 1891 | 1962 | Founded as American Brewing Company in 1891, renamed American Beverage Company in 1933, renamed American Brewing Company in 1934. Brewed Regal Beer. |
August Erath Brewery[33] | New Iberia | 1878 | 1884 | ||
Blue Seal Brewing Company[33] | Shreveport | 1933 | 1933 | ||
Caddo Brewery[33] | Shreveport | 1903 | 1917 | ||
Cajun Brewing[36][10] | Microbrewery | Lafayette | 2015 | 2018 | |
Cajunboyz Brewery[10] | Microbrewery | Reserve | 2018 | 2019 | |
Carl Krost Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1860 | 1861 | ||
Chappapeela Farms Brewery[10][37] | Microbrewery/Brewpub | Amite City | 2015 | 2015 | |
City Brewery (New Orleans)[33] | New Orleans | 1851 | 1867 | ||
Coffeehouse and Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1858 | 1861 | Another brewery named Coffeehouse and Brewery (1868–69) | |
Columbia Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1899 | 1924 | ||
Consumers Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1905 | 1924 | ||
Cosmopolitan Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1907 | 1907 | ||
CottonPort Brewing[10][38] | Microbrewery | Sterlington | 2016 | 2016 | |
Covington Brewhouse[10][39] | Microbrewery | Covington | 2005 | 2018 | Founded as Heiner Brau Brewery in 2005, renamed Covington Brewhouse in 2012. |
Crescent City Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1887 | 1890 | ||
Eagle Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1870 | 1887 | ||
Erath and Company Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1869 | 1871 | ||
Ernest Volkmann Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1872 | 1872 | ||
F. Weinmann Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1866 | 1867 | ||
Falstaff Brewing Corporation[40] | National | New Orleans | 1911 | 1979 | Founded 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. |
Fasnacht Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1852 | 1875 | Founded as Fasnacht and Brand Beerhouse Brewery in 1852, renamed L. Fasnacht Beerhouse Brewery in 1854, renamed L. Fasnacht Brewery in 1855, renamed Fasnacht and Bros. Brewery and Beerhouse in 1858. Sold to Erath and Company Brewery in 1869. Renamed Fasnacht Brewery in 1872. | |
Folx Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1933 | 1933 | ||
Fred W. Boebinger Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1866 | 1869 | ||
Gottwald Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1857 | 1859 | ||
Henry Bassemier Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1867 | 1867 | ||
Henry Lusse Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1870 | 1880 | Founded as Casper Lusse Brewery in 1870, renamed Henry Lusse Brewery in 1879. | |
Home Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1893 | 1893 | ||
Hope Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1869 | 1891 | Founded as Hope Brewery in 1870, renamed Hope Steam Brewery in 1874, reverted to Hope Brewery in 1875. | |
Jackson Brewing Company[33] | Regional | New Orleans | 1890 | 1974 | Founded as Jackson Bohemian Brewery in 1890, renamed Jax Beer, renamed Jackson Brewing Company. The brewery building now contains residences, shops and restaurants. |
Jacob Armbruster Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1867 | 1867 | ||
John Gros Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1872 | 1874 | ||
John Lovett Brewery[33] | Shreveport | 1899 | 1899 | ||
Joseph Armbruster Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1870 | 1874 | ||
Joseph Christen Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1854 | 1867 | ||
Joseph Fabacher Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1866 | 1866 | ||
La Brasserie Brewery[5] | New Orleans | 1723 | Unknown | First brewery in Louisiana. | |
Lafayette Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1869 | 1890 | ||
Lafayette Brewing Company[33] | Lafayette | 1947 | 1947 | ||
Louisiana Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1851 | 1861 | Another brewery named Louisiana Brewery (1875–87) | |
Louisiana Brewery Company[33] | Shreveport | 1934 | 1934 | ||
Louisiana Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1873 | 1874 | Another brewery named Louisiana Brewing Company (1885–90) | |
Louisiana Purchase Brewing Company[10][41] | Microbrewery | Ponchatoula | 2017 | 2019 | |
Marais Street Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1869 | 1886 | Founded as Marais Street Steam Brewery in 1869, renamed Marais Street Brewery in 1879. | |
Merz Products Co. Inc. Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1924 | 1934 | ||
Monroe Ice and Brewing Company[33] | Monroe | 1904 | 1904 | ||
New Orleans Brewing Company Inc.[33][42] | New Orleans | 1890 | 1949 | Founded as the New Orleans Brewing Association in 1890, renamed New Orleans Brewing Company in 1900, renamed New Orleans Brewing Company Inc. in 1933. | |
Nicholas Gunther Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1867 | 1870 | ||
Nicholas Schmidt Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1860 | 1861 | ||
Old Canal Steam Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1866 | 1878 | Founded as Old Canal Brewery and coffeehouse in 1866, renamed Old Canal Brewery in 1868, renamed Old Canal Steam Brewery in 1871. | |
Old River Brewhouse | Brewpub | Madisonville | 1996 | Opened by owner of Crescent City Brewhouse | |
Orleans Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1875 | 1887 | ||
Pelican Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1870 | 1890 | Pelican Brewery - 1870–72, 1875–82; Pelican Steam Brewery 1873–74, 1883–87. Renamed Pelican Brewing Company in 1888. Another Pelican Brewing Company opened and closed in 1934. | |
Peoples Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1888 | 1989 | Another Peoples Brewing Company opened in 1908 and closed in 1909. Another brewery named Peoples Brewing Company opened and closed in 1933. | |
Rikenjaks Brewery | Microbrewery/Brewpub | Jackson | 1992 | 2007 | Moved to Lake Charles in 1998; Now restaurant |
Security Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1894 | 1913 | ||
Shreveport Brewery[33] | Shreveport | 1902 | 1906 | ||
Soule Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1867 | 1892 | Founded as Sabastian Soule Brewery in 1867, renamed Frederice Soule Brewery in 1872, renamed Soule Brewery in 1888. | |
Southern Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1882 | 1990 | ||
Standard Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1898 | 1928 | Another Standard Brewing Company opened in 1933 and closed in 1947. | |
Star Steam Brewery[33] | New Orleans | 1873 | 1874 | ||
Union Brewing Corporation[33] | New Orleans | 1911 | 1939 | Founded as Union Brewing Company, renamed Union Products Co. Inc. Brewery in 1927, renamed Union Brewing Corporation in 1936. | |
Wayward Owl Brewing[10][43] | Microbrewery | New Orleans | 2016 | 2018 | |
Weckerling Brewing Company[33] | New Orleans | 1888 | 1890 |
See also
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