Lisa’s favorite brew, Fat Tire Amber, is also an amber ale, and Tin Roof’s went down just as deliciously. Comes in cans, so it’s boat-friendly. Brewed in Baton Rouge.
Abita is one of the better-distributed Louisiana brews (I’m pretty sure I had their Purple Haze in Chicago). We had their amber ale in New Orleans and it was great. And we heard it pronounced Uh-Beet-Ah. Brewed north of New Orleans.
Dixie’s facility got battered by Katrina, then looted, which means the beer’s currently getting brewed in Wisconsin and shipped south while they get things back in order. We saw the Dixie building and figured it had been abandoned for ages — but Katrina hit in 2005. The regular lager is good, but get the Voodoo Lager if you see it instead.
Lazy Magnolia’s Southern Pecan is a brown ale brewed with pecans instead of whatever most nut browns are brewed with. It was my favorite — a great nut brown. Brewed to the east in Mississippi. Which means the best beer in New Orleans is from Mississippi.
do they still make Jax?
Seems like a shopping mall now:
http://jacksonbrewery.com/about.html
Have you had Abita Turbo Dog? Nothing better!
That looks good. Will grab it when I see it!