A New Brewery for New Orleans - NOLA Brewing Co.

I didn't make it over the big beer tasting yesterday, but I did notice this little tidbit about a new brewery, NOLA Brewing Co., that debuted its libations at the event:

I'm gunna be honest here.. I hate Dixie Lager. Even then, I still miss Dixie being brewed in New Orleans as it was the last brewery in Orleans Parish after the heyday of the early 1900s, even surviving the BudMillerCoors onslaught of the 60s and 70s. So it gives me great pride that there's about to be a new brewery in Orleans called NOLA Brewing. The WYES will be the first public showcasing of their brews; at the very least, expect their launch beers, a Blonde and a Brown to be there.

Most intriguing is the fact that the brewery's brew master is a veteran - having worked as brew master for decades for the still-in-limbo Dixie Beer here in New Orleans:























I must say, the founder of the new venture was certainly asking the right questions to inspire the start-up:

While enjoying great tasting beer of fellow New Orleanian and home brewer Byron Towles, the question arose, “Why doesn’t New Orleans have several great local micro-breweries like Portland or Seattle to offer a variety of beer to a city full of brewing history?” Once the cradle of brewing in the Deep South, New Orleans boasted world famous beers such as Falstaff, Regal, Union, Dixie, Jax, New Orleans Brewing and XXXX (Four X).

The brewery's warehouse location also sounds cool:

3001 Tchoupitoulas

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