List of breweries in Louisiana


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. 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. Consumer purchases of Louisiana's brewery products generated more than $150 million in additional tax revenue. In 2014, according to the Brewers Association, Louisiana ranked 36th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 15.
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. 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.

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. 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. was founded out of a six brewery merger at the site of Louisiana Brewing Co.. The brewery was located at Jackson Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street and brands included 4-X Beer, Double Eagle Ale and Eagle Beer.
Jackson Brewing Co. opened in 1890 on Decatur Street, Regal beer made at the American Brewing Co. on Bienville Street, Columbia Brewing Co. on Elysian Fields Avenue, Dixie Brewing Co. on Tulane Avenue, National Brewing Co. on Gravier Street, Union Brewing Corp. on N. Robertson Street and Falstaff Brewing Corp. on Gravier Street.
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.

Breweries

BreweryTypeLocationFoundedOn-site
Abita Brewing CompanyRegionalCovington1986Taproom
All Relation BeerMicrobreweryNew Orleans2019Taproom
Bayou Teche BrewingMicrobreweryArnaudville2010Taproom
Brieux Carré BrewingMicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Broken Wheel BreweryMicrobrewery/BrewpubMarksville2015Taproom
Chafunkta Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryMandeville2013Taproom
Courtyard BreweryMicrobreweryNew Orleans2014Taproom
Crescent City BrewhouseBrewpubNew Orleans1991Taproom
Crying Eagle Brewing CompanyMicrobrewery/BrewpubLake Charles2016Taproom
Faubourg Brewing CompanyRegionalNew Orleans1907Taproom
Flying Heart Brewing & PubMicrobreweryBossier City2015Taproom
Flying Tiger BreweryMicrobreweryMonroe2016Taproom
Gnarly Barley Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryHammond2014Taproom
Gordon Biersch Brewing CompanyBrewpub New Orleans2004Taproom
Miel Brewery and TaproomMicrobreweryNew Orleans2018Taproom
Mudbug BreweryMicrobreweryThibodaux2014Taproom
New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company MicrobreweryNew Orleans2009Taproom
Oak St BreweryMicrobreweryNew Orleans2021Taproom
Old Rail Brewing CompanyBrewpubMandeville2013Taproom
Ouachita Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryWest Monroe2015Taproom
Parish Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryBroussard2010Taproom
Parleaux Beer LabMicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Port Orleans Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryNew Orleans2017Taproom
Red River Brewing CompanyMicrobrewery/BrewpubShreveport2013Taproom
Second Line BrewingMicrobreweryNew Orleans2015Taproom
Urban South BreweryRegionalNew Orleans2016Taproom

Closed breweries

BreweryTypeLocationFoundedDissolved
40 Arpent Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryArabi20142017
American Brewing Company RegionalNew Orleans18911962Founded as American Brewing Company in 1891, renamed American Beverage Company in 1933, renamed American Brewing Company in 1934. Brewed Regal Beer.
Cajun BrewingMicrobreweryLafayette20152018
Cane River BrewingMicrobreweryNatchitoches20182022Brewery and taproom taken over by Bossier City-based Flying Heart.
Chappapeela Farms BreweryMicrobrewery/BrewpubAmite City20152015
CottonPort BrewingMicrobrewerySterlington20162016
Covington BrewhouseMicrobreweryCovington20052018Founded as Heiner Brau Brewery in 2005, renamed Covington Brewhouse in 2012.
Falstaff Brewing CorporationNationalNew 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 CompanyRegionalNew 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 BreweryNew Orleans1723UnknownFirst brewery in Louisiana.
Louisiana Purchase Brewing CompanyMicrobreweryPonchatoula20172019
New Orleans Brewing Company Inc.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 CompanyBaton Rouge20162021-
Wayward Owl BrewingMicrobreweryNew Orleans20162018
Low Road BrewingMicrobreweryHammond20172024-
Zony Mash Beer ProjectMicrobreweryNew Orleans20192025-
Royal BreweryMicrobreweryNew Orleans20172022?
Calliope Beer WorksBrewpubNew Orleans20232024
Tin Roof Brewing CoMicrobreweryBaton Rouge20102024