Zapp’s International Beerfest returns to the Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge on Saturday, March 21st. This annual event is my favorite beer festival in the state. The beautiful outdoor setting of the Rural Life Museum allows the patrons to spread out and enjoy the grounds while drinking some great brews. Hundreds of beers from dozens of ...
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Stopped by NOLA Brewing today to do some planning for the Brooklyn Mash panel discussion, The State of Craft Beer, that I'm introducing (check out my bio photo here, it's hilarious yet awesome.) While there, I saw all four new bomber bottles for the NOLA Funk series for Lowerline, Sauvage, Arabella, and Piety. [Update 3/12: My bad! The bo ...
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The results are in from last weekend’s Iron Brewer event, and the numbers are staggering. This homebrew event was to support the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, and support it you did. The final tally was 2,955 pounds of food collected and $576 raised. What this means is that the food bank can provide 5,342 meals from what you donated just ...
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Brasseurs a la Maison, the largest homebrew club in Baton Rouge, is hosting their 3rd annual Iron Brewer event Saturday at Tin Roof Brewing. The event is a fundraiser for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The inaugural event in 2013 took place on a Friday night, and the 10 teams that participated ...
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Tin Roof Brewing is releasing their new Russian imperial stout, Smiling Ivan, today at The Bulldog in Baton Rouge. Smiling Ivan is a big stout, and is only the second beer Tin Roof has released in bottles, following the fall release of Rougarou imperial black ale. Smiling Ivan is available in waxed 22-ounce bottles with draft availability ...
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I’m always excited when new breweries enter the state, and it seems that Left Hand Brewing Company will be one of the next big craft breweries to bring their beer to Louisiana. On Tuesday, buried in the comment section of this Facebook post, is a not-so-subtle reply from Left Hand that they will be coming to Louisiana later this year ...
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So, Mardi Gras has come and gone. It was a whirlwind of awesome, as usual. Definitely some somber notes, but that's New Orleans life, partying through the pain. I did a fun interview with Polly Watts about how things are at the Avenue Pub during Mardi Gras. (spoiler: pretty crazy). And in Gambit news, I ran down a bunch of beers that ...
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Three years ago (dang, has it really been that long?) Stone Brewing came to New Orleans to collaborate on a Mardi Gras beer with NOLA Brewing. Pour Me Somethin’ Mistah was a hoppy imperial porter brewed with Steen’s molasses and satsuma peel. Stone and NOLA are now collaborating on a new beer, and it will make its debut at noon this ...
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The Chimes family of restaurants today mourns the passing of its owner, Mr. Tim Hood, after a long battle with cancer. On a personal level, The Chimes will always hold a special place in my heart. The LSU location is where my love affair with beer began in the mid to late 1990s, where I was able to meet friends and drink many different types of ...
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Beers we can get here, hooray! Last week, a new best of list came out from RateBeer.com. While of course user rated boards have their own issues, I thought this was a pretty solid list in general. Polly Watts at the Avenue Pub also pointed out that the list was based on reviews only in 2014, so it could be considered more a "what's hot" list, ...
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