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This week (Sept. 18-25) is the fourth Louisiana Craft Brewer Week. We've come a long way, with even more on the horizon. Go forth and celebrate.

Back in August, I took a vacation with the family to Orange Beach, AL. Of course, I had to make a beer run, and one of the first things I noticed was a SweetWater fall variety pack with cans of 4 different beers. We get SweetWater beers over here in Louisiana (but only 420 pale ale in cans…come on Mockler, give us more cans!), so I didn& ...

I love writing about upcoming beer events. It's what I do! I help breweries/bars/restaurants get the word out and I help beer lovers find cool stuff to do. However, there are some logistical issues that I feel should be obvious to those who want me to write about stuff, but in practice, appear not to be. 1) It is in no way necessary to co ...

Part of NOLA Brewing taproom's awesome mural, created by Monica Kelly (photographed by moi.) So, occasionally there's something that occurs in the local beer world that I end up needing to cover from several different angles for several different publications. Louisiana Craft Brewer Week is one of those things. It takes place September 18-25 ...

IPAs utilizing a lot of late hops are all the rage these days, and for good reason. Many people who were not fans of the IPA style, thinking that they were too bitter, are coming around on the new guard of IPAs, which focus much more on the hop flavors and aromas than they do on bitterness. With that in mind, Gnarly Barley Brewing will be ...

In light of the historical flooding that took place in south Louisiana over the last 5 days, many local breweries are making sure they help with the relief efforts. I was one of the lucky ones in the Baton Rouge area who has not been affected, but many friends, acquaintances and co-workers were not so fortunate. The devastation is, quite honest ...

American Craft Beer Week - ACBW - 2016 officially kicks off on Monday May 16 and promises a delightful assortment of beer events across the New Orleans area. My annual report on ACBW in The Gambit (this is my 4th!) did not include a full list of events, which honestly is just as well, since the lead time on getting those for print is a l ...

Hey there fellow ale runners. And runners. And ale drinkers. And even the lager drinkers. Saturday (that’s tomorrow) marks the release of a couple new beers at a couple of south Louisiana breweries. Both have space themes. Both are IPAs. Both are awesome (well, I’m guessing they will be). Parish Brewing is releasing Opus Vert, ...

Bell’s Brewery is finally launching in Louisiana the week of May 9th. There are events all around south Louisiana, so here’s a snippet of what’s going on. Monday May 9th, Avenue Pub in New Orleans will have a launch event starting at 6 p.m. They’ll be pouring Two Hearted Ale, Oberon wheat ale, Amber, Oats ...

SweetWater Brewing recently released their newest Catch n’ Release seasonal, Goin’ Coastal IPA with Pineapple. Tucker over at SweetWater World Domination Headquaraters in Atlanta was kind enough to send me some samples of Goin’ Coastal to review, so let’s get right to it. SweetWater Goin’ Coastal IPA with Pine ...