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Early this week, I wrote about the return of Founders Breakfast Stout. In addition to that wonderful stout, this week we saw Founders Harvest Ale show up around south Louisiana. Harvest Ale is a wet hopped ale, meaning that the hops were harvested, then immediately shipped to the brewery and used before they were dried. Founders says this about ...

One of the biggest reasons I was excited that Founders entered the Louisiana market a year and a half ago was that we’d see their Breakfast Stout here. Indeed, stout season is starting to begin now and this week we will see the return of Founders Breakfast Stout here in south Louisiana in both 4-packs and on draft. Founders says this abou ...

Among the beer trends we’ve seen blow up in 2015 is the emergence of so-called hard root beers. It began with Not Your Father’s Root Beer (which should also be labeled “Not Your Kid’s Root Beer”) from Pabst/Phusion, I mean Small Town Brewery. Recently Sam Adams, I mean Coney Island Brewing (which is owned ...

There are countless things to be excited about when autumn returns. Football, cooler weather, pumpkin spiced everything (OK, maybe not that), and the return of fresh or wet hopped beers. One of those wet hop beers is WET from Surly Brewing in Minneapolis. Unfortunately, Surly’s beers aren’t available here in Louisiana, but that didn ...

The Courtyard Brewery will celebrate their first anniversary on Saturday, September 24th. Courtyard will have a killer tap list with a ton of their own beers, including their first ever Double IPA (I know Scott will make a killer one), as well as a bunch of great guest taps. Things get under way at 10:00 am, so you can start your day drink ...

This Saturday marks a first and a second for Hammond’s Gnarly Barley Brewing. September 24th is the Second Annual GnarBQ, It also marks the first time a packaged Gnarly Barley beer will be released via the Gnar Series. Imperial Korova Milk Porter will make its debut in 750ml bottles and on draft at the event. Food Network Star finalist, J ...

A lot of people have been waiting a long time for this. Abita first released their Oyster Stout under the Select banner back in November 2011. It was based upon a winning homebrew recipe from a competition they held in the fall of 2010. That Select release was one of the best beers I’ve had from Abita, and many others echoed that sentimen ...

Yesterday was Pumpkinator release day for the imperial pumpkin stout from Saint Arnold Brewing. And while I wasn’t able to attend any of the release events (Corporate Brew & Draft had both a keg and a cask of Pumpkinator to try side-by-side), I was able to grab a couple of bottles. Naturally, I had to crack one open yesterday evening. ...

Press Street Station is holding a Thursday night supper series this month, and the one on October 29 will be an Oktoberfest themed dinner with German food. The menu looks awesome (see below) and you can go here to make a reservation on the hour (5pm, 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm.) The folks at Press Street originally wanted me to come try the foo ...

Southern Prohibition Brewing out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi has made a splash in just a couple years, not only in their home state, but down here in Louisiana as well. Their Cicada Series features one off brews, packaged in 16-ounce cans, which if you ask me, is the perfect beer vessel. Suzy Smash is their latest in the Cicada Series, and here ...