Abita Brewing Company
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The Abita Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Abita Springs, Louisiana
, 30 miles north of New Orleans. They first began brewing beer in 1986. That year, the company produced 1,500 barrels of beer. Today, they brew over 130,000 barrels of beer annually and 5,000 barrels of root beer annually. The Abita Brewing Company produces seven year-round flagship brews (Abita Amber, Golden, Light, Turbodog, Purple Haze, Jockamo I.P.A. and Restoration Pale Ale), five seasonal beers, three Harvest brews, four Big Beers, a draft-only series of Select beers and a root beer all from a state-of-the-art brewing complex.
Abita's flagship beers are sold in 46 US states and Puerto Rico. Abita Brewing Company was the 15th largest Craft Brewery and the 24th largest brewery of any category in the United States ranked by volume sold in 2010.
The company brews its beer with water from artesian wells in Abita Springs.
In August 2005, Stuff Magazine named Abita's Turbodog Ale as the best beer made in America. The Abita Brew Pub, under independent ownership, is located at the original brewery location in Abita Springs and features Abita beers, with some brews exclusive to the brew pub, under a close partnership with the brewery.http://www.abitabrewpub.com/AboutUs.htmlhttp://abita.com/visit_abita/brew_pub_about.php
The company also produces Abita root beer
which is unusual in that it's made with Louisiana sugarcane
rather than high-fructose corn syrup.
Abita beer is currently served at Disney's Port Orleans Resort
, a hotel/resort located in Walt Disney World in the Orlando, Florida area. The resort, themed after New Orleans, serves Abita on tap at restaurants and bars on site.
In July 2011 the company announced it plans to offer three of its flagship brews in cans: Amber, Purple Haze and Jockamo I.P.A. Cans should be available in early 2012 in time for the Mardi Gras season. http://abita.com/news/
Abita Springs, Louisiana
Abita Springs is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The estimated population, in 2003, was 2,112. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
, 30 miles north of New Orleans. They first began brewing beer in 1986. That year, the company produced 1,500 barrels of beer. Today, they brew over 130,000 barrels of beer annually and 5,000 barrels of root beer annually. The Abita Brewing Company produces seven year-round flagship brews (Abita Amber, Golden, Light, Turbodog, Purple Haze, Jockamo I.P.A. and Restoration Pale Ale), five seasonal beers, three Harvest brews, four Big Beers, a draft-only series of Select beers and a root beer all from a state-of-the-art brewing complex.
Abita's flagship beers are sold in 46 US states and Puerto Rico. Abita Brewing Company was the 15th largest Craft Brewery and the 24th largest brewery of any category in the United States ranked by volume sold in 2010.
The company brews its beer with water from artesian wells in Abita Springs.
In August 2005, Stuff Magazine named Abita's Turbodog Ale as the best beer made in America. The Abita Brew Pub, under independent ownership, is located at the original brewery location in Abita Springs and features Abita beers, with some brews exclusive to the brew pub, under a close partnership with the brewery.http://www.abitabrewpub.com/AboutUs.htmlhttp://abita.com/visit_abita/brew_pub_about.php
The company also produces Abita root beer
Root beer
Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of a sassafras plant as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink. The historical root beer was analogous to small beer in that the process provided a drink...
which is unusual in that it's made with Louisiana sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...
rather than high-fructose corn syrup.
Disney's Port Orleans Resort
Disney's Port Orleans Resort French Quarter and Disney's Port Orleans Resort Riverside are a pair of resort hotels located at the Walt Disney World Resort. The two hotels are themed to look like New Orleans and the Old South...
, a hotel/resort located in Walt Disney World in the Orlando, Florida area. The resort, themed after New Orleans, serves Abita on tap at restaurants and bars on site.
In July 2011 the company announced it plans to offer three of its flagship brews in cans: Amber, Purple Haze and Jockamo I.P.A. Cans should be available in early 2012 in time for the Mardi Gras season. http://abita.com/news/