Abita Brewing Company

Infobox Brewery
name = Abita Brewing Co.


caption = Abita Brew Pub in Abita Springs, LA
location = Abita Springs, Louisiana United States
owner = Abita Brewing, LLC. David Blossman, President; Mark Wilson, Brewmeister
opened = 1986
production = 75,000 barrels
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Amber|style=Märzen brewbox_beer|name=Golden|style=All-malt lager brewbox_beer|name=Abita Light|style=Light lager brewbox_beer|name=Jockamo IPA|style=IPA brewbox_beer|name=Andygator|style=Doppelbock. [ [http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/abita-andygator/3/ Abita Andygator from Abita Brewing Company, a Doppelbock style beer: An unofficial page for Abita Andygator from Abita Brewing Company in Covington, Louisiana , United States of America ] ] [ [http://www.classiccitybrew.com/neworleans05.html Owen Ogletree's Pub Crawl for the best pubs, beer bars, and brewpubs in New Orleans, Louisiana ] ] [ [http://www.papagobrewing.com/tap.html Draft Beer List ] ]

brewbox_beer|name=Purple Haze|style=Fruit / vegetable beer brewbox_beer|name=Turbodog|style=Brown ale brewbox_beer|name=Restoration Ale [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_41_56/ai_n15727892] |style=Pale Ale
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Mardi Gras Bock|style=Maibock brewbox_beer|name=Red Ale|style=Amber ale brewbox_beer|name=Abita Wheat|style=Wheat Lager [http://abita.com/brew/wheat.html] brewbox_beer|name=Fall Fest|style=Märzen brewbox_beer|name=Christmas Ale|style=Different recipe each season, usually Amber ale brewbox_beer|name=Strawberry Wheat|style=Brewed with fresh Louisiana strawberries every spring, this is a Wheat Beer
other_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Select|style=Very small batch brews of various styles, distributed to a few select bars and restaurants in the South Louisiana area only.

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. In 2007, they produced over 75,000 barrels of beer and 3,000 barrels of root beer. The brewery estimates their production for 2008 will exceed 90,000 barrels. [Citation
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first =Richard A.
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title = Stout Market: North Shore Beer Makers and Distributors Partake in an Unprecidented Sales Boom
newspaper = New Orleans City Business, North Shore Report.
pages = 31 - 33
year = 2007
date = November 2007
url = http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/PDFIssues/11-01-2007NSR.pdf] [cite
title = Brewtopia Events LLC report on Abita Brewery
author = Owen Ogletree
publisher = Brewtopia LLC
date = 2008-05-10
url = http://www.classiccitybrew.com/abita08.html | accessdate = 2008-07-23 [http://www.classiccitybrew.com/abita08.html] ]

Abita Golden, Abita Amber and Abita Turbodog are sold in various markets across the United States. Abita Brewing Company is the 17th largest Craft Brewery and the 31st largest brewery of any category in the United States ranked by volume sold in 2007. [cite
title = Craft Beer Segment - The One to Watch
author = Julia Herz
publisher = Brewers Association
date = 2007-04-10
url = http://www.beertown.org/pr/Top50Release_4_07.pdf
accessdate = [http://www.beertown.org/pr/Top50Release_4_07.pdf] ]

The company brews its beer with water from artesian wells in Abita Springs. They produce several types of beer year round, and also produce a series of seasonal beers.In August 2005, Stuff Magazine named Abita's Turbodog Ale as the best beer made in America. [cite web |url=http://www.abita.com/news/turbodog.html |title=Turbodog Is the Big Dog In National Magazine |accessdate=2008-07-25 |work= |publisher=Abita Brewing Company |date= ]

The company also produces Abita root beer using Louisiana sugarcane. This makes Abita's root beer unusual in that it is sweetened with raw cane syrup, as opposed to sugar or high-fructose corn syrup.

The company also runs a brewpub in Abita Springs.

External links

* [http://abita.com/ Abita Brewing Company]
* [http://www.beertown.org/pr/pdf/2007Top50Release.pdf Article ranking craft breweries and all breweries in the USA by sales.]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_41_56/ai_n15727892 Article about Restoration Ale and Abita's post-Katrina activities.]

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