Abita Brewing Company

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Abita Brewing Co.

Abita Brew Pub in Abita Springs, LA
Location	Abita Springs, Louisiana United States
Year opened	1986
Annual production	75,000 barrels
Active beers
Amber	Märzen
Golden	All-malt lager
Abita Light	Light lager
Jockamo IPA	IPA
Andygator	Doppelbock.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Purple Haze	Fruit / vegetable beer
Turbodog	Brown ale
Restoration Ale[2]	Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
Mardi Gras Bock	Maibock
Red Ale	Amber ale
Abita Wheat	Wheat Lager [3]
Fall Fest	Märzen
Christmas Ale	Different recipe each season, usually Amber ale
Select	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. Today, they brew over 75,000 barrels of beer and 3,000 barrels of root beer. 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.^[4]

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.

In the fall of 2007, Abita Brewing completed a $7 million expansion to the brewery and its production for 2007 exceeded 75,000 barrels.^[5]

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.