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Abita Brew Pub in Abita Springs, LA |
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| Location | Abita Springs, Louisiana United States |
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| Owner(s) | Abita Brewing, LLC. David Blossman, President Mark Wilson, Brewmaster Deb Clarke, Head Brewer |
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| Year opened | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual production | 100,000 barrels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[6] [7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[2][3]
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. [4]
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