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Abita Brewing Company
Covington · Northshore
Louisiana's best-known brewery, pouring on the Northshore since 1986. Tours, a tasting room, and the root beer too.
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Bacchanal Wine
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A Bywater backyard of wine, cheese, and live jazz under string lights.
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Bayou Teche Brewing
Arnaudville · Acadiana
Beer built for Cajun food, brewed beside the bayou — live music and boudin on the weekends.
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Brieux Carré Brewing Company
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A tiny Marigny brewery that changes its beers constantly — the patio is half the point.
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Crying Eagle Brewing Company
Lake Charles · Southwest Louisiana
Southwest Louisiana's brewery, named for the Atakapa chief — a wide taproom and a lawn for live music.
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Good Friends Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Two floors of easy conversation in the Quarter — the name says it right.
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Great Raft Brewing
Shreveport · North Louisiana
Shreveport's craft anchor — a warehouse taproom named for the log jam that once blocked the Red River.
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Candlelit since the 1700s — arguably the oldest bar building in America.
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Miel Brewery & Taproom
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A small Lower Garden District brewery with a dog-friendly yard and a rotating tap wall.
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NOLA Brewing Company
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Irish Channel taproom that helped start the city's craft scene — long bar, big garage doors, live music upstairs.
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Parish Brewing Co.
Broussard · Acadiana
The Acadiana brewery behind Ghost in the Machine — a big taproom off the interstate.
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Parleaux Beer Lab
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A Bywater backyard taproom with a garden, a firepit, and beer made twenty feet away.
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Pat O'Brien's
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Dueling pianos, a flaming fountain, and the original Hurricane.
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Red River Brewing Company
Shreveport · North Louisiana
Brewery and distillery under one downtown roof, with a taproom that runs late on show nights.
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Rikenjaks Brewing Company
Lake Charles · Southwest Louisiana
Lake Charles's brewpub porch — house beer and live music most weekends.
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Second Line Brewing
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Mid-City's beer garden — food trucks, a lawn, and room for the whole krewe.
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The Carousel Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Monteleone's slowly revolving bar — one full turn every fifteen minutes.
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The Corner Pocket
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Small, loud, and unbothered — a Quarter dive with dancers on the bar.
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The Country Club
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
A Bywater mansion with a bar, a restaurant, and a pool out back.
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The Phoenix Bar
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
The Marigny's leather and Levi's bar — gruff outside, welcoming in.
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Tropical Isle
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Home of the Hand Grenade — Bourbon Street at its most unapologetic.
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Zony Mash Beer Project
New Orleans · Greater New Orleans
Brewing inside a converted Broad Street movie theater — the old auditorium is the taproom.
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