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Tom Benson to build Dixie Beer brewery in New Orleans
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:36 pm
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Saints-Pelicans owner Tom Benson is bringing Dixie Beer back to New Orleans with plans to build a local brewery after buying the 110-year-old iconic brand.
Tom and his wife Gayle Benson said Wednesday (July 26) that they purchased a majority of Dixie Brewing Co. LLC for an undisclosed price. Longtime owners Joseph and Kendra Bruno will keep a minority interest. As part of the agreement, a brewery will be built in Orleans Parish within the next two years, possibly in New Orleans East.
"Here's something that represents New Orleans for me," Tom Benson said Wednesday. "I think this is a good thing for New Orleans. This is why I wanted to get involved. I believe we need a little stimulus here in our city. We need something that's made here."
Starting Thursday, the first batch of Dixie Beer brewed under Benson's ownership will be rolled out to 250 bars and stores around New Orleans with expansion planned throughout Louisiana and into Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
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I hate Dixie, but
to BensonThis post was edited on 7/26/17 at 9:37 pm
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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I hate Dixie
Not a surprise you yankee bastard!
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Will I be able to get a dix pack of sixie?
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:37 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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Gayle Benson to build Dixie Beer brewery in New Orleans
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Ah, you saw the Saints post on Facebook. 
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Actually Dixie Blackened VooDoo Lager is a damn good beer
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
It's sad they abandoned their old building and let it get taken over by the VA. Lot of squandered marketing potential, I thought.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:40 pm to LSUTANGERINE
How long until Mitch starts in on the name Dixie?
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:40 pm to LSUTANGERINE
That beer is no better than the cat piss Coors light. Just put the word Dixie on it and people will buy it tho.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:41 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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It's sad they abandoned their old building and let it get taken over by the VA. Lot of squandered marketing potential, I thought.
I agree. Now if Benson can maybe bring back K&B's before he kicks the bucket, that would be great. I would not put it past him
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:41 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Interesting timing, given the recent rise of the other big craft breweries that are inundating the market.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:42 pm to JumpingTheShark
Found the beer snob.
Jesus Christ can't you people just enjoy a cold beer for what it is, a cold beer.
That's right, you people.
Jesus Christ can't you people just enjoy a cold beer for what it is, a cold beer.
That's right, you people.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:42 pm to Paul Allen
Word is he wants to move the brewery to San Antonio
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:47 pm to Paul Allen
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Interesting timing, given the recent rise of the other big craft breweries that are inundating the market.
Seems to me, they missed an opportunity after Katrina to sort of reestablish themselves as an old established brand in a craft beer mold, centered around their old facility, with a dining/brewpub/beer garden component. Sort of like Anchor. Hard to see the Bensons pulling off anything like that, with a planned facility in da East.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:47 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I have to admire the old geezer - trying to buy/build things at his age. Hell, when I'm that old, I'm not buying green bananas.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:49 pm to JumpingTheShark
Will somebody bring back Jax?
or even Fabacher?
what's the brewery -- or at least office -- that got flooded? Can't recall the name, you can see the water line in pics
or even Fabacher?
what's the brewery -- or at least office -- that got flooded? Can't recall the name, you can see the water line in pics
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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It's sad they abandoned their old building and let it get taken over by the VA
Feel the same way. Great location and classic historical looking building. I would think it would have been on a registry somewhere. Is that why the facade was integrated into the VA?
Also, I approve of the Benson purchase and relocating back 'home'.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:50 pm to TigerWise
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Word is he wants to move the brewery to San Antonio
Or Oklahoma City.
(Well played.)
Posted on 7/26/17 at 9:50 pm to Kafka
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what's the brewery -- or at least office -- that got flooded? Can't recall the name, you can see the water line in pics
That was Dixie.
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