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Dixie Beer
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:11 am
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:11 am
Just saw an ESPN clip where a guy was eating oysters with a Dixie. Is Dixie back in production? Damn... I miss my Dixie!
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Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:16 am to ShermanTxTiger
Yes it's still around. They lost their own production facilities in Katrina so they have a contract with another brewer to make it. I think Heiner Brau in Covington is probably making it for them.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:19 am to nolanola
Last I heard it was being made in Wisconsin.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:19 am to ShermanTxTiger
Yep. Had it the other day.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:29 am to ShermanTxTiger
tastes like shite still
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:36 am to Lester Earl
quote:Yea, it is nostalgia here but it isn't good beer.
tastes like shite still
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:39 am to saderade
you can find it at any number of New Orleans bars and restaurants, ex- Parkway
I'll drink it before Bud Light any day
I'll drink it before Bud Light any day
This post was edited on 1/5/12 at 12:40 am
Posted on 1/5/12 at 3:50 am to Stadium Rat
quote:
Last I heard it was being made in Wisconsin.
the one that is "smoked" taste like a bbq pit
Posted on 1/5/12 at 7:30 am to Stadium Rat
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Last I heard it was being made in Wisconsin.
That's correct. Contract brewed somewhere in Wisconsin.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 8:04 am to Lester Earl
quote:
tastes like shite still
this
Posted on 1/5/12 at 9:51 am to ShermanTxTiger
They had a recipe for a dixie beer cloan in a magazine I get a couple of months ago. I had to laugh.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 10:09 am to nolanola
quote:
Yes it's still around. They lost their own production facilities in Katrina so they have a contract with another brewer to make it. I think Heiner Brau in Covington is probably making it for them.
Been produced out of Wisconsin for a while. I think way before Katrina happened.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 10:30 am to bosoxjo13
Cannot beleive it is still around. It used to be the nastiest stuff when I was in school. Would buy Bush before Dixie
Posted on 1/5/12 at 10:32 am to blacykaty
I know the rouse's by my house has about three different Dixie beers you can buy. My friend got some lastnight and he liked it, but I dont remember which one he got. All I've ever had is the regular Dixie with the green and gold label.
This post was edited on 1/5/12 at 10:35 am
Posted on 1/5/12 at 12:24 pm to ShermanTxTiger
It's been in production. I think it's pretty good but it sucks it's not made in LA anymore.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 1:22 pm to bosoxjo13
quote:
Been produced out of Wisconsin for a while. I think way before Katrina happened.
They were still using the New Orleans facility up until Katrina. In additional to being flooded out most of the equipment including their copper tank were looted.
Apparently Heiner Brau in Covington couldn't keep up with the demand after Katrina for their beer and Dixie so they stopped producing it and that is when the deal with the WI company started. It's brewed by a company called Minhas.
I do know that Heiner Brau is making Zea beer now. Maybe once the new brewery opens in Mandeville Dixie will be able to strike a deal with them. I would imagine that shipping Dixie form WI to their core market isn't a great long-term business plan due to freight costs.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 1:49 pm to blacykaty
quote:
Would buy Bush before Dixie
I wouldn't. Ever.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 1:50 pm to nolanola
I thought I read somewhere that the brewmaster from Dixie moved up to WI to assist them too
Posted on 1/5/12 at 1:58 pm to MNCscripper
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brewmaster
chortle, chortle.
Posted on 1/5/12 at 1:59 pm to nolanola
quote:
They were still using the New Orleans facility up until Katrina. In additional to being flooded out most of the equipment including their copper tank were looted.
Apparently Heiner Brau in Covington couldn't keep up with the demand after Katrina for their beer and Dixie so they stopped producing it and that is when the deal with the WI company started. It's brewed by a company called Minhas.
I do know that Heiner Brau is making Zea beer now. Maybe once the new brewery opens in Mandeville Dixie will be able to strike a deal with them. I would imagine that shipping Dixie form WI to their core market isn't a great long-term business plan due to freight costs.
I always thought they could have done a better job of cashing in on the microbrew craze by rebranding themselves a bit, and keeping their great old structure nicely intact and updated (it was really going to shite even well before Katrina).
I know they tried to do that with Blackened Voodoo, but it (along with Dixie) never got past the stage of being seen as anything more than a novelty.
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