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Lafayette finally getting a craft brewery

Posted on 8/30/15 at 5:46 pm
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 5:46 pm
Two, as a matter of fact. Any of you inside FBDers know anything about either?

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The first microbrewery in the Lafayette city limits is opening soon, and another one could be on its way.

Cajun Brewing is only a permit and few days away from operating as a legal brewery while Hub City Beerworks is still at least a year away.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 5:58 pm to
Long way to go if you try to catch NoLa.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 6:03 pm to
and Baton Rouge still only has Tin Roof...
Hub City may or may not even happen it seems, they are still brewing in a guys garage.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 6:55 pm to
Hopefully all these new breweries are worth a damn and not just trying to jump on the craft beer train.

Shreveport has 3 breweries but only 1 is worth anything, although I still think Red River can make good beer if they ever decide to focus solely on their brewery.

Flying Heart sucks as much as their name does.
This post was edited on 8/30/15 at 6:56 pm
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 6:58 pm to
Mudbugs in Thibodaux sucks, but makes a killing on locals and the fact that their tap room is really nice.
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:02 pm to
Same for Flying Heart. Their taproom is really nice and its about the only thing to do in Bossier.

This post was edited on 8/30/15 at 7:03 pm
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:06 pm to
Yeah the taproom is crowded Thursday-Saturday and for games on Sunday. The beer is drinkable but some would put Abita above it. However, they have some catchy names such as King Cake Ale, Cafe Au Lait, etc and every local place in Thibodaux and Houma have them on tap and push them.
Posted by CCTider
Member since Dec 2014
24389 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:21 pm to
quote:

Baton Rouge still only has Tin Roof...


And Tin Roof is terrible. Nola and LA31 ate the only Louisiana brewers I've tried that are worth drinking/paying extra. Unfortunately Louisiana has terrible water. There's a reason the best breweries are usually near mountains. Good, clean water= good beer.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
84517 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:27 pm to
You can change the water.

And have you had Parish or Great Raft?
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73849 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:35 pm to
quote:

Unfortunately Louisiana has terrible water.


Terrible water or terrible water for brewing?

BR has some of the best water in the nation.
Posted by Fratastic423
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:42 pm to
Cajun has been in the works for a long long time. I am not holding my breath on that one ever opening. No info on the other.
Posted by CCTider
Member since Dec 2014
24389 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:44 pm to
quote:

You can change the water.

And have you had Parish or Great Raft?


I forgot about Parish. They were solid, though I only tried a couple. I never tried great raft. I never saw that in Nola, though I've been give a year.
Posted by CCTider
Member since Dec 2014
24389 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

Terrible water or terrible water for brewing?

BR has some of the best water in the nation.


Both, I'd assume. But definitely bad for brewing. Anita has a swamp arse after taste like I've never tasted before.

And there's no way Baton Rouge has done of the nation's best water. You're downstream on the Mississippi, in a swampy area, with a ton of industrial and Petro chemical plants upstream. That's basically worst case scenario for good water.

I've lived in the Appalachians and the Rockies... That's good, clean water.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73849 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

And there's no way Baton Rouge has done of the nation's best water. You're downstream on the Mississippi, in a swampy area, with a ton of industrial and Petro chemical plants upstream. That's basically worst case scenario for good water.



Your knowledge is astounding.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
84517 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:49 pm to
quote:

And there's no way Baton Rouge has done of the nation's best water.


taste wise, it is

chemistry wise...I don't know

but you can change the chemistry of the water
This post was edited on 8/30/15 at 7:50 pm
Posted by TigerHam85
59-024 Kamehameha Highway
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:52 pm to
do you even water science bro?
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116814 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Good, clean water= good beer.


Coors is great!!! Dumbest shite I have seen on TD in quite a while. Congrats.
Posted by LSUGrad00
Member since Dec 2003
2428 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:02 pm to
quote:

But definitely bad for brewing.


Baton Rouge water is fine for brewing. All mineral content is below 7 ppm except for Sodium which is around 70. The bicarbonate are mid range (160s I believe) and the pH is slightly higher than most places (8.8).

If a professional was worried about any of that they would spend the extra money on an RO system to dilute or replace their tap water, which is fairly common these days

But why let facts to get in the way when you can just talk out of your arse.
Posted by TigerHam85
59-024 Kamehameha Highway
Member since Nov 2009
31493 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:12 pm to
Bro. Appalachian AND Rockies.

BR just siphons potable water straight out the Mississippi.
This post was edited on 8/30/15 at 8:13 pm
Posted by Kim Jong Ir
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2008
53334 posts
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

And there's no way Baton Rouge has done of the nation's best water. You're downstream on the Mississippi, in a swampy area, with a ton of industrial and Petro chemical plants upstream. That's basically worst case scenario for good water.


Wow.
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