re: What is the best Louisiana brewery? Cast your vote nola.com

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Nice to hear about the parade ground. Last years was so bizarre. It was thin and really drinkable. If they called it a strong brown ale, I don't think anyone would have complained about it. Glad to see it's back to being good.

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I still think Parade Ground needs more coffee. It has a ton of chocolate notes this year, and is really good. But I don't get the coffee from it that I should. Maybe mocha is a better description. But that shouldn't dissuade you from drinking it. It's so much better than last year's, and it's actually lower in ABV.

Ditto for Rougarou. They dropped the ABV from 9.7% to something closer to 8.0% and simplified both the grain bill and hop additions. There was 3 pounds/bbl of Citra added as dry hops. Really good beer this year.

Juke Joint is now Mosaic/Amarillo. Voodoo is Citra/Simcoe.

New brewing team is doing a good job over there now.

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Yeah, because I always see businesses say "our products used to suck, but we're doing better now.

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Parish and Great Raft made press releases for revamping their pale ales.

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Seriously, go by the taproom and try the beers. It's kid friendly.

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No time for that. I don't get home until 5:30, same with my wife, and i don't live close to the brewery. I also have a 2 year old, and we have to cook.

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The pale ale is getting there. Juke Joint is perfectly drinkable now. It had a nice dank aroma when I had it the other day. This year's coffee porter is much improved. The stout is legit. Double IPA is coming soon. The amber is going away.

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And some sort of information from the brewery would be helpful. I wasn't saying for them to literally say "we suck", but admitting that your beer isn't what it should have been, and revamping the recipe and letting people know it's not the same as it used to be, would be helpful for them.

How is the taproom kid friendly?

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For the new recipes, have they been distributed through the local accounts, and replaced the older versions? Realistically, I don't have very much time on the weeknds, especially right now, to go by the brewery. Most likely will have to try it at a restaurant like Chimes or somewhere.

Yeah, they have all been distributed... Juke Joint starting back in early to mid October and Voodoo starting a few weeks later.

That doesn't mean retailers have switched out product of course, but they are all dated, so definitely any cans of those with a November date should definitely be new batches.

All Parade Ground out there should be current.

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...how?

or is it just a north LA thing that taprooms are 21+?

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Because it's perfectly legal here, I guess. I think that sort of thing is Parish by Parish, not statewide.

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. Juke Joint starting back in early to mid October and Voodoo starting a few weeks later.

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Question regarding the 2, if you can answer them; what all was changed in the recipe? Hop varietals, malt bill, water source, salts?

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Everything but the water source, obviously, and the yeast. Water chemistry, malt bill, hop selection, and hop schedule is all new.

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I'll give it a try next time i'm out and about. As I stated earlier, might i suggest press releases, or a blog update on the website. I think this would really be helpful. I went to the website and the facebook page and haven't seen anything regarding this.

That will be happening, once older recipe product is rotated out of the market and a few more changes are made. It's intended to be a gradual shift.

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I'll give it a try next time i'm out and about. As I stated earlier, might i suggest press releases, or a blog update on the website. I think this would really be helpful. I went to the website and the facebook page and haven't seen anything regarding this.

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Recipes aren't final yet. Getting there, but still some tweaks. Voodoo (dropping the Bengal) will have a completely new can design. I don't think they will announce anything officially until they are happy where they are. I'm just telling you what I know based on talking to Michael, who is really cool to talk to about beer and brewing. He's a lot more receptive than the previous guy.