He brews great "technical" beers as well. Unfortunately, a technical ESB won't sell like a pastry stout or some other bs. I enjoy technical beers as well but in todays market you have to be creative with some to succeed.

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 10/29/20 at 9:36 am to Loup

Technical doesn't mean old world. Technical means knowing how to make a solid beer, and that only happens by knowing your systems and really perfecting your process and recipe. Most "creative" breweries have a lot of duds. In my eyes, a perfect brewery is 80% technical and 20% creative.

And there are tons of breweries out there that are way more technical than creative and they are doing just fine.

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Posted by BugAC

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Posted on 10/29/20 at 9:49 am to Loup

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a technical ESB won't sell like a pastry stout or some other bs. I enjoy technical beers as well but in todays market you have to be creative with some to succeed.

I'll get on my old man soap box and say that i love more "technical" traditional beers nowadays than all of this hazy, juicy, or "taste buds of an 8 year old" beer. I do enjoy a nice NEIPA from time to time, but EVERYONE is doing them, and not everyone does them well. Rally Cap makes some really good Haze, IMO. Gilla is all in on the haze and anything but beer flavored beer (though they do get great reviews and i can't judge them on beer quality because i've been to their brewery once when they were out of almost all of their beers). But no one is making a good czech pilsner or a good ESB like you mentioned. Not a brewery in this state is making a classic saison. I just wish someone would make some traditional beers for the classic beer drinkers. I get that haze and juice and skittles and diabeetus stouts sell. But maybe someone could sneak in a saison, non adjunct stout, or czech pils? I'm not saying Istrouma is going the route i don't care for, this is their initial release and i'll give them time before judging accordingly. This is more my opinions on the state of craft beer in Louisiana rather than the new breweries.