re: LA is 49th in the country in breweries, 11th in consumption

And the biggest hippie town is Abita out of all places.

thrillist

Louisiana
Abita Springs
You probably know this town on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain as the home of your favorite Strawberry Harvest Lager. But the creative types behind Abita’s crazy beers are a product of this little hippie enclave. Once an escape for New Orleanians looking to get away from yellow fever in the early 1900s, this town is full of old hotels and cottages, rehabilitated by hippies who came in the 1970s. It’s now home to a folk art museum, a town shadow play, and a monthly bluegrass festival called the “Piney Woods Opry.”