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Abita Brewing Company

Abita Brewing Co.
Abita Brew Pub in Abita Springs, LA
Location	Abita Springs, Louisiana United States
Owner(s)	Abita Brewing, LLC. David Blossman, President; Mark Wilson, Brewmaster
Year opened	1986
Annual production	75,000 barrels
Active beers
Name Type Amber Märzen Golden All-malt lager Abita Light Light lager Jockamo IPA IPA Andygator Doppelbock.[1][2][3] Purple Haze Fruit / vegetable beer Turbodog Brown ale Restoration Ale [4] Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
Name Type Mardi Gras Bock Maibock Red Ale Amber ale Abita Wheat Wheat Lager[5] Fall Fest Märzen Christmas Ale Different recipe each season, usually Amber ale Strawberry Wheat Brewed with fresh Louisiana strawberries every spring, this is a Wheat Beer
Other beers
Name Type Select Very small batch brews of various styles, distributed to a few select bars and restaurants in the South Louisiana area only.

The Abita Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Abita Springs, Louisiana, 30 miles north of New Orleans. They first began brewing beer in 1986. That year, the company produced 1,500 barrels of beer. Today, they brew over 80,000 barrels of beer annually and 5,000 barrels of root beer annually.^{[6] [7]}

Abita Golden, Abita Amber, Abita Purple Haze, and Abita Turbodog are sold in various markets across the United States and Puerto Rico. Abita Brewing Company is the 17th largest Craft Brewery and the 31st largest brewery of any category in the United States ranked by volume sold in 2007.^[8]

The company brews its beer with water from artesian wells in Abita Springs. They produce several types of beer year round, and also produce a series of seasonal beers. In August 2005, Stuff Magazine named Abita’s Turbodog Ale as the best beer made in America.^[9] The Abita Brew Pub, under independent ownership, is located at the original brewery location in Abita Springs and features Abita beers, with some brews exclusive to the brew pub, under a close partnership with the brewery.[3][4]

The company also produces Abita root beer which is unusual in that it’s made with Louisiana sugarcane rather than high-fructose corn syrup.