If you’re in a town for a conference, you might as well find some good beer.<\/p>\n
With a name that mentions nothing about it’s attempt to recreate a little bit of Bavaria in delta country, the Crescent City Brew House<\/a> seems to be the only brewpub downtown.\u00a0 Nice atmosphere, not trendy, not fancy.\u00a0 The staff was friendly and helpful.\u00a0 The food was OK, but this being NOLA it was quite meat heavy.<\/p>\n Beware they only do lager, the founder is apparently German and brews according to the Reinheitsgebot, so if you like hops look elsewhere.\u00a0 And unfortunately for beer geeks, they haven’t jumped on the specs bandwagon, so no malt, hops, IBUs, gravity, or explanations for anything.\u00a0 A bit old-fashioned, you could say.<\/p>\n They also only serve 12, 20, and 24oz glasses.\u00a0 No pint glasses here you English-loving tool!\u00a0 All the beer was “solid” for German lager with no particular standouts<\/p>\n Final score: one thumb up from Brew It Right.<\/p>\n One microbrew (besides Abita) that everyone seems to have on tap is NOLA Blonde<\/a>.\u00a0 This was the bright spot wherever I happened to be, because it’s a good, solid blonde ale.\u00a0 You should try it.\u00a0 It’s like Summit EPA: no matter what bar you’re in, they’re going to have it because it’s “local”, and that means you don’t have to drink Miller Lite like a chump.<\/p>\n Next up: Hopitoulas.\u00a0 A<\/a> great IPA, which you should try, but I can’t give you tasting notes or bouquets or backbones or resins or any of that stuff, as I was fairly drunk by then and I’m not going to take notes when I’m having fun.<\/p>\n Final score: two thumbs up from Brew It Right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you’re in a town for a conference, you might as well find some good beer. Crescent City Brew House With a name that mentions nothing about it’s attempt to recreate a little bit of Bavaria in delta country, the Crescent City Brew House seems to be the only brewpub downtown.\u00a0 Nice atmosphere, not trendy, … Continue reading New Orleans Beer Time<\/span> \n
New Orleans Lager & Ale (NOLA)<\/h5>\n