A Q&A with David Blossman, president of Abita Brewing Co., L.L.C., in Covington.
Why beer? I started making beer at an early age and fell in love with everything about it.
We hear you started out in this business in your bathtub. Tell us about that. I am not sure how that rumor got started. It’s just not true. I respect beer too much to ever ferment it in a bathtub…and my Mom would have been very upset with me.
Was it your idea to require yourself to personally taste every new flavor? Abita has a great crew with incredible talent. It is not necessary for me to be involved with recipe formulation and testing. However, I love being a part of the creative process and never miss it. It’s part of what makes this such a great job.
How do you dream up those catchy names? We brainstorm with key team members to come up with the names for our beers. Consuming some of the product usually assists in the creative process.
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