Abita Brewing Company comes in at the top of Business Report’s list of Louisiana craft breweries ranked by barrels brewed in 2017, with about 140,000 barrels of suds.
Abita, located near Covington and founded in 1986, is also the oldest craft brewery listed. The brewery’s top sellers are its Abita Amber, Purple Haze and Turbodog brews.
Coming in at No. 2 is Parish Brewing Company, founded in 2008 and making about 14,987 barrels of beer in 2017. Its most popular brews are Canebrake, Ghost in the Machines and Envie.
Baton Rouge’s Tin Roof Brewing is listed after NOLA Brewing Co., and is tied for No. 4 with Great Raft Brewing of Shreveport. Tin Roof brought home a 2018 Lantern Award for manufacturing excellence from Louisiana Economic Development.
Hammond-based Gnarly Barley came in at No. 7, with 3,800 barrels of beer. Gnarly Barley was named one of the nation’s fastest-growing small and independent craft breweries by Brewers Association this year.
The brewery ranked 43rd among the top 50 small and independent brewers across 25 states. Breweries on the list experienced median growth of 216% from 2016 to 2017. The companies represent 5.5% of craft’s growth by volume for 2017 and include eight brewpubs, 40 microbreweries and two regional craft breweries.
See the current issue of Business Report for the full ranking Louisiana craft breweries and check next week’s edition with a complete list of Baton Rouge area physician groups.
