Abita Brewing Company

Amazing Abita experience here! They make a variety of brews, as well as an excellent root beer! Clean taproom and outdoor seating as well! Come an experience the Abita Culture!

While staying in the area, we had to come here again. Just as fun as before. It's Mardi Gras time so I had the Mardi Gras Bock. It's really good. We also had the in-house root beer. Great beer in a great venue.

This was my first time visiting the brewery. Took a day trip from New Orleans and this was the last stop. We really enjoyed the game with the string & hook, and it was sooo nice to sit in the courtyard. The bartender was super helpful and honest when I was picking out what beers I wanted in my flight. Wish I had gotten her name. Shorter lady. The beer was delish! As expected. This place has been in my brewery bucket list for a while, and i'm glad to say i've checked it off! Will be back!

I was thirsty after driving to Mandeville over the world's longest continuous bridge (Lake Ponchartrain Causeway), so after stuffing myself with seafood at the Rusty Pelican in Mandeville (see separate review) I drove less than 10 miles to Abita Springs/Covington to visit the Abita brewery. We didn't do the tour (tours are at 1 and 3 PM), but we enjoyed chilling out in the bar and retail area. We ordered a flight of 3 sodas (cream, root beer and Mardi Gras King Cake. My favorite was the King Cake soda. It had a clean taste profile with a spice finish. We ended with a flight of six which we did with 3 fruited beers (strawberry-gator, blueberry and Barney - mix of strawberry-gator and purple haze) and 2 cocktails (mojito and tiki rum), and a seltzer (Ocean Breeze). Of these, my favorites were the Tiki Rum, Mojito, strawberry-gator and blueberry. These were fruity, had a hint of sweetness and overall nicely balanced. Our bartender was knowledgeable and made good suggestions regarding the sodas and cocktails which I'd not tasted before those visit.The tasting room had plenty of inside seating and a nice outdoor seating area with a fountain.This was a spur of the moment trip because we saw how close we were to the brewery when we completed lunch in Mandeville.Folks, whether you are a beer drinker or not, Abita Brewery is a nice stop. Visit to enjoy a nice soda, cocktail or seltzer, beer; then sit a spell to enjoy some good sittin'!

We stopped in at the Abita brewing company because we love Purple Haze. With so many flavors on top we tried two flights to get a variety. These beers had great flavors with fun twists that we don't normally have access to. The brewery itself is so well done with self guided and scheduled tours, lots of merchandise for purchase and of course your favorite drinks to go. I fell in love with the king cake soda and had to bring some home. Delicious! Definitely worth the trip when visiting LA!

First, let me say that I don't like beer- my husband does, however. We wanted to do the tour since we thought our sons would enjoy it (they did). Darah (spelling? rhymes with Sarah), did our tour. She was very kind, friendly, and knowledgeable. I mentioned not liking beer during the tour after smelling the hops and malts. She asked what I liked and I told her, adding that the only "beer" I have ever liked was a raspberry sour from St Arnold in Houston (which they sadly stopped making). Darah let me know they had a raspberry sour and let me try it after the tour. It was great! Over all, I really appreciated her knowledge and willingness to help me try something I would like since I didn't care for two of the other beverages I tried today.

Worth a stop if you are staying in the area.Lots of parking.Tour is very informative and you get to go into almost every part of the brewery. The guided cost $10, but you get a beer token so its only a few $. They also have self guided, I am not sure if you get to see more or less on a self guided.Bar area is not massive, however there is a good amount of seating. There are table games and shuffle board. The drink selections is top notch. Not only do they have all of there standard beers on tap, they have a full range of Brewery only beers on tap, if nothing else this is the reason to stop by here. Many of these beers are uniquely flavored or have a high ABV. They have rum, by it by the bottle. Very very sooth drinking rum.They have some of the best Root Beer and Cream soda I have ever had, great for the kids.... Also this is a kid friendly brewery. Food. Like many breweries they have a rotating list of food trucks. So that can be hit or miss.gift shop is all reasonably priced. They have tap handles, shirts, stickers and more.Buy caned/bottled beer to go from the cooler. Great stop, if you find yourself in the area needing something to do, I highly recommend stopping by. If you are a beer nerd or someone that like visiting breweries, this is a must. #1 brewery in Louisianan, and better than many I have gone to in Texas.I would recommend and return.

I love Abita beer and I probably drink more Abita Amber than just about any other human on the planet. With that said I didn't fully enjoy my first few visits to the Abita Brewery Visitor's Center and Tap Room as it can get crowded and back when I did the brewery tour the first time it felt so rushed that I only got to enjoy four beers. Granted it was on a Saturday pre-pandemic times and going during the week is a much more relaxing and enjoyable time so that would probably be the best time for a visit and not during the hectic weekend. Back during my first tour the used to sometimes even run out of beer on some of the taps which as it is at the actual brewery I'm was confused why they couldn't just replace the kegs? Fast forward to 2023 and things are working much more smoothly and efficiently. The only real negative is that I find is the price of the beers in the tap room are often more expensive than what can be found at some bars in the area (although they do offer various ways to get discounts). The biggest challenge I see is the Tap Room closes very early these days which seems to be an all too common pattern in many businesses these days.This facility is certainly nice and the tour of the brewery itself is alright but I would like for them to add the bottling and canning process for us to see (at least through a window view at least) to get a full view of the entire manufacturing process. Since I LOVE Abita beer I do return here often to enjoy more good times. They have vastly improved their gift store as for a time it was easier to order t-shirts and other shwag online instead of the gift shop but now they have really made the merchandise area very nice. So Abita beer continues to make ongoing improvements in this space and I look forward to more good times here. My video review of Abita Brewing Company Visitor's Center and Tap Room is here:https://youtu.be/Y4R4WV99hMc

One of our favorite breweries, so many choices on tap and pilot brews. We had a Cold IPA and Experimental Hop 1019. Both were excellent. Always great service! Beautiful building with some cool shirts.

Abita was my most recent brewery experience I'd like to chronicle into a Yelp review... or would that be my Yelp diary? LolRegardless what day and what outlook I have at the time I always feel like I got to be cranking out the reviews for all of you.Anyway back to the point. Abita Brewing provided an enjoyable beer experience for Steve and myself as we tried out two of their beers.The first one was their amber. It was good. No complaints. Not my favorite amber I ever came across but it was fine.I was however quite impressed with their Office Party Holiday Stout. This was a milk stout that went down very smooth with elements of cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla and coffee which in turn made a very fine holiday beer as we approach the cooler months. We are heading into porter and stout season and the Office Party was a fine kick off for it.