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29 Great New Orleans Craft Beer Destinations

Check out where to go to get your brew on in 2017.

by Nora McGunnigle Updated Jan 20, 2017, 8:53am CST

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by Nora McGunnigle Updated Jan 20, 2017, 8:53am CST

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The New Orleans craft beer scene continues to boom, with plenty of great spots to sample both local and hard-to-find craft brews. It's been a while since the last update, so there are lots of newcomers on the board: Wayward Owl, Freret Beer Room, 40 Arpent Brewing, Vessel, Black Penny, Lager's International Ale House, and Cochon Butcher (the final 2 have stepped up their game in recent months and have thusly earned their spots on the list.) (And Black Penny should have been on this list all along, so that's our bad.)

Keep an eye out for new breweries opening over the next several months including: Brieux Carre, Parleaux Beer Lab, Royal Brewing Company, and Port Orleans Brewing. Carl Schaubhut and Jean-Pierre Guidry plan to open DTB Social House this spring on Oak Street with an equal emphasis on beer as on wine.

In addition, there are more ways to get around to local breweries and beer bars, by outsourcing the driving and thinking to one of three brewery bus tours that have popped up in the past year: New Orleans Original Brewery Tour, NOLA Brew Bus, and New Orleans Brews Cruise.

Note: businesses are listed in order of neighborhood.

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Avenue Pub

The unquestioned leader of the beer pack - 50 taps of American craft and the best imports, open 24 hours, and a balcony. Now paired up with Boucherie's Nathanial Zimet, so great food as well.

1732 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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The Bulldog - Uptown

Dog friendly, good tap list, pitchers, a great outdoor courtyard, and free pint glasses on Wednesday. Caters to a younger, lively crowd.

3236 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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The Bulldog

Another lovely courtyard with a great tap list to enjoy. Trivia nights, free pint glass night, dog friendly.

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5135 Canal Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124

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Aline Street Beer Garden

If you are intrigued by German beer, consider this your graduate program in lagers, bocks, weisses, and pilsners. Now open during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons as well, starting at 11am on the weekend and 2pm on Fridays (opens at 4pm the rest of the week). Check out the rotating popup restaurants as well as the regular special cask nights from local breweries.

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1517 Aline St., New Orleans, LA 70113

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Ole Saint

A new French Quarter bar, the Ole Saint is dedicated to providing local, regional, and American craft beer to tourists and locals alike. The staff is knowledgeable about beer and can help a beer newbie figure out what they're in the mood for. Check out the daily 2 for 1 happy hour special from 4-7 p.m.

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132 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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NOLA Brewing Tap Room

The NOLA Brewing taproom has become a social force to be reckoned with Uptown. A wide variety of beer (including specialty one-offs and small batch series), combined with McClure's BBQ, a game room, and a great spots for private parties, public get togethers, and community events.

3001 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Crescent City Brewhouse

Opened in 1991, the Brewhouse is the French Quarter's first brewpub. Enjoy 4 flagship beers brewed in the German style as well the permanent addition of an American style IPA available on tap.

527 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant

Though it's part of a chain, all the beer is brewed onsite in the restaurant's brewhouse and served fresh. Free validated parking (up to 4 hours) at the Harrah's garage too.

200 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Ancora Pizzeria

Ancora is as passionate about beer as it is about pizza. They've expanded their draft system for a better selection of craft beer, such as North Coast Old Rasputin, St Arnold Boiler Room Berliner Weiss, Great Raft All My Tomorrows, and New Belgium La Folie.

4508 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Boucherie

Chef Nathanial Zimet was an early adopter of providing high end beer to his diners. Boucherie has hosted unique beer dinners, and though their tap list is small (but well selected), their beer bottle list is extensive.

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1506 South Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

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PIZZA Domenica

The amazing pizzas are complemented by local and Italian craft beer, both on tap and in the bottle. Draft beer is half off M-F, 3-6pm (along with pizzas) Keep an eye out for special beer releases, when the kitchen creates specials to pair with them.

4933 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Courtyard Brewery

This Lower Garden District beer bar and and nanobrewery serves up many tasty treats on draft. Enjoy some of the best beers in town alongside brewer Scott Wood's original creations. The brewery's expansion has doubled its indoor space with a rotating art gallery, to boot, as well as a gussied up courtyard (much safer to navigate in the dark and/or after a few beers.)

1020 Erato St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Junction

The Bywater beer and burger joint has 40 drafts with a lots of local representation and tasty bar food. Keep an eye out for beer events and an ever expanding selection.

3021 Saint Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Wood Pizza Bistro & Taphouse

The newest restaurant to open up that has an emphasis on beer, Wood Pizza Bistro & Taphouse combines 40 taps with wood fired pizzas. They also offer a beer-tail of the week and often have hard to find beers on tap, so keep an eye out.

New Orleans, LA

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Cooter Brown's

Multi-tap sports bar and Riverbend mainstay Cooter Brown's has undergone a management change with an overhaul of the entire beer program both in the front bar and the back bar, formerly known as the Snooty Cooter. The back bar still has a fantastic selection of craft beer and imports, but now the front bar is getting some better beer lovin' too. Also: pitchers!

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509 S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Ale

Ale's proximity to sister wine bar Oak provides a delightful shared outdoor patio, so guests can go back and forth between the two, but the bar has come into its own with its beer selection and brewery events.

8124 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Second Line Brewing

Second Line's indoor-outdoor beer garden has hit its stride with a live music, weekly movie nights (on Wednesdays), and an ever-rotating selection of one-off beers. A few of those beers have been so well received - like the blood orange saison A Saison Named Desire (named through crowdsourcing) and the double rye IPA Alryte Alryte Alryte. Food trucks are there every night as well.

433 N Bernadotte St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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World of Beer - Warehouse District

The long awaited New Orleans location of World of Beer has opened officially with 40+ taps, a beer engine, beer infuser, and hundreds of bottles and cans from, well, all over the world. Open from lunch through to late night, WOB will have live music on the weekends, trivia on Thursdays, an afternoon happy hour M-F 3-7pm and a late night/service industry happy hour Sun-Thurs, 10am-close.

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324 Julia St., New Orleans, LA 70130

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Bourrée

Bourrée follows its big sister Boucherie with providing a thoughtful craft beer selection (in addition to its signature craft daiqs, 'cause what's better with wings than beer?). Now in its permanent location on Carrollton, it now offers 14 taps of beer, wine, and cider as well as an on-premise Cajun butcher shop.

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1510 S Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Company Burger

CoBu2 will follow in the mothership's footsteps to bring burger lovers a great beer selection, only now the selection has expanded to 25 taps. Look for locals and seasonals to rotate on the list, including the ever-elusive Parish Brewing double IPA Ghost in the Machine. Beer's half price Monday-Friday from 4-7pm.

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611 O'Keefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113

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Urban South Brewery

Urban South has doubled capacity in less than a year and has also been cranking out some excellent lagers, IPAs, and now, farmhouse ales. Try the new flagship Coop'd Up as well as seasonal lagers and the new Architecture Series.

1625 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA

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504 Craft Beer Reserve

This beer bottle store on Tulane doesn't just sell six packs and bombers of beer from all around the world - it has a 6 tap growler fill station and customers can create a "mix six" pack from ANY beer in the store.

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3939 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

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40 Arpent Brewery

40 Arpent Brewery's tap room recently opened, and it's the perfect place to overlook the levee while enjoying the brewery's flagships, seasonals, and one offs.

6809 N Peters St, Arabi, LA

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Cochon Butcher

Cochon Butcher's bar zips through local and other craft brews at a pretty rapid rate, and regularly hosts beer pairing options for both brunch and dinner for breweries like Great Raft, NOLA Brewing, and Bayou Teche.

930 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Wayward Owl

The newest brewery in New Orleans, Wayward Owl is serving high quality beers in the historic Gem Theater on the boarder of Broadmoor and Central City. Grab a pint at the family friendly tap room with long, beer hall-style tables, comfortable couches, and, as a nod to the original use of the space, theater seats (with beer cup holders, naturally.)

3940 Thalia St, New Orleans, LA

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Freret Beer Room

The city's first and only beer-focused restaurant combines seasonal dishes created to pair with the carefully chosen tap list and growing beer bottle selection. Try the semi-regular special "a wedge and a pint" for a special piece of cheese from St. James Cheese Company paired with its perfect beer match.

5018 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Vessel

This restaurant has a large format bottle-focused program meant to encourage sharing and socializing. The community tables, sharing plates, and cocktails by the carafe also support this philosophy.

3835 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Lager's International Ale House

Since the Metairie location of World of Beer closed, Lager's is the only game in town. And it's definitely on point with beer selection and food menu.

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3501 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002

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The Black Penny

The Black Penny is a laid back, romantically decaying bar for locals and visitors alike. The bar has been relentless in acquiring the best canned beers on the market (only cans, no draft or bottles) and the bartenders are very knowledgeable, friendly, and fantastic at helping customers make their way through the many options. A great place for whiling the day away over a beer.

700 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Avenue Pub

1732 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

The unquestioned leader of the beer pack - 50 taps of American craft and the best imports, open 24 hours, and a balcony. Now paired up with Boucherie's Nathanial Zimet, so great food as well.

1732 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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The Bulldog - Uptown

3236 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Dog friendly, good tap list, pitchers, a great outdoor courtyard, and free pint glasses on Wednesday. Caters to a younger, lively crowd.

3236 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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The Bulldog

5135 Canal Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124

Another lovely courtyard with a great tap list to enjoy. Trivia nights, free pint glass night, dog friendly.

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5135 Canal Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124

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Aline Street Beer Garden

1517 Aline St., New Orleans, LA 70113

If you are intrigued by German beer, consider this your graduate program in lagers, bocks, weisses, and pilsners. Now open during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons as well, starting at 11am on the weekend and 2pm on Fridays (opens at 4pm the rest of the week). Check out the rotating popup restaurants as well as the regular special cask nights from local breweries.

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1517 Aline St., New Orleans, LA 70113

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Ole Saint

132 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130

A new French Quarter bar, the Ole Saint is dedicated to providing local, regional, and American craft beer to tourists and locals alike. The staff is knowledgeable about beer and can help a beer newbie figure out what they're in the mood for. Check out the daily 2 for 1 happy hour special from 4-7 p.m.

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132 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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NOLA Brewing Tap Room

3001 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

The NOLA Brewing taproom has become a social force to be reckoned with Uptown. A wide variety of beer (including specialty one-offs and small batch series), combined with McClure's BBQ, a game room, and a great spots for private parties, public get togethers, and community events.

3001 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Crescent City Brewhouse

527 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Opened in 1991, the Brewhouse is the French Quarter's first brewpub. Enjoy 4 flagship beers brewed in the German style as well the permanent addition of an American style IPA available on tap.

527 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant

200 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Though it's part of a chain, all the beer is brewed onsite in the restaurant's brewhouse and served fresh. Free validated parking (up to 4 hours) at the Harrah's garage too.

200 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Ancora Pizzeria

4508 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Ancora is as passionate about beer as it is about pizza. They've expanded their draft system for a better selection of craft beer, such as North Coast Old Rasputin, St Arnold Boiler Room Berliner Weiss, Great Raft All My Tomorrows, and New Belgium La Folie.

4508 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70115