Faubourg Brewing Co.

Regional Brewery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Made By The Water

Established in 1907

Contact
3501 Jourdan Rd., New Orleans, LA, LA 70126, United States
Description
Dixie Brewery opened shop on a vacant lot on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans in 1907. It produced the flagship brand as well as others for 99 years until Hurricane Katrina devastated the facility in 2005. Finally, it’s coming back home.

By late 2019, Dixie will restore all brewing production to the city of New Orleans in an 85,000 square foot facility in New Orleans East. It will house a 100-barrel brewhouse as well as a 15-barrel craft system for the creation of new beers. By early 2020, Dixie will be open to the public to tour the facility, the production process, learn more about its history and sample its many tasty brews.

Committed to making our home more unified, welcoming and resilient for future generations, the brewery was renamed Faubourg Brewing Co. in 2020 as a tribute to the diverse neighborhoods that flavor our gumbo-pot home. Faubourg — pronounced “FO-burg” — is a French word that we New Orleaneans often use interchangeably with “neighborhood.” Our beers have always brought people together, so it’s only natural that we celebrate every corner of our one-of-a-kind city.

Today, Faubourg Brewing Co. is the oldest operating brewery in New Orleans. We’re locally owned and operated, proud of our perseverance, and more excited than ever about what our future holds. See you around the neighborhood!

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3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 4
Pale golden colour. rather nice honeyish aroma, but after that the fun is over. Thin and fizzy and with not much bitterness.
Tried on 09 Apr 2002 at 03:36

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4
Appropriate bood-red coloration, and a very unassuming beer. Not quite as good as the Blackened Voodoo but a passable Ale. Very low-key flavor that makes the beer go by without your noticing it. So-so overall.
Tried on 05 Apr 2002 at 23:49

6.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark and malty, but very carbonated. It didn't exaclty fit with the look and flavor of the beer. Being a fan of dark beers, it was kind of a letdown. As a lager however it had a nice flavor.
Tried on 05 Apr 2002 at 23:44

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Fairly malty, with hints at caramel/toffee in the aroma, but with metallic overtones in the flavor.
Tried on 24 Sep 2001 at 10:05

3.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2
I didn't really like the flavor, but at least it had some flavor. Major drawback was an unpleasant metallic taste. Mainly metallic/bitter with little malt. Pale color. Very light body.
Tried on 17 Mar 2001 at 00:25

2.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 1 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Blech. Harsh, sharp metallic taste. It tasted like a bad bloody nose (you know that bitter metallic taste of blood? sorry to be crude) Unexpectedly darker than the blackened voodoo.
Tried on 24 Sep 2000 at 23:29

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Ok stuff for a big brewery, but limited appeal for hardcore dark lager fans
Tried on 29 Jun 2000 at 16:51

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 10 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 4.5
A nice looking dark lager - with a tremendous malty sweet aroma, reminiscient of toffee and caramel. The same notes are apparent at the front of the tongue as you sip, but unfortunately, thats all there was too it. It had no body (i.e. quite watery) and lacked any depth that characterizes German dark lagers.
Tried on 27 Jun 2000 at 22:16

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 1997 at 11:30