[2] Karlos, the head Brewmaster for Bayou Teche, grew an interest in quality beer while stationed as an Army cavalry scout in Germany.

[3] The website AskMen named Bayou Teche as one of their Top 10 best microbreweries in the United States.

Bayou Teche beer is distributed in five states currently, including native Louisiana and New York.

[6] According to the Beverage Tasting Institute, who holds the competition, the tasting notes of the Belgian-style pale ale contain “Aromas of grainy corn flour, nut brittle, lettuce and roasted turnips are interestingly taco-like with a round dryish medium-to-full body body and crisp, okra and grassy hop bite.”[7] It is recommended to be paired with red beans and rice, jambalaya, gumbo and hot boudin.

The beer has a “sweet smoky taste that can remind you of standing downwind from a smokehouse or campfire.”[9] Acadie has its roots in Cajun culture and is “brewed as a Bière de Garde – a centuries old French style of farmhouse seasonal brew.”[10] Another year-round beer is their “Bière Noire”, which was modeled after a German style brewing process which made a schwarzbier with ale yeast instead of lager yeast.