Breweries in Louisiana produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally.
Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries to microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.
In 2014, Louisiana's 37 breweries and brewpubs, and 66 distributors, and hundreds of retailers employed more than 15,000 people directly, and more than 10,000 others in related industries.
[1] Consumer purchases of Louisiana's brewery products generated more than $150 million in additional tax revenue.
The first manufacturing establishment in the city of New Orleans was a brewery built by Pierre Dreux called La Brassiere in January 1723.