“These brewmasters are local and they’re making beers that taste good with the foods they eat, crawfish and oysters and cochon du lait. That’s the difference between Louisiana craft beer and the very good craft beer from Oregon or Boston for somewhere.”
Jay ducote, “Bite Booze” blogger
Beer and boudin proves a popular combination, says Ben Berthelot, who as head of the Lafayette tourism commission is charged with entertaining an increasing number of visiting food and travel writers to Acadiana.
New Orleans is the draw, what people come to Louisiana to see, Berthelot says, like what the Eiffel Tower or Louvre are for France. But food and travel shows are expanding their search for the colorful.
“We needed something unique. So we started driving them to some spots on the boudin trail and stopped by one of our breweries,” said Berthelot, president of the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission said. “It seemed a natural fit. And they like it.”
Busloads of tourists from Europe show up unannounced at local breweries. They arrive at places such as Bayou Teche Brewing in Arnaudville and Abita Brewing Co. in Abita Springs, looking to be shown around, maybe get a free sample, says Berthelot,
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