JAX Beer
New Orleans has always been a beer city. At one time, there were more than 30 breweries in operation. Most were small, similar to today’s brewpubs, with most or all of a brewery’s output sold in only one or two outlets. A few breweries produced large quantities of beer that were distributed on a regional basis.

Prohibition put most of New Orleans’ breweries out of business. The larger ones survived, most notably Dixie Beer and JAX Brewery. During the 1960s, JAX was the 10th-largest brewery in the country.

Unfortunately in the 1970s, the company owning the brewery went bankrupt. In the 1980s the building was purchased and turned into space for shops and restaurants.

Jackson Brewery, commonly known as JAX Brewery by locals, is a building in the French Quarter containing shops and restaurants and primarily frequented by tourists. If you would like to know more about JAX Brewery as it is today, you may visit HERE.