USA, LA: Cajun Brewing opens in Lafayette

Cajun Brewing has just launched in Lafayette and become Louisiana’s 17th brewery and the city’s first, Bayou Buzz reported on October 14.

Other Acadiana-area breweries include Parish Brewing Company in Broussard and Bayou Teche Brewing in Arnaudville.

According to general manager Chad Lege, the idea for Cajun Brewery developed when owner/founder Zeke Bossley fell in love with brewing and became a member of Lafayette's Dead Yeast Society homebrew club.

Bossley met James Lutgring and Gene Nelson in the club, and all three served in leadership positions. The trio began building Lafayette's first brewery in 2010 when Bossley bought the building that later became the brewery's home.

Cajun Brewing became licensed in September and brewed the first commercial batch of Cajun Wit on its one-barrel pilot system last week.

16 October, 2015