When I wrote about the WYES Beer Tasting last year, I mentioned that while I loved the event and all the great beer, I was a little let down that event was short, and the quality of beer was a little too generic apart from the homebrewers. Apparently this got the attention of the folks over at WYES and I, among others like Dan Stein, the folks at NOLA Brewing and Derek Lintern of Crescent City Homebrewers were called in to consult for this years event.

A lot of things have changed in a year! While the main tasting on Saturday will be much like last years, except with better beer as the Craft Beer scene has gotten better in NOLA, there’s a new event tonight, the 1st Annual WYES Private Beer Sampling (or PBS for short, haha get it?!). The PBS will feature 50 beers that represent the best NOLA has to offer from American and European brewers, as well as new special batch beers from NOLA, Abita and Lazy Magnolia. There will be food, music, a chance to talk to brewers, and a more relaxing 3 hour long window for tasting.

I hope to see everyone out there this weekend, exploring some of the best beers American Craft Brewers have to offer. Tonight’s tasting is $50 with food. Tomorrow is $35 in advance or $45 at the door. Check out WYES for ticket info.

Here’s a PDF of all the beers and descriptions for this weekend’s two beer fests!

From 2pm-6pm, Avenue Pub will be hosting an beer tasting for American Craft Beer Week, featuring an impressive and surprising list of beers. $12 gets you (12) 4oz tasters of any American Craft Beer available on tap or in bottles. House smoked meats and cheeses courtesy of J’Anita’s will also be available. If you miss the 2-6pm window, there will be $1 off American Craft beers all night.

After looking through the list of beers available, this is the most impressive beer tasting I’ve seen in town in a long time, and the best beer deal possibly ever. Continue reading for a complete list of the 50 beers available for the choosing today.

Draft
Blanche de Bruxelles, Brooklyn Lager, Bear Republic Racer 5, Harpoon IPA, NOLA Blonde, NOLA Brown, Flying Dog Amber Lager, Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan
Lazy Magnolia Indian Summer, Lazy Magnolia Jefferson Stout, North Coast Brother Thelonious, Abita Amber, Abita Andygator, Abita Wheat, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Bottles
Brooklyn Local one, Summer Ale, Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye, and Big Bear Black Stout, Capitol Brewing Blonde Dopplebock, Full Sail Session Lager, Sam Adams Chocolate and Summer, Harpoon UFO, Summer and Leviathan Double IPA, Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, Bigfoot (2009) & Summer ale, Anchor Summer, Old Foghorn, Liberty, Flying Dog IPA and Lazy Magnolia Reb Ale, Abita Purple Haze, North Coast Old Rasputin, Pranqster, Blue Star Wheat, Red Seal Ale, Scrimshaw Pilsner, Acme IPA, RJ Rockers Bellringer, RJ Rockers Bald Eagle, Celis Grand Cru, and Celis White.

America’s small and independent craft brewers are making special plans for the annual American Craft Beer Week (May 11-17), a national celebration highlighting the culture and contributions of American craft beer. These brewers want the week to inspire beer enthusiasts to declare their independence by supporting breweries that produce fewer than 2 million barrels of beer a year and are independently owned. To celebrate bars, restaurants and shops across New Orleans will be hosting dinners, bar specials, classes and tastings. Continue reading for this week’s lineup of ACBW events
Monday 5/11 : Sun Ray Grill - Beer & Food Pairing. 6-9 PM, $40 for a three course and three beer dinner. Beers will be chosen to pair with three dishes (appetizer, entre, and dessert).

Tuesday 5/12 : Slice Pizza - 5-8 PM - Buy a slice and any pint of American craft beer and receive a free NOLA Brewing Co. pint glass.

Wednesday 5/13 - Stein’s Deli - 8:30 PM - Beer Class - Taught by Crescent City Homebrewer Derek Lintern and is $15 for about 10 beer tasters and meat and cheese plates. Covers the brewing process from “Grain to Glass” and explains the different styles of beer. Call Stein’s Deli to reserve a seat at 504-527-0771 as there are only 25 available seats.

Thursday 5/14 - Bulldog Mid-City - All Night - $1 off any American craft beer pint and $2 off any American craft beer pitcher.

Friday 5/15 - Squeal BBQ - 7-10 PM - $30 - BBQ Spread - Pulled Pork, Ribs, Crab and Andouille stuffed mushrooms, brisket, BBQ Chicken, and Sides Galore! Includes 4 free pints of American Craft Brew!

Saturday 5/16 - Avenue Pub - $15 - 2-6 PM - this gets you 12 tasters (4 oz) of different American craft beers. Beers available include: Brooklyn Local one, Summer Ale and Lager, Bear Republic Racer Five (Draft), Hop Rod Rye, and Big Bear Black Stout, Harpoon IPA, UFO, and Summer Ale, Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, Bigfoot (2009) & Summer ale, Anchor Summer and Liberty, NOLA Brown & Blonde, Rogue Dead Guy, Flying Dog IPA and Amber Lager, Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan and Indian Summer, Abita Andygator, Purple Haze & Amber and many more! After 6 PM, all American craft beers are $1 off for the rest of the night! Selection of house smoked meats and cheeses available for purchase. First 30 people get to keep their glass!

Sunday 5/17 - St. James Cheese - 3PM - $15 - 4-5 select cheeses to be paired with complimenting American craft beers.

Tonight, Avenue Pub will be hosting their first beer dinner, and at just $12 for three courses, it’ll be a more attractive option for many.

Thursday May 7th @ 7pm
The Avenue Pub | 1732 St Charles ave.

Featuring NOLA Brown and Blonde Ale and Spaten Optimator.

With food by J’Anita’s

Caprese salad

Roasted duck sandwich with cheddar and blue cheese, shallots, and currant tapenade

Gingerbread cupcakes with creme cheese and currant filling

For reservations, please email polly@iglou.com or call Avenue Pub at 586-9243

Now with October, and Oktoberfest, coming to an end, this beer dinner is now taking place this saturday, October 25th!

Before dinner begins, there will be a “cocktail hour” featuring beer from the soon to open NOLA Brewing Company. If that wasn’t enough of a perk aside from the delicious menu, rare (to New Orleans) beers will be given away as door prizes… like Deschutes Black Butte Porter, one of the best Porters I’ve ever had).

The full menu for the $75 (all-inclusive) beer dinner, as well as reservation information can be found after the jump…

Grilled Sausages and Pickled Produce with an “Everything” Pretzel and Truffle Mustard served with Brasserie Dupont’s Foret — Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium

Grilled Shrimp and Fried Mushroom Salad with Roasted Pistachio Vinaigrette served with Brasserie Lefebvre’s Blanche De Bruxelle — Rebecq-Quenast, Belgium

Beef Cheeks Braised in Beer, Wine, and Beets Served with Peppers, Squash, Mushrooms and Corn Grits served with Deschutes’s Black Butte Porter — Bend, Oregon

Fig, Pecan and Blue Cheese Galette served with Urthel’s Samaranth 12 Quadrium Ale — Ruiselede, Belgium

Please join Stein’s Market and Deli and International Wine and Spirits as they co-host a 50-person beer dinner prepared by one of this city’s most treasured local chefs - Greg Sonnier.

When: Saturday, October 25, 7:00PM
Where: The Uptowner, 438 Henry Clay Ave., New Orleans, LA
Price: $75 per person (tax and tip included).

Please Contact Dan or Andre at Stein’s Market and Deli, (504) 527-0771 for reservations. Payment information is required at the time of reservation. Cancellations will only be accepted 48 hours in advance!!!!

On Wednesday, September 17th, fans of wine, beer and cheese met at Cork and Bottle to settle an argument: Which pairs better with cheese? Wine or beer? Conventional thinking would say that wine of course would be the winner.. There’s food and wine magazines, entire tomes written on the pairing, and shops dedicated to just the two products. But if you think about it, wine and cheese are often a catastrophe! While wine and cheese can get along from time to time, they don’t really go well together. Wine has enough acid as to block delicate flavors in cheese, and cheese has enough fat to block delicate flavors in wine. A bad or cheap wine can be helped out by cheese for this very reason; it blunts taste.

So how does beer work any better? The trifecta of low acidity, wider flavor gamut, and carbonation make it the perfect pairing for anything high in fat and delicate in flavor. To me, it’s the carbonation that makes beer win everytime… while your taste buds get bogged down by the fats in cheese, the bubbles in beer can break that up, while wine simply floats on top, and nukes any available taste bud left. This isn’t to say that there’s no such thing as a good wine and cheese pairing, nor is every beer and cheese pairing an outright winner. But to me, most of the time, the body and flavor of beer just works better with cheese.

Surprisingly, wine guy Jon Smith of Cork and Bottle (host of the event) started his introduction with this very concession and if that wasn’t enough, Richard Sutton of St. James Cheese further backed up beer’s often superiority in this pairing. At this point I realized that the tasting was going to be less of a showdown, and more of an eye opener. Everyone knows about the wine and cheese pairing, but how many people would wise up to good beer by the end of the night?

Six cheeses were chosen by cheese expert and St. James Cheese owner, Richard Sutton (left). Team Beer consisted of Dan Stein (middle), owner of Stein’s Market and Deli and Derek Lintern, Treasurer of Crescent City Homebrewers. Team Wine consisted of Jon Smith (right) and his crew over at Cork and Bottle; arguably the best Wine store in town.

Selles Sur Cher Fresh Jacquin
Beer: Moinette Blonde Ale, Brasserie Dupont
Wine: 2006 Philipe Portier Quincy
Result: We started off with a tie on this one. In my opinion, the lightly sweet, fruity and spicy flavors of the Moinette added a new dimension to this goats milk cheese.

Brillat Savarin Affine Fromagerie Delin
Beer: Orval Trappist Ale, Brasserie d’Orval
Wine: Adami Prosecco
Result: Beer’s first win! Both teams were thinking the same thing for this incredibly buttery, creamy and salty cheese; bubbles. However, it was the high carbonation, light tartness and dry finish of Orval that went best with this cheese, which was more like butter.

Livarot Coupe Graindorge
Beer: Castelain Biere De Garde, Brasserie Castelain à Bénifontaine
Wine: 2007 Sineann Gewurztraminer, Oak Ridge Vineyard
Result: Another beer win! A wonderfully stinky cheese, who’s funkiness worked well with the earthiness, light mustiness, and smooth medium body of the Castelain. Dan actually preferred the wine pairing on this one.

Reserve Gruyere Cave Aged Selection Gourmino
Beer: Troegenator Double Bock, Troegs Brewing Company
Wine: 2007 Pierre Boniface Apremont, Savoie
Result: After what seemed like beer was on a roll came another tie. I do remember cheese expert Richard Sutton commenting on how great the Troegenator was with this cheese, remarking its almost port like finish.

Coolea Neal’s Yard Dairy
Beer: Red Rocket Ale, Bear Republic Brewing
Wine: 2006 Domaine Diochon Moulin-a-Vent
Result: An resounding win for wine. This was actually a pretty shocking result for both teams involved. The pairing of Gouda with an IPA or Red Ale is classic, and even Jon’s tasting notes for the cheese conceded that this was “a cheese built for beer.” So why’d wine win on this one? Two reasons .. the Bordeaux chosen was a fantastic pairing (though I preferred the beer still), but more importantly, heavily hoppy beers are some of the hardest beers to get into. People know Bordeaux, but this was the first time that most of the people at the tasting were having a hoppy beer. Two great pairings with one having the advantage of familiarity, and the other having the disadvantage of shock.

Oregonzola Rogue Creamery
Beer: Old Foghorn, Anchor Brewing
Wine: 2006 Morgan Pinot Noir, Twelve Clones
Result: With much diplomacy, the final pairing was another tie. I was pretty surprised how many people liked the Old Foghorn pairing. Barleywines are also a little difficult to get into because of the complex flavors and high alcohol content (though still less than most wines). Blue Cheeses like this one are often too intense to be paired with wine, and I think if this wasn’t most people’s first tasting of a Barleywine, it’d have won. The Pinot Noir pairing was actually very good, with a great fruit presence to go with the blue.

So the final tally is 3 ties, 2 beer wins and 1 wine win. Honestly, I never expected beer to win on this one, especially as people piled into the room and it was evident that they were mostly wine people.

Again, the point of this tasting was less of a showdown and more as an eye opener. At the end of the night, a lot of people had their eyes opened about good beer, and as people filed out of the tasting room and into the store, they grabbed bottles of beers, checked out and went home.

Bloggers Note: Due to the nature of copious ammounts of beer and wine, I cannot guarantee the validity of anything said in this blog post…

Aperitif
Dupont Cidre with Assorted Cheeses

First Course
“Fire & Ice” Dueling Oysters: Chilled with Hawaiian Red Sea Salt & Cantaloupe Caviar vs. Fire Roasted with Beurre de Biere paired with Gavroche French Red Ale (France)

Second Course
Kapuziner Brined Duck Breast with Pontchatoula Strawberry Marmalade, Hydroponic Watercress and Weisse Syrup paired with Kapuziner Weissbier Schwarz (Germany)

Third Course
Pork and Plantain Egg Rolls with a Fondue of Guldenberg, Vermont cheddar and Smoked Bacon paired with De Ranke Guldenberg Belgian Abbey Ale (Belgium)

Fourth Course
BBQ Brisket slow braised in a Paradox Glace with Fully Loaded Tater Tots and Buttered Carrot Paint paired with Paradox Stout Batch 9 Ardeg 1991 Cask (Scotland)

Fifth Course
Beer and Nuts “Float”: Milk Chocolate Ice Cream, Salted Peanuts and Trappist “Float” paired with Achel Trappist Blond Beer (Belgium)

NOLA Brewing
I was looking forward to trying the brews from NOLA Brewing because it was the first public tasting of an entirely new and local brewery. The Brown and the Blonde were both very good, and I’m impressed I liked the Blonde at all since I usually don’t care for that style. Often times “Blonde” is just another name for a Golden or a limp ale that may as well be generic lager, so I’m glad their Blonde isn’t gutless. But like I said, that style’s not really my thing so I spent most of my time focusing on the Brown. It was different than I expected, it had a lighter, sharper, more effervescent mouthfeel to it than say a Brooklyn Brown Ale. I was also happy that unlike many Brown Ales out there, they didn’t decide to throw in nut flavorings or make it anything other than a Brown. So yeah, a nice, solid, surprisingly refreshing American Brown… well done guys! Of course I’ll have to reserve final judgement until this stuff is kegged and bottled.

I also learned a bit about some future beers they’re working on. A Watermelon beer is possibly in the works, which would be great and wouldn’t come into conflict with Abita’s berry beer offerings .. though I’d love to see someone local make a Blueberry beer. The Watermelon was actually at the fest being distributed by Crescent City Homebrewers; NOLA’s Brewmaster, Peter Caddoo, brewed it in that organization. But what really has me excited, and flat out impressed for such a new venture is a possible ISPA. When co-founder Kirk Coco first uttered that term, I was already several beers in and initially thought he said I2PA or IIPA, common terms for Imperial IPA. But no, he meant ISPA, an India Sweet Potato Ale. It’ll be an IPA, but instead of using malt for the sugar source, the yeast will much on sweet potato! This is a really cool idea on two levels: 1) If they pull this off and it’s good, it’ll firmly establish their craft-brewing street cred. 2) There are dozens of breweries that use pumpkin and even a couple that use sweet potato for flavoring, but to use it in place of malt is just inspired. Going crazy with the IPA style is a hallmark of American craft breweries, and for NOLA’s entry into that style to be something like ISPA is very very cool.

So congrats Kirk and Peter, this was a great first outing for this city’s newest and only brewery, can’t wait till this stuff is in bars and on store shelves.

Redstick Brewmastaers
My flat-out favorite homebrewers of the night were these guys. In order of preference, the 568 Saison was my favorite beer of the night, shortly followed by April’s Grand Cru, Saison II, Triple D Robust Porter and Corriander Ale. These are such wonderful brews that I wish they’d team up with someone and bring these to market.

Mystic Krewe of Brew
The very first beer I tried at the Tasting was Mystic’s Coconut Porter, which was already a hot item just minutes into night. This was a fantastic beer, not something I’d want all the time, but an excellent showcase of what can be done with the Porter style beyond coffee, chocolate and hazelnut flavors and adjuncts. My buddy Steve remarked that it was like drinking a Pina Colada and a Guiness all at once, and while I don’t completely agree with that, that’s certainly the direction the brew was going in. The Sweet Unemployment Stout and Chocolate City Stout were, just like last year, very solid stout offerings that I wish were bottled; especially the former… sweet stouts are hard to come by. I was also pleasantly surprised by the Tax Rebate Pale Ale which I think may have been my favorite pale ale of the night.

Home Brewers Underground
These guys, along with Escambia Bay and McGuires were all related, but I only made it to the HBU table. Their Possum Killer Porter was pretty good, but the Barleywine they had was so damn good. I talked to one of the members there about cameras for a while (I guess that’s what happens when you have several pounds of camera strapped around your neck) and he returned the favor by hooking me up with a full cup of the 9.5% Barleywine … twice. It was sad to see not many people at this table, because they had some great brews, and the Barleywine definitely made it into my top tier of the night. HBU also had a great motto: “Comitted to the responsible art of Zymurgy. We encourage you to ‘Go Brew Yourself’”

Heiner Brau
Wow, when I suggested that HB bring the beers they make for Luke this year, I didn’t think that was already in their plan. Sadly, they ran out of this pretty quickly, but they did have their Maerzen on tap which was wonderful. I wish this was more readily available in the fall for Oktoberfest!

Lazy Magnolia
I’m really glad they decided to just focus on the Southern Pecan and to bring large quantities of it. When I was making my final pass of the evening, they were still pouring. I was glad to hear that they’re working on getting the beer into the New Orleans market, whenever that may be.

Crescent City Homebrewers
Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to their area until the end of the evening and all I really had time for was the Watermelon Wheat. Good thing for me, this was a fantastic beer!

Regrets
Sadly, I didn’t have time to make it to Hurricane Brewing, Escambia Bay, McGuires, Montgomery Brewing, LA Lagers, or Perdido Vineyards. I saw, too late, that Perdido brought a Satsuma Cider and a Satsuma Wheat, doh!

All in all this was a great WYES Beer Tasting, with a larger turnout both in terms of vendors and drinkers, and was defined by the craft and sprit of homebrewers and microbrewers.

The WYES event is kinda weird for a few reasons. I’m pretty sure that it’s the only beer “tasting” rather than beer fest. Never quite understood the title .. perhaps they’re just trying to class up beer by making it seem like a wine tasting? It’s also the only beer event I’ve ever been to, or heard of, where the majority of the beer present is provided by the local distributor rather than the brewery. Sure, everything that’s available for sale in the city will be there. However, it means there’s a major dearth of American craft and micro brews, mirroring store shelves in nola. So at the distributor booths, often the people hocking the beer don’t know much about good beer. When I ask “Can you tell me about this beer?” I want to hear more than “Well..uhh.. it’s a wheat beer .. from Belgium…” Thanks, I can read the bottle too, guy. But I’m not bitter, because the fest makes up for itself in a wide array of homebrewers. We don’t get eclectic beers from America’s most creative breweries, but we do get even crazier beers from locals, and as everyone knows, great inventions come out of people fiddling around in the garage or kitchen.

So with the silver anniversary of New Orleans’ only official beer fest (cause really, isn’t everyday a beer fest in this city?), I thought I’d prattle on a bit about what I’m looking forward to…

New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company
I’m gunna be honest here.. I hate Dixie Lager. Even then, I still miss Dixie being brewed in New Orleans as it was the last brewery in Orleans Parish after the heyday of the early 1900s, even surviving the BudMillerCoors onslaught of the 60s and 70s. So it gives me great pride that there’s about to be a new brewery in Orleans called NOLA Brewing. The WYES will be the first public showcasing of their brews; at the very least, expect their launch beers, a Blonde and a Brown to be there.

Redstick Brewmasters [Updated!]
Just got the list of Redstick’s brews for the fest, and I’m really glad to see not one, but two Saisons (my favorite summer style) on the list. Triple D Robust Porter (the words triple and porter should always go together), Imperial Kolsch, Miraculously Maltless Amber, Saison II, Naked Lady ESB, Some Guy’s Recipe Pale Ale, Real Men Don’t Wear Plaid Scottish Ale (I don’t like scottish ales, but what a great name), Red Ale, JZ’s Chocolate Hazelnut Porter (sign me up), Bedbug Coriander Ale (a favorite from last year), April’s Home Grand Cru, and 568 Saison.

Mystic Krewe of Brew
In the three previous years I’ve gone to this event, Mystic’s homebrews have always been among my favorite. They were kind enough to get back to me with a list of brews they’ll be bringing this year: Evil Swamp Bug (ESB), Sweet Unemployment Stout (my favorite from last year), “I”ll be Bock”, Joey’s Brown Ale, Ya’ Momma’s Mocha Porter, Hefeweizen, Dot.Head India Pale Ale, Chocolate City Stout, Popeye’s Pale Ale, Coconut Porter (this sounds potentially awesome), Amateur Night Ale, Recession Rye Pale Ale, Tax Rebate Pale Ale. I’m really glad that they listed the Recession and Tax Rebate beers right after each other.

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
I really wish these guys distributed here. But seeing as how they’re in Kiln, which is closer than Baton Rouge, making a quick jaunt over the border to pickup a case is no problem at all. I hope they got the message last year that their Southern Pecan beer is wonderful and that they need to bring more, much more, of it this year. I’m unsure of what else they’ll bring in; last year they only brought in the Southern Pecan and their Indian Summer out of their ten beer portfolio.

Hurricane Brewing
A hot new brewpub in Mobile whose offerings include Storm Surge Stout, India Pale Ale, Amber Ale, and Golden Lager. If they bring their seasonal, expect a Tropical Wheat Advisory to show up as well. Their wheat is interesting because while it’s their summer offering, the style itself changes through different kinds of wheat beers!

Escambia Bay Homebrewers [Update]
Floridian homebrewers who’ll be bringing Belgian Black Ale, Pale Ale, Red Ale, Mango Wheat, Toasted Amber and Citrus Wheat among others. Next time I’m in Destin, I’ll have to knock on their doors and demand tasty beer!

Heiner Brau / Zea Rotisserie & Grill
Back in the day, these would have been two seperate entries. But ever since Katrina, Zea’s beers have been contract brewed by Heiner Brau; at least the original Patrick O’Neil recipes are still used. It’ll also be nice to try some of Heiner’s other beers. The Kolsh is distrubted pretty widely, but the seasonal beers are rare indeed. Hopefully they’ll bring more than just HB Kolsh and Zea beers .. the beers they make for Lüke Restaurant would be a start!

McGuire’s Irish Pub
Every now and then, on Labor Day weekend, I get dragged to Destin. Now to many, Destin is a wonderful get away spot, it’s got beaches and sunlight and the ocean! Yeah well I hate all that stuff, but I like my friends and I like drinking with my friends. So while they and the rest of the city are sucking down can after can of BudMillerCoors, I’m glad whenever I can convince people, or sneak away myself, to McGuire’s. Their Wild Irish Raspberry Wheat, Porter and Stout are all great.

Montgomery Brewing Company
A brewpub in Montgomery whose offerings include Montgomery Blonde, Riverboat Red, Goat Hill Pale Ale, Wipe Out Stout, and Old World Porter.

Crescent City Homebrewers
While isn’t among my favorite group at this beer fest, they do have a few hits in their lineup, and I give them credit for a large portfolio of beers and bringing plenty of them! I seem to remember Crescent City being the last group to run out of beer last year.

Other Stuff I’m Looking Forward To
My Goat is on Fire All Grainers (I don’t know who this is, but what a great name)
Perdido Vineyards Farm Cider and Ale (Wine maker from Perdido, AL)
Home Brewers Underground
Lagers Homebrew Club

When you combine a weekend with a beer related event, you’re already looking at a winning couple days, but when there’s TWO beer events going on, then it’s just a sign that god loves you and wants you to get drunk … and try some new beers.

Abita kicks off this weekend with another one of their Pub Crawls, this time in honor of Abita Wheat - the current seasonal beer. The Wheat is definitely the most quaffable of Abita’s brews, so the Wheat pub crawl is always my favorite, you can just pound through a dozen of them without even realizing you’ve been drinking at 4 bars for the last 6 hours.

As if that wasn’t good enough, the Whole Foods on Veterans is having their Summer Beer Tasting this weekend! Throughout the store there will be beer and food pairings, live music, give-aways, but most importantly FREE BEER!! Check it out on Saturday from Noon to 3pm

Check out the Abita Wheat Pub Crawl bar list after the jump…

Generations Hall
310 Andrew Higgins Dr
6pm-8pm (registration)

Dino’s Bar & Grill
1128 Tchoupitoulas St
8pm-9pm

Rusty Nail
1100 Constance St.
9pm-10pm

Ugly Dog Saloon
401 Andrew Higgins Dr.
10pm-11pm

Generations Hall
310 Andrew Higgins Dr
11:30pm-Till