Dixie reborn
One casualty of Hurricane Katrina was New Orleans' beloved Dixie beer. After the storm, the 100-year-old Dixie brewery was under water for a full three weeks, a complete loss. A new brewery is being built on the site, but it won't be functional for at least a year and a half.
However, Dixie is back in a small way, because its brewmaster is making Dixie Lager, Jazz Amber Light and Voodoo Blackened Lager at a contract brewery in Wisconsin. A shipment of Dixie brews was delivered to California around Halloween, so you might see some at the occasional store.
Or maybe not. They tend to get snatched up because there's not much Dixie to go around. The first post-Katrina shipment went to Louisiana, California and four other states; another nine states will get a delivery in mid-November, and the rest of the country will just have to wait 'til January.
Dixie Lager, Dixie Jazz Amber Light and Dixie Voodoo Blackened Lager, $8.99-$10.95 per six-pack, at Whole Foods Markets (Brentwood and Woodland Hills), Fountain Liquor in West Hollywood and Galco's Old World Grocery in Highland Park.
-- Charles Perry
