[Dixielandjazz] Beer (with Jazz content)

[Tony Davis]

The brewing tradition lives on in the French Quarter - we found some
great beers here http://www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com/ in 2006.

Tony Davis.

George Thurmond wrote:
> 
> 	Way back two or three or more decades ago beer was brewed right
> down in the French Quarter, about two blocks off Canal and between
> Bourbon and Royal.  It was the Dixie brand, and had the wonderful site
> of being across the street from an oyster bar.  The oysters on the half
> shell were big and sumptuous, but the beer, frankly, was not that great.
> The oyster bar was the place to be in the wee morning hours on the way
> to the room after an evening in the OLD Quarter. (OLD Quarter, i.e.,
> George Lewis's band at the Morocco, Sharkey and the Original Dukes at
> the Famous Door, Tony Almerico's boys at the Parisian Room, Celestin and
> Picou at the Paddock, etc.)
> 
> George Thurmond
>