Louisiana Ladies’ favorite brews and breweries.
Look out boys, there’s a new babe in town. And she loves craft beer. With breweries setting up shop in every major Louisiana city, your laid-back LOLA Ladies are loving the local brews. A perfect place for the girls to gather and plainly just have a good time, the breweries are proving to be a hot spot. We can mix, mingle and munch in a relaxed atmosphere while sampling a variety of brews with a flight of five choices of smaller beers served on a plank. What’s interesting: many ladies are finding they not only enjoy full-bodied craft beers but are coming back for more. The breweries offer tastes for every palate. Our ladies are finding the variety of choices exceeds expectations, and most importantly — beer is best served with friends.
Flying Tiger Brewing in Monroe
Your taste buds will thank you after stopping by Monroe’s Flying Tiger Brewery. Always brewing up something special and fun, these Heroic Brews and specialty beers have North Louisiana beer lovers jumping for joy with tasty treats specially brewed to go with our favorites when in season, like Ruston peaches and Sal Petitio’s strawberries. The perfect spot to have casual fun, Flying Tiger has indoor and outdoor game areas to occupy an entire evening with close friends and partake great conversation. Flying Tiger also regularly hosts community events that bene fit many local non-pro fits. A spacious outdoor green area complete with stage is the perfect place to spend a day or evening. With not one, but two movie screens — one for in and one for out, on those too-hot days, ladies can enjoy the show more comfortably in the taproom. This sophisticated crowd enjoys tasting new flavors and savoring handcrafted beer served with a side of fun.
LADIES ARE LOVING: Try the War Hawk that finishes with a sweet pear and white wine flavor, as well as the seasonal releases that feature Ruston peaches, Louisiana strawberries or RoeLa Roaster’s Coffee Porter added to the flagship beers. These are made only in small batches, so drink up while available and enjoy the indoor and outdoor game boxes plus vintage arcade games!
Red River Brewing Company in Shreveport
Downtown Shreveport’s brewery hot spot, Red River Brewing Company, is where all the cool kids go. Spacious taproom and outdoor seating have the ladies able to socialize while sipping mouth-watering hoppy beers. The special acoustic ceiling tiles allow the jam sessions and live music to keep toes tapping and conversations moving. Delicious treats abound with the permanently stationed Fat Calf Boucherie. Mixed teams play Corn Hole and Ping Pong where the loser buys, and now that the kids can join in on the fun and games, Mom and Dad have some extra time to catch up and relax. Red River Brewing Company is working on Brew Pub status to expand the menu and add flowing spirits to their brew line-up. Their brews, pleasing to every palate, have the girls all coming back for more.
LADIES ARE LOVING: Perfect space to chill with lots of room to roam, several spaces for events, fun music, super helpful staff. Heliopolis and Countess are quite tasty to add to the flight. Betting beers on a game of Ping Pong is a crowd favorite, and every girl needs to win a Corn Hole tournament to add to her bragging list. This family friendly brewery is easy and convenient!
Utility Brewing in Ruston
Ruston’s Utility Brewing has it all: atmosphere, uber cool outdoor patio and a piping hot pizza oven serving up deliciousness to pair with their craft beer. Offering something for everyone, they serve sodas and wine alongside their brews where this up-beat establishment is a community favorite. The ever popular “buy your friend a beer” wall is a fun surprise for any LOLA Lady who spies her name on the board. Perfect for a quiet spot under party lights, the intimate patio will have the girls enjoying date night while sipping on brews freshly made with thoughtful care. Forget Bunko, weather permitting, Wednesday nights are Pub Quiz nights where the party is popping in Ruston with prizes, beer and friends.
LADIES ARE LOVING: Fresh Nutella or spicy artichoke pizza, intimate patio time with party lights, Wednesday Pub Quiz Nights, and sipping on the Honey Saison using local honey from Jennings Apiaries!
Crying Eagle Brewing Company in Lake Charles
Pizza and beer go hand-in-hand. Add a dash of games with friends and two patios to enjoy them with, and you have yourself a perfect night at Crying Eagle Brewing Company in Lake Charles. Beer lovers have plenty of choices to quench their thirst, and new-to-beer-loving ladies can enjoy sipping on any of their beer cocktails. These are your favorite cocktail with some specialty released beer to make the perfect mix. This brewery is excellent for an afternoon of hanging out with great music. Crying Eagle offers unique events like complimentary samplings, Family Day, Beer Yoga and the much-anticipated Latin Dance Night. This spot knows how to party with a keg toss and costumes for Octoberfest. The Eagle is not the only thing landing here; the ladies are keeping the taproom busy.
LADIES ARE LOVING: Comedy nights, their Dark Saison with Blackberry and Ginger and the Ready to Mingle Belgium Style beers, food truck nights, hot out of the oven pizza, and the beer cocktails with Beermosas and Bloody Mary Beer as favs!
Gnarly Barley Brewing in Hammond
Beer is not gender specific at microbrewery Gnarly Barley Brewing, where women aren’t scared to try something hoppy and bold. A treat for the taste buds, their brews are just as good as their names with the Juicier I.P.A. and Catahoula Common reigning supreme. Recently named one of America’s fastest-growing breweries, this Hammond hot spot celebrates life and new beers, throwing events so laid-back that kids draw on the brewery floor with sidewalk chalk. Friday nights and Saturdays are booming with groups of ladies, dogs on leashes and food trucks. Ladies are feeding their bellies while sipping on full-bodied flavors that keep them coming back for more. Here, making beer is art that has everyone sampling the flavors.
LADIES ARE LOVING: Release parties, kid and dog friendly, comfy sofa seating, bag toss and games, Peanut Butter Beer, and the mouth watering and extremely delicious citrus- flavored Juicier I.P.A.