Big Sam, Abita Tour

This weekend I've got a friend in town so I decided to show him a good time native New Orleanian style. I took him to Big Sam for a good local show and the Abita brewery tour today. I don't have much to say about either so I will let the pictures do the talking.

On the way to Molly's for a pint.

At Molly's with a pint. This is Jeffrey.

At Blue Nile for Big Sam's Funky Nation. Good live band, definitely worth seeing live at some point during a New Orleans stay. However, I can see why they play live so much as opposed to relying on CD sales. It's hard to listen to a CD with a bunch of "throw your hands up" and "shake it, shake it!" all over it. That said, the music is tight, Sam is extremely energetic, and has a killer taste in sunglasses as you can see below. Somewhere, Grandmaster Flash is smiling.

Big Sam's guitar duder, Casey. My apologies to Casey for the picture but he never gave me a good shot.

My favorite picture of the night by far.

And finally, on to the Abita Brewery Tour. Kat is enjoying a beer before noon if I recall correctly.  She's a champ.  It's all delicious, it's all informative, it's all free. What more could a red blooded American ask for in a Saturday morning?

Cody maxing and relaxing after a few pints from the self-serve taps.

The glorious self-serve taps. Everything (almost) that Abita offers is available here. There are hundreds of cups stacked nearby for unlimited refills. The cups fill quickly, the lines progress with such a fervor of Americans realizing they had better move before this thing that is too good to be true ends, and every sip is ice cold. The end of the "tasting" (imbibing) is marked by the beginning of the tour into the brewery.

The brew tanks. These house the ales, lagers, and soon to be Belgian brews. Look for those this fall.

Many rounds later...