I had two year-round beers, but for different reasons. So I focused on sampling the taproom-only offerings like Blueberry Sour, Saison, Belgian Wit, and Raspberry Lambic (see more of my ratings on Untappd). The brewery offers five year-round beers, most of which I’ve drunk because Chandeleur Island Brewing distributes to Alabama. According to Corey, the brewery offered six new beers on the first day they were allowed to sell directly to consumers.
The menu at Chandeleur Island Brewing reflects this change. The greatest benefit of Mississippi modernizing its beer laws to allow direct to consumer sales is that breweries are now incentivized to brew and offer a wider variety of beers in their taprooms. Some of the barrels being used to age beers. A collection of merchandise for sale at the Bait Shop.Īlso near the entrance were some of the brewery’s barrels that were being used for aging beer. So kudos to Chandy for producing a unique and really useful item. It is an item that my wife loves using, and is a clothing item not typically found at breweries. Near the front is the brewery’s merchandise display, which included a long-sleeve, dry-fit shirt. Corey suggested that more games may be added in the future. Since Mississippi allowed direct-to-consumer sales starting in July 2017, the brewery added a video game and ping-pong table. There are two areas where visitors can sit: the bar and an area with high-top tables.Ī view of the seating area, which holds nearly 150 people. Before getting too comfortable discussing and drinking beer, I captured some shots of the taproom’s layout. We sat down at the bar and started talking about beer and almost immediately began sampling beers. Shortly after entering the brewery my wife Katie and I were greeted by the general manager, Corey. The Chandeleur Islands are a well-known sport fishing area and part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. View of the brewery from the street.ĭespite the brewery’s location in Gulfport, its name comes from the Chandeleur Islands (pronounced: “shan-duh-leer”), which are a set of barrier islands along the coast of Louisiana (actually the easternmost point in the state). After finding a historic building in downtown Gulfport, Chandeleur Island Brewing Company opened in 2014. In 2012, after Mississippi changed its law to increase the permissible ABV level from 6.25% to 10.1%, the Roberds decided it was time to open their brewery.
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Like the little house, our “Little House IPA” recipe from that original batch remains largely unchanged.Like many commercial brewers, Cammack and Cain Roberds started as homebrewers before making the jump to professional brewing. Like the small bungalow, our beers are brewed to endure the test of time.
Like the stout little bungalow built by the hands of our grandfather, providing joy to its guest and withstanding the force of several hurricanes, our beers are created by hand, with the same love of family, friends, beer, and Pawleys Island.
The little structure would garnish other names through the years, most notoriously “love shack”. It serves as lodging when family and friends arrive at Pawleys but find themselves without a bed. The little house, as it is affectionately known, has a pair of twin beds, a toilet, a small fridge, and a microwave oven. That beer, evolved from a love of West Coast IPAs and was appropriately named “Little House IPA”. Brewing on vacation days and by enlisting help from brothers Bill and Dan, one of his first beers was born on the steps of the small white bungalow that their grandfather had built behind the main house in the 50’s. Unsure if he could brew the famous beers that arose from the Pacific Northwest, California, and Colorado, he was determined to try. This craft was the only economic way to taste and enjoy many of the great beers from the West Coast and Europe that were not sold east of the Mississippi. As the years passed, one of the brothers, Fraser, would take up homebrewing.
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