NOLA Brewing Founders - Kirk Coco and Peter Cadoo brewing New Orleans beer

NOLA Brewing is the concept and dream of entrepreneur Kirk Coco. Kirk is a native New Orleanian who graduated from Louisiana State University and served 11 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy. After watching the effects of Katrina while on deployment in the Arabian Gulf, he decided to come home to help rebuild and develop commerce in post-Katrina New Orleans.

While enjoying great tasting beer of fellow New Orleanian and home brewer Byron Towles, the question arose, “Why doesn’t New Orleans have several great local micro-breweries like Portland or Seattle to offer a variety of beer to a city full of brewing history?”

Once the cradle of brewing in the Deep South, New Orleans boasted world famous beers such as Falstaff, Regal, Union, Dixie, Jax, New Orleans Brewing and XXXX (Four X).

The result of this conversation was NOLA Brewing - bringing you great New Orleans beer.

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The highly skilled and well respected former brewmaster of Dixie Beer, Peter Caddoo – has 26 years of brewing experience. Peter, who has a culinary degree and great experience in developing unique and award winning beer flavors, was in Downtown New Orleans during Katrina and has remained in New Orleans since, brewing for the local New Orleans homebrewers association, as well as friends and family.

Peter is known throughout the New Orleans beer drinking community as a master of taste. With NOLA Brewing he will be able to not only delight the taste buds of his fan club, but bring his own recipes and award winning flavors to the city of New Orleans.

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