 Beer was contract brewed out-of-state until November 2019 when a new brewery opened in New Orleans.Dixie Brewing was founded by Valentine Merz, and began production in 1907.The original brick Dixie Brewery building at 2401 Tulane Avenue at the corner of Tulane Avenue and Tonti Street was designed by the German architect Louis Lehle and completed in 1907 with a wooden extension added in 1919.