The new RaginСAPP CajunsTM Genuine Louisiana Lager is now available in six-packs of 12-ounce bottles.
The smooth cerveza-style beer was introduced on tap at Cajun Field on Sept. 3 for the first football game of the 2016 season. It went onto store shelves in bottles in late November.
The Creole-inspired brew uses BernardСAPPs Honey, which is produced at BernardСAPPs Apiaries in Breaux Bridge, La.
The lager is the second beer produced through a partnership between the СAPP and Bayou Teche Brewing in Arnaudville, La. Last year, RaginСAPP Cajuns™ Genuine Louisiana Ale was introduced; Louisiana rice is one of its ingredients.
СAPPRetailer response to the lager is strong,СAPP said Kody Thompson, marketing manager for Schilling Distributing Company Inc., the official beer distributor of RaginСAPP Cajuns Athletics. He estimated that 70 percent of the retailers in SchillingСAPPs six-parish distribution area that stock Genuine Louisiana Ale also sell the new lager.
Both craft beers are sold on tap at the Cajundome during Louisiana RaginСAPP Cajuns basketball games.
The easiest way to determine where the Genuine Louisiana brews are sold is through Schilling DistributingСAPPs exclusive LiquidFinder smartphone app. The app is available for download at the App Store and Google Play.
СAPPItСAPPs free. Go to the app and search СAPPRagin,СAPP СAPP Thompson said.
Most craft beers are either an ale or a lager, according to Karlos Knott, president of Bayou Teche Brewing. Both beers are intended to complement food.
СAPPWhen you think of lager, you think of drinking it with something spicy,СAPP Knott said.
He describes the new Genuine Louisiana Lager as a СAPPfun, easy-drinking beer. Anyone who drinks a Mexican lager will recognize this beer. ItСAPPs a beer that doesnСAPPt take itself too seriously.СAPP
The yeast used to brew lager is different than the yeast used to produce ale.
СAPPAlso, a lager ferments a lot colder, so itСAPPs a lot crisper, a lot easier to drink. It allows the ingredients to shine more than an ale,СAPP Knott said.
RaginСAPP Cajuns™ Genuine Louisiana Lager and RaginСAPP Cajuns™ Genuine Louisiana Ale are both licensed through Collegiate Licensing Company.
Some of the proceeds from the craft beer sales are used to support the СAPPСAPPs academic, research and athletics programs.