Why Faubourg Brewery ended New Orleans East expansion plan | Business News | nola.com

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Sekmakas said in an interview Thursday that while he had committed to making things work, the writing was on the wall for Faubourg when they started trying to recruit workers.

Though there have been no violent incidents against employees since Made by the Water took over last September, parts of New Orleans East near the brewery suffer from some of the highest crime rates in the city. Several Faubourg employees had their cars broken into earlier this year while they were parked in the brewery's lot.

"One just got up and walked out of the interview when we said it was for the night shift," he said."

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"We frequently lose power, " Sekmakas said. "Even on days with blue sunny skies it can happen." He said that over the past eight months they have had 10 production dumps costing around $30,000 each time when machines had to be reset. "

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" Brewery company executives provided S&WB with data showing that Faubourg's water bill is 10-to-15 times higher than comparable brewers in other cities in Ohio, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. "