Abita 20th Anniversary Pilsner

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Pilsener
Covington, Louisiana USA

Perfectly clear light golden color, with moderate head - spicy, floral hop aroma, with mild pilsner malt coming through in the background - lightly buttery, but beyond that not much of a malt profile - mostly some herbal/grassy notes and a mellow hop presence - finishes with light, bready malt, but otherwise ends kind of thin - a so-so pilsner.

Better nose than taste: yikes tasted like (shall I say it) piss water: bad bottle??? What a disappointment, could have been a photo for ratebeer...as long as sampling wasn’t part of the deal.

Pour is deeb clear golden with a thin bright white skin of a head...smell is floral and grainy with some skunky notes...taste is sweet at first with some strong grassy and floral bitterness coming in at the back end...some grainy flavors in the finish too...

Bottle from degarth. Pours a clear, golden color with a decent white head. The head slowly fades to ring the edge of the glass and leaves fine lacing behind. Lightly grainy and bread aroma, not a lot of hop in the nose, perhaps a light herbal note. Light bodied with pleasant carbonation. Lightly toasted grain and slight bread, very modest hop bitterness to balance. Not quite as crisp or drying as I had hoped, but nicely done.

Thanks to my brother for bringing this one up from New Orleans. The slightly hazy medium yello wbody had a frothy white head on top. The aroma had hoppy character with some oranges. There was also some fresh bread and almonds. The taste was bitter with some bread crust. There was also some grass and a little tobacco.

Bottle: Pours a golden yellow color with a medium, white head. Smells of kind of sweet, maybe some lemon hints there. I smell just a little bit of some soft spices, but I am not able to place it. Taste is sort of the same, but not as much as the smell would lead on. Taste just has a hit of lemon, with some malt taste there as well. I am not a big fan of most pilsners, but I do like this one.

Clear gold, fluffy white head. Nose is pretty darn hoppy - lemon, some lightly toasted malt. Flavor is hay/lightly toasted malt, nice bitterness hanging out, lemon hops. Very light hints of butterscotch. Great creamy body.

(12oz bottle) Small white head atop clear straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, herbal, light lemon. Taste is medium sweet, herbal, light floral, lemon. Light-medium body, nice crispness, quite drinkable. Surprisingly good offering from Abita.