Abita Amber Lager

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

Pretty standard lager affair right here. Not a terrbly light beer, it has a good flavor, medium color, and it goes down smooth. It’s refreshing above all else. I give it good marks.

[bottle - 12 oz] Orange color with a nice white head. Aroma is some dry hops, grains, corn and some sweet malts under everything. The flavor begins with a dry and grainy taste with a slight malt hint in the middle and a hoppy and dry grain finish. Slightly bitter and rather watery. [[900th Rating]]

The aroma is not much except for some slight caramel maltiness. The color is a clear amber with a light golden head. Head retention is short and lacing is nonexistent. While there is a mild caramel sweetness at the forefront this quickly evaporates to a light watery finish.

Yawn. Nearly nothing unique to note here. The sweetness is overcome by the flatness in the finish.

This beer really has nothing going for it. It has an ugly all malt aroma. Flavor is malty and somewhat like popcorn. Buying this is my contribution to the Katrina Relief

The beer pours a nice true amber color with a nice 3/4 inch head. The smell is rich with butter, slight hops, bread hints, and toasted cashews. The taste is nothing to jump about, it isnt bad, but it isnt spectacular. It’s obvious that Turbodog is the Abita Flagship. It has a good hops sense, but the butter cream is watered out. As a session beer goes, this is as mild and tepid as it gets, a good landmark Louisiana Brew, but jump for Turbodog first.

Nice taste, good light amber, good everyday beer. Easy to drink. Good pour.

Pours a slightly hazy orange with lots of bubbles and a small amount of white foamy head. Aroma is very much of caramel malts with a slight hint of honey and pine. Flavor is very sweet and caramely, almost no hop flavor. Finish is flat and caramel. Overall, not very good.