Abita Amber Lager

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

Bottle poured a nice amber color with a thick white head. Aroma was light malt and old water. Flavor is not to bad,watery malt with a metalic taste at the finish.

I bought this off the shelf at World Market so it may have been sitting there a while. Not impressed at all. Very little aroma other than a hint of hops. The taste was not-objectionable since there was so little to taste. If you want your beers without smell & taste this would be a perfect choice. As a side note I really like their Turbo Dog.

12 oz bottle out of a "party pack" 12 pack: Very little off white head on a orangey amber crystal clear body. Aroma is diacetyl & toasted malt. Some light flower hop, but diacetyl dominates even though it is not overly strong. Flavor is of stale malt, but is very bland overall. Other than that, it’s pretty tasteless. Mildly bitter in the dry finish, clean, short lived aftertaste. Highly carbonated, prickly, watery body, dryer m/f. Overall pretty bland. Not bad tasting...just not tasting like much of anything.

Re Rate Dated best by 6/6/06: Freaky best by date! Anyway, toasty and grainy malt: aroma is stronger than the original sample, but there is still a moderate amount of diacetyl. Hints of caramel malt as well. Well balalnced throughout w/ a clean flavor of grainy malt Some hints of caramel in the flavor with very little else. Not much more exciting than the original sample, but cleaner, better flavor, and less aged than the previous sample.

On tap at the Cookhouse in New Milford, CT. Poured light amber with a thick white head. Floral aroma, like an air freshener (?!?). Taste is thin with a heavy cream wafer character. Thin body. If any of these sounds strange... well, it is...

Another 2004 Christmas beer. There was some head formation but slowly dissapated. The color was of copper but slightly cloudy. The taste was of malt but little watery. This was not a noteworthy beverage. Drinkable but not special. I enjoyed another lager at the Sandpearl in Clearwater, FL. the color was a clear amber. It compares well to the Traditional lager from Yuengling.

This beer has that "Dixie" catfish cheese smell and taste going on, but otherwise it is okay. The tastes are all mild and hard to pinpoint. There’s no bitterness, mild malts, and water. Overall, this is a disappointing microbrew, but it is so much more interesting than a lot of crap you find in the South. I’ve not liked the supposed "Viennas" that I’ve rated.

Very average lager, tastes like any other run of the mill cheap american lager.

Light yellow with a small white head. Chalky texture with very light malt sweetness. Not much hop definition. Pretty boring overall.