Abita Andygator

Beer pours slightly cloudy golden color with a big, retained egg white colored head. Aromas are somewhat faint with light honey and light fruit. Flavor is intially sweet. Finish is sweet as well and just a touch dry. Sweetness is restrained enough not to cross the line to cloying status. Havn’t had many mai bocks, so comparisons are difficult, I don’t think I would buy it again.

Got this because my son’s name is Andy and we shared it at dinner. Light slightly cloudy yellow with a small head. Very fruity aroma. Taste is like root beer. Sweet and highly carbonated. Finish is light and a bit watery but good.

This brew is alive with the spirit of mead. Way out front with the honey followed by lilac floral essence and green herbs in the background. Very mead like in flavor and smell. Nice slightly oily medium bodied mouthfeel here. Nice Beer. Thank You Abita. 2009 22 oz.

Bottle. Soft amber pour with a short, thick white head. Aroma is sweet malt, toasted notes, honey, grains and light hops. Some yeast notes as well. taste is sweet also with more honey, toasted malt, sweet malt, light grass, grains, hops and light yeast notes. Body is medium with a soft prickly carbonation. Ends with more sweet malts, honey, grains, light yeast and grassy hops. I was pleasantly surprised by this beer. Not a unique beer by any stretch but well made and very drinkable.

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez Altair. Arôme: Odeur de céréales avec une pointe d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est blonde. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût sucré et fruité avec une pointe d’houblons. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #2701)

Picked up a bottle mostly out of curiosity. Had a great label (poor reason to pick a beer, I know), Abita makes some good beers, and the price was right. Pours a light gold, with ample head that held up for a while. Smelled good with distinct malt, apple, and hops well in balance. Taste was OK. The beer was well made but too sweet on the front end for my tastes, the hops and other flavors take over pretty quickly and it finished with some hop bitterness and a crispness you would expect from a lager yeast. Like I said it was well done, but with each sip the sweetness on the front end just messed it up for me. Mouthfeel was pleasant a slightly thick as would be expected for a Doppel. The drinkability for a 8%, was surprising smooth and easy. It would be easy to knock a few of these back.

Gold pour with tight white head and lace. Light straw with a hint of abv. Very sweet malt with a thick cloying sweet finish. A light hint of earthy hops as well. A tad foamy and thick. A big beer with alot of sweetness.

Bottle from the Whole Foods on Lamar. Yellowish orange pour with an impressive white head. The nice looking head quickly turns into something resembling the disgusting foam you see in a polluted creek bed. Pungent, nasty aroma that rushed out of the bottle as soon as I popped the cap. Weak honey, malt, and bread flavors are overpowered by an almost pepper taste. Finish is wet and sticky while the aftertaste lingers unpleasantly.