Abita Purple Haze

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Covington, Louisiana USA

Have had this a number of times. Weak raspberry flavor, but it enhances the lager a little bit. Very dry finish. Not the best beer ever, but good on a hot summer day.

Bottle, best by 08-22. Pale burnt orange, slightly cloudy with a medium head that lasts. Aroma is sour raspberry, strawberry, and honey. Taste is like a raspberry soda mixed with a lot of dry yeast to dampen the sweetness. Palate is light-medium and soapy-dry, with a slight acidic tingle. Better than an industrial lager, but unique is about the best you can say about this one. I like raspberries, but it seems a bit too artificial and perfume-like in this beer.

So I got this just cus its totally out of the blue for me. I wish they would take it back. I would like to be able to take this website into the store with me for the days I impulse buy. It tastes liked powdered raspberry flavouring.

Bottle: Massive white head atop of one of the worst colored ales I’ve ever seen. Looked like fruit juice, maybe peach? Nose is malty and soapy, hints of fruit. Bubbly on the tongue with wheat, malt, sours, and the subtle fruit flavor of a watery wine cooler. Couldn’t stand to finish this one.

Cloudy pinkish, pink lemonade like pour with a bright bleached white head that doesn’t last. Smell is a bit wheaty, and mostly raspberry as expected with a touch of a metallic smell that lasted after the head faded. Taste is mostly raspberry and a bit of wheat in the finish, but its slight. I didn’t like this as much as I remember liking it when all I drank was bud light and hard ciders. Its an ok beginner beer I’d say, as my girlfriend liked it, and so did I when I hadn’t tried or gotten used to many of the different styles or bolder flavors that I really enjoy now.

(draft) pours a very cloudy brown with peach hue. similar in appearance to apple cider. not much for aroma. the dominant taste is a bready wheat with a very slight tart tone on the finish. you’d have to be looking hard to pick out the raspberry. high carbonation and a somewhat watery palate. i wouldn’t classfiy this one as a fruit beer. its a decent american wheat and a has a bit more body than most, but the flavor is fairly bland. i have a feeling this wouldn’t satisfy fruit or wheat lovers. however, it would make a refreshing session beer for a warm summer day.

Junedale Beer Klub - June Beer Tasting ("Fruity" Beers)

5/30/2007: Abita Purple Haze pours a hazy peach color with a light tan crown. There is a generous amount of visible carbonation. The aroma is like super fresh ripe raspberries. The flavor is cream of wheat with a hint of raspberry. The finish is slightly watery. This beer has a light body, but isn’t too fizzy.

12 oz bottles (Best If Consumed Before Aug/Sep 11) shared by Ligorio Loonie.

Cloudy amber color. Little aroma. Very weak raspberry taste. Thin body. Refreshing---but so is H2O!