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Abita Purple Haze

Abita Purple Haze

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Abita Brewing Company

Covington, Louisiana USA

bottled
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6982.56/5.02.56/5.04.75%34.5Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Abita Purple Haze is a crisp, American style wheat beer with fresh raspberries added during secondary fermentation. Subtle coloration, fruity aroma and tartly sweet taste.

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 mikeben (335), Naperville, Illinois, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 5, 2004  
I love this beer and I am once again shocked by he overall crtical opinion. A lot of people seem to like heavy beer and bitter beer. Myself I like something refreshing and tasty. While I like astout or a porter as much as anyone I love fruit and Wheat beers. This one the best fruit beers out there, great bottle too. It smells, looks, and tastes great. Not too sweet but enough to really add a great flavor. This is excelent beer and I can tell the fruit used is real (unlike liney) and not fruit flavor.


JohnDo2000 (99), Metairie, Louisiana, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/104/520/20
Oct 6, 2002  
Seriously, I’m rating this beer this higly because it is just that good. It is my favorite beer and I think you should give it a shot. It’s a wheat beer (Golden to be exact), so don’t expect a very robust taste. It has an added rasberry flavor to it, which I found a bit unnerving before I tried it but very appealing after my first sip. One problem, however, is the inconsistancy with the brew. Sometimes it has a lighter rasberry flavor, and sometimes it has a much more present rasberry flavor. If you don’t like it the first time you try it, try it again a month or so later and you might have a brew from a different batch. The batches from the kegs tend to have a much more present rasberry taste and a smoother feel to it. But to put it succinctly, I’ll order this beer anytime I see it in a bar.


 Ambrose (141), East Aurora, New York, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/519/20
Mar 29, 2007  
Drinking this beer is like drinking ambrosia. It is pure bliss. I think I want to have an afair with this beer and runaway to Fiji or the Maldives. I dont know.


berlot99 (17), USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/518/20
Sep 24, 2001  
This is a refreshing beer in summer after you have eaten lunch and you can sit back and rest in the shade. You can’t drink to much before getting tired of it but it is a nice change of pace.


 mynameisjonas (206), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/516/20
Apr 6, 2006  
very good flavor. nice rasberry kick to it. overall a good beer. even non-beer drinkers like the flavor




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