Abita Satsuma Harvest Wit

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Covington, Louisiana USA

A bit too citrusy for me. I could maybe last to bottles of this, but it would become too cloying after more then that.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels in Plano, TX. Pours a cloudy yellow/orange with white fizzy head. Aroma of fresh fruits, citrus, peach, some orange. Flavor is of peach, some orange, wheaty malt makes an appearance as well, also a nice yeasty, bread taste. Mouth feel is light-medium soft body with high somewhat fizzy carbonation. Overall, a pretty tasty,refreshing summer beer!

hazy sunshine yellow color with orange tints and a white head. smells tart with a background of dusty wheat, faint spice and very faint orange notes. there is a cooked orange flavor lurking behind notes of dusty wheat bread, nearly savory yeast and a tart finish. (the orange does amplify once this is consumed straight from the bottle). it is medium bodied and almost refreshing. 6/3/5/4/13/3.0

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Glen Allen, VA. Pours a hazy peach color with a medium head and good head retention and lacing. Went away for 20 minutes and there’s still a good finger of head. Aroma is very bready with citrus and caramel notes. Taste is bready with sweet citrus notes and a bit of spice. Medum bodied. Pleasant but not very complex.

Bottle. Pours slightly hazy, bright yellow with a decent looking but small white head. Nice almost hefe nose but I cannot pick up satsuma (what ever that’s supposed to smell like). Mostly just a wheat nose. Taste is very tangy, nice wheat taste, slightly sweet with some spicing. Fades on the end a bit thin. I don’t get any fruit/satsuma from this at all. No alcohol taste at all. It’s a decent attempt at a Belgian wit and a good, drinkable summer beer. Not bad and a bit surprising-I was expecting much less from this beer.

Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Smell is wheaty and slightly floral and lemony. Nice smelling beer. Taste is citrusy, slightly tart, wheaty and smooth. Pretty refreshing and probably Abita’s best beer in my opinion. Medium body and carbonation. Nice.

Appearance: Pours a lightly hazed, pale yellow body with a thin, white head. Smell: Nose of unmalted wheat and raw, wholesome oats with solid notes of generously added spices and, of course, the Satsuma (coming across as scent of orange and lemon). Taste: Moderately tangy wheat rounded out slightly by some smooth, crisp oats and a touch of overall sweetness. Pinch of earthy spices along with the sweetish citrus Satsuna taste. Light bitterness midway through. The wheat and the fruit carry you effortlessly to the drying, crisp finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body, though, at times, it’s flirting with being watery. Medium-high carbonation. Drinkability: Pleasantly refreshing and goes down far too easy. It’s by no means an outstanding wit, but, in my opinion, it’s one of the better Abita beers available.

bottle, good orange color with big foam, aroma is weak orange, I thought satsuma’s were sweet, this has an odd bitterness to it