3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Tucked away as a single in a corner store on Toulouse street run by a very nice Asian women caddy corner to Hotel St. Marie. If I had known its limitedness, I would have boughten all three. A lucky find. Clear yellow with white head. Aroma is sweet citrus, mostly lemon. Flavor is also sweet citrus but with big floral notes also. A crisp brew easily poundable (which I did by the Hotel pool) and was the best beer I had by Abita during my stay...this and the Andygator. go get this beer if you can.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A hazy bright golden color. Half a finger of foamy head. A classic pilsner look.
The smell is a pleasant flowery aroma, with bitter Euro/German hops. Doesn’t have the too-bitter chlorine smell that afflicts too many pilsners. Really crisp.
The taste has a nicely bitter but diverse hop flavor. The bitter is there, but so is a nice flowery, estery hop. Like a very hoppy pale ale. The malt does have the characteristics of a pale, but steps aside wisely to play straight man to the hop. This is a really good flavor; slight grapefruity finish.
The feel is fizzy and bubbly like champagne. Very nice. Supports the effervescent flavor. It’s a superior, flavorful pislner. Lots of diverse tastes. Wonderful finish. To me this is what a pilsner should always aspire to.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Shared with the boys for Cellar Reduction #3. Easy drinking session brew. Clear golden pour with decent white head. Nice saaz hop profile. Classic for style.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle with Butters and sixfootsix at the 3rd Cellar Reduction. Pours a white head with some lacing with a clear golden body. Smells of sweet malt and hay. Tastes of malt and a little earthy with a good balance and finish. Good session beer.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Pilsner straw body white head, mild sun fruits, spiced, floral, finish is neat.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours gold with a white head. Smells of sweet caramel, touches of apples, some dry straw and hay. Tastes of sweet malt, lightly fruity, some peppery splashes and a semi dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours golden with a mostly receding off-white head. Aroma of floral hops, lightly herbal. Smells close to a noble hop, but there’s a bit of hop fruitiness. Taste is herbal, notes of cookie, bready malt, light hop resins and toasted malt. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Probably the best beer from Abita.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
I cant find my self enjoying this too much. Its too thin and the malts are uninspiring. for a special anniversary ale, its not too good
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
The aroma has corn malt, and floral hops. The appearance is hazy gold with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is average. Overall it’s so so at best.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Feb. 2007 - Beer poured pale/golden yellow with very little head or lacing. Aroma was extreme grass and flowers. The flavor was sweet pilsner malts with a lot of floral grassy undertones with mild bitterness and a weird soapy flavor which dissipated as it warmed. The hops reminded me of the spices in doritos...and I’m not sure that is a wonderful thing, although it got significantly better as it warmed.
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