Abita Amber Lager

Pours light golden brown. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel with some corn. Light caramel flavor and not much else. Light bitter finish.

Aroma is like caramel and corn? Hint of tobacco? Amber color with no head. Thinnish body with light, fizzy carbonation. The flavor is caramel and not much hop. The finish has a metallic note. Better than Bud.

Bottle. Adjuncty nose, lots of corn sourness. Ugly yellowish orange. Mild flavor, drinkable but not particularly good. Full-bodied palate makes up for some of the otherwise bothersome characteristics.

On tap New Orleans Pours out a light copped color topped with a off white head. A little sweetness and malt on this one. Nothing very special

Average. I could drink it but it would get old. Amber pour. Heavy on the malt. I’ve already forgotten it.

Very disappointing attempt at an amber. The aroma has very slight notes of caramel, which matches the light orange color of the beer and the diluted caramel flavors. The palate is weak, and the taste stops abruptly. Overall, not an amber that I would try again.

One of the 12-oz bottles sampled from the Abita Party Pack, acquired from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a clear light amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind a thin white ring and no lacing. Aroma of light caramel malt, some grassy and citrus hops and a touch of toffee. Taste is light bodied, well-carbonated with some caramel malt and citrus hop flavors. Finish is a little thin and watery with a light caramel and metallic aftertaste.

This is not bad, but not great. It’s a fairly pedestrian and somewhat bland vienna but has some enjoyable taste that does persist and is very easy to drink. It’s amber with a medium off-white head that dissipates fairly quickly to a ring and wisps. The aroma is definitely normal in style for a vienna, but on the mild side: slightly earthy, toffee,, malt and bread. The taste is similar, with only faint sweetness and essentially no bitterness at all. It’s smooth, and the taste that it has persists and is always noticeable evenly through the drink, but it’s overall weak, bland, and not exciting.