Abita Amber Lager

Another arrival in the Confederate BIF package courtesy of BigLove. The beer poured clear golden amber with a thin fleeting head. The aroma was slightly sweeter than water and the taste was grainy and a bit sour. No character whatsoever in the mouthfeel. No aftertaste.

Real nice cloudy amber beer, no head. Smells horrible. Eggs, sea salt, piss...a little jambalaya of nasty scents. It tastes like grass and sour milk. Like chewing a nice piece of bark. And yet its an intriguing beer that isn’y completely awful. It definitely has character. If I tasted this blindly I would have thought it was from down the street at Kraftbrau. Weird.

Absolutely nothing remarkable...but I drink an awful lot of these whenever I’m in Nawlins...no really...ALOT! So I’m jacking my rating up to reflect my savoring of those memories.

Bottle poured a nice amber color with a thick white head. Aroma was light malt and old water. Flavor is not to bad,watery malt with a metalic taste at the finish.

I bought this off the shelf at World Market so it may have been sitting there a while. Not impressed at all. Very little aroma other than a hint of hops. The taste was not-objectionable since there was so little to taste. If you want your beers without smell & taste this would be a perfect choice. As a side note I really like their Turbo Dog.

12 oz bottle out of a "party pack" 12 pack: Very little off white head on a orangey amber crystal clear body. Aroma is diacetyl & toasted malt. Some light flower hop, but diacetyl dominates even though it is not overly strong. Flavor is of stale malt, but is very bland overall. Other than that, it’s pretty tasteless. Mildly bitter in the dry finish, clean, short lived aftertaste. Highly carbonated, prickly, watery body, dryer m/f. Overall pretty bland. Not bad tasting...just not tasting like much of anything.

Re Rate Dated best by 6/6/06: Freaky best by date! Anyway, toasty and grainy malt: aroma is stronger than the original sample, but there is still a moderate amount of diacetyl. Hints of caramel malt as well. Well balalnced throughout w/ a clean flavor of grainy malt Some hints of caramel in the flavor with very little else. Not much more exciting than the original sample, but cleaner, better flavor, and less aged than the previous sample.

On tap at the Cookhouse in New Milford, CT. Poured light amber with a thick white head. Floral aroma, like an air freshener (?!?). Taste is thin with a heavy cream wafer character. Thin body. If any of these sounds strange... well, it is...

Another 2004 Christmas beer. There was some head formation but slowly dissapated. The color was of copper but slightly cloudy. The taste was of malt but little watery. This was not a noteworthy beverage. Drinkable but not special. I enjoyed another lager at the Sandpearl in Clearwater, FL. the color was a clear amber. It compares well to the Traditional lager from Yuengling.