Abita Amber Lager

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Vienna
Covington, Louisiana USA

Bought this on a recent trip down south and wasn’t expecting much.Turns out, I liked this lager a lot. Deep amber color, pleasant hop aroma, nice balance of malts and hops. Excellent finish, not bitter. Very drinkable beer.

Looks more dark orange than amber. Not much head. Clear and light-looking. Average appearance. Nice sweetened burnt malt. Brown sugary. Almost a mild Scotch ale smell. Toasted barley. Sweet and dry all at once. Striking sharp malt with sweet brown sugar and molasses. Some mild caramel. Like a liquid "Sugar Daddy" candy bar. Sweet but not saccharine. Thick and chunky, chewy feel. Milky and smooth. Really nice on the palate. Very sweet but not *too* sweet. Really well crafted and delicious.

A medium-bodied, decently hopped amber beer. Fairly drinkable, good appearance. A good sociable beer.

Abita Amber is a Munich style lager, and it is a good one in my opinion. This beer has a really nice crystal malt character, and is quite balanced. Abita Amber pours to a deep amber color with a nice white head, and a soft carbonation. The nose on this beer has some really nice malt aromas, and is balanced with some nice hop aromatics. The palate is a firm malt backbone of crystal malt flavors, slightly sweet, and a touch toasty. The body is really smooth and round. This is a very drinkable beer. This beer finishes will more malt character up front, then in balanced with a nice short, hop bitterness. Really a well done, balanced, smooth, drinkable, lager. Good malt flavors, and just the right amount of hop bitterness to balance. This beer worked very well with an appetizer of "alligator bites" which are battered and fried chunks of alligator meat, served with a spicy, Tabasco spike dipping sauce. This beer also worked well with an entree of Jambalaya, a rice dish loaded with spicy taso ham, andouille sausage, shrimp, and okra. Often I pair a very hop accented brew to stand up to spicy fare, but a malt accented, balanced brew such as Abita Amber, works well with spicy fare too. I switched up to Turbo Dog for desert though. Its chocolatey character made the perfect foil to cranberry bread pudding and whiskey sauce. I would also match Abita Amber is German fare, it would work well with grilled bratwurst, and roasted pork or chicken dishes.

This is a beer that usually can be had at establishments in SE Louisiana, and therefore is the easy choice vs, the generic mass-marketed American cr@p. Not as good as its brother brew Turbodog, but certainly mroe interesting than something like Bud.

The rating on this one is bull. This is a solid, standard amber, very drinkable, slightly sweet, good color; if you’re in the deep south it’s one of your only options for quality - seen in this light Abita Amber is an oasis.

A nice mild amber. Slight peatiness on the initial taste. The maltiness is smooth, but not too heavy. A nice combination with a meal.

Bottle. Light amber in color. Cyrstal clear. Small off-white head, but it lasts.Almost a sour nose, but not in a bad way. [ :) ] Nice, toasty maltiness, enough hops to balance. Very smooth. Better in it’s style than Turbodog is in it’s.