Abita Andygator

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
Covington, Louisiana USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

[3732-20110513] 650mL bottle. Toasted creamed corn and a little yeasty grains in the aroma. Clear, pale yellow body with a medium-lasting foamy white head. More strong toasted creamed corn in the flavour. Light-medium body. A little too much creamed corn for me. (4/3/4/3/8) 2.2
(c/o HogTownHarry, w/ him, blankboy, jerc)

22 oz. bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop Ar: Bready aroma, not much else; touch of honey. Ap: Clear gold, very creamy/pillowy white head. Awesome retention and lace. T: Moderate honey sweetness. Finish is mildly bitter and oddly boozy/tannic. P: Thickish body, mild carbonation. O: Mediocre, bordering on bad.

Sampled at 4th NoVA Summer Brewfest. Pours clear gold with a medium, fizzy white head, medium retention and spotty lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, caramel, toast), light hops (spicy), and a clean lager character. Flavor is malt dominant, somewhat sweet, and clean. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation with a sweet finish.

Bottle: Clear golden pour with a small off-white head. Nose is grassey, floral, and lightly sweet. Tastes of grass, florals, apple juice, and yeast. Sweet enough to balance the grass and florals, but not overly fruity or estery. Not one of my favorite styles, but this is pretty darn drinkable. Really went well with Chinese takeout.

Big bottle share into small V tapered glass. Initially I was unimpressed with this one due to the light straw color and minimal white head with little white lacing coming off of a vigorous pour. The nose carried flavors of slight spice, light citrus, and some grainy malt. Slightly sweet, too. The flavor was quite sweet with a dry finish and very malty with some citrus and banana flavors coming through. A good sipper for supper, but not much else.

A- hazy gold with a think white head and so so lacing. S- sweet notes, a bit of burn sugar, bread, and a bit of spice. T- The spicy and pepper works well with the toast and sweetness of the grain. Its nice and balanced but could be a littler sharper and cleaner tasting/finish. M- Abita does a good job of masking the ABV within the body. This one isn’t warm at all. Just a touch thicker than I like for this style but all in all it comes together nicely. D- Considering the high abv, this one is pretty damn drinkable. Its a bit on the thicker side but not overbearing. Serving type: bottle

Kinda tastes like what would happen if St. Ides made a Heller Bock. Sweet, grainy, corny, funky, with an acrid bitterness that tastes more like aspirin than hops, this bottle is only for the stoutest of Abita fans. I need a Tums. (9/11/09)

Bottle [650ml] shared with HogTownHarry, jerc & mabel -- c/o HogTownHarry. Pours a clear pale yellow-gold with an average size diminishing fluffy white head. Aroma of canned peas -- wtf!? Flavour is sugary sweet along with pale malt and again, canned peas. Average bodied. No sir, not for me.