Abita Bock

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

Yellow body, lots of billowing head. Sweet corn and lemon aroma, hints of bubblegum. Some nice flavor hints, leaning toward a hefeweizen (?!), some faint spicy notes even. LIghtly fruity finish. Yet, all told, mild in flavor. Moderately frothy palate. Sessionable, drinkable, even vaguely likable, but they call this a bock? Oh well.

Bottle. Grainy, mashy, sweet, yeasty, dusty, mostly pale malt nose.Deep orange pour with a pretty, creamy beige head. Some purple grape and booze showing in the taste, otherwise yeast and sweet malt, a touch of candy and caramel but finishing a bit too grainy. Medium body with some mint. Eh.

clear gold with a large creamy white head. nutty aroma of peanuts and toast. flavor is of peanuts, peanut brittle, and butter. i like this. nicely done.

This bock pours a medium brown color with almost no foam. Nor is there any carbonation visible. The aroma is not very pleasant. It has hints of a stagnant fish pond. Flavor is much better than the aroma. There is a nice mix of malt and hop as well as sweet and bitter. It also offers a nice tartness. Despite the aroma I liked this beer.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy gold with a moderate linen white head that lasted through the first third of the glass and left partial lace. Light aroma of malt and not much else. The flavor is basically malt with just a hint of bread emerging towards the finish. Very light hops bitterness at the finish as well. Medium bodied. Very easy to drink and true to style. No problems.

Thanks turdferguson for sharing. Pours a translucent light copper with a one finger head. The nose is sweet and bready, nice malt profile, caramel, grassy hops come through, nice phenolic sharpness. The flavor is mildly leafy up front, some hop bitterness, malty, sweet, bready. Palate is softly carbonated with a mild bitterness. Very drinkable.

Bottle shared with barrios at woody’s courtesy of our beer rep. Thanks Jonathan! Pours a clear golden amber with minimal ring of white head. Aroma of light butter and grain, and corn adjuncts. Flavor is corny, and biscuity with hints of caramel. Not bad, just kinda boring. This strikes me as a Budwieser with a heavier grain bill and thicker palate. But certainly a good easy drinker for mardi gras!

What’s the deal with the SOURNESS! I’m so not into this brew. I guess if you’re from New Orleans, this is the best you can do. It’s the color of a pils, when it should be dark. Doh!, we forgot the malt! Tastes like a high gravity Bud.