Abita Christmas Ale

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Covington, Louisiana USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

12oz bottle poured into glass. Picked up off the 99 cent rack. Figured it couldn’t be that bad, well I was wrong. Not a lot of flavor or aroma going on here. Would expect at least a little bit of "Christmas" flavor in there. Searched and came up short.

12 oz bottle that pours a nice reddish amber color with a thin tan head. It is a nice beer overall.

Bottle. Deep copper body, small white head. Nose is honey, grass, caramel malts and hints of toffee. Taste is licorice, sweet caramel and herbal grassy hops. Balanced perhaps, but boring and without direction.

Mostly dark malts, with a hint of spice. Decent, but overall uninspired to me.

355 ml bottle. 5.5%. From Stockholm, Sweden. Courtesy of mjs.
Clear dark ruby red colour with tiny head. Fruity and floral hops, mild bitterness and bready maltiness in aroma. Floral hops, nice mild dry bitterness and balancing malt in flavour. Rather nice.

Fine head, brown. nose with some hops - lemony or citrus. Caramel. Nice! Medium body and length. Light and a bit dissapointing. almost watery. some hoppy caramel, but not in hamony with the nose.

(Bottle, 0.355 l, from Systembolaget, 20111229) The beer poured reddish brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, hops and molasses. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, molasses, hops, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, hoppy and bitter. Nice hoppiness with strong malty background but not extreme.

Reddish brown with a small tan head. malty with spicy notes. Malt, spices and hops. Medium body with a bitter finish.