Abita Light

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Pale Lager
Covington, Louisiana USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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Straw color with a smaller white head. Flowery, floury bread dough aromas. More a paste than dough aroma, but I think you get the analogy. Somewhat thick, for style, and lifeless feel. Watery, grainy flavors. Has some real NA quality flavors. Seems a bit unattenuated. I still don’t get it.

On tap at brewery. Clear light yellow with a fizzy head. Very faint malty aroma and a watery grainy taste.

Clear yellow with a white head. Bread aroma. Taste is lightly sweet malt with light bitterness. Watery. As expected.

Bottle. Light golden, small and fully diminishing head. Light sweetish malty aroma, light vegetable hoppyness. Body is light, malty - some cork and sweetish flavor, faint vegetable hoppyness. Finish is short, malty - some corn and lightly sweetish, faint vegetable hoppyness. Watery lager with vegetable hoppyness.

Bottle. Pours an extremely pale, light yellow color with a somewhat foamy white head. Flavor and aroma are very light, but pretty much exactly what you would expect from a light beer. Still I wouldn’t be in a hurry to go back to it either.

Clear yellow. No head. Smells like bread and corn. Tastes like bread and corn. No I’ve drank Abita Light.

Pours yellow with small white head. The aroma is grainy with some light fruit notes. Flavor is thin and metallic with some faint citrus and husk notes. Not great.

12oz bottle. Pours golden hue with a lasting white head and soda like carbonation. Nose is light herbal hops and sweet biscuit malt. Light, very crisp body. Light hops, sweet malt combine on the palate. Light finish. Not a bad brew for a light beer, but it is still a light beer.

12oz bottle, purchased from Party Source for $1.45. Clear yellow color, minimal head, some lace. Somewhat skunky nose that pale lagers usually have, but it’s nowhere near as bad as it is in the usual macrobrews. Some citrus, spice. Light sweet taste, minimal carbonation, very smooth and drinkable. Great light beer, this would be a nice one to play beer pong with, if it was price-competitive.

Tap. Light, bland, hint of grain, faint hops. Pretty unimpressive, but not horrible for a light lager.

12 ounce bottle from Total Wine West Richmond, VA, on 3/21/11. Pours a clear golden color with a medium sized frothy white head that fades fairly quickly. Pale grassy aroma, faint graininess. The taste is grassy hops, grain, something fruity. Thin-medium bodied. About what I expected.