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Abita Purple Haze

Abita Purple Haze - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
16
overall
Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer

Covington, Louisiana USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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8082.54/5.02.55/5.04.75%34.8Flute
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Commercial Description:
Abita Purple Haze is a crisp, American style wheat beer with fresh raspberries added during secondary fermentation. Subtle coloration, fruity aroma and tartly sweet taste.
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 fata2683 (840), Panama City, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/102/55/20
Aug 21, 2008  
This smelled and looked really good. Cloudy, rasberry’s and yeast....but this dissapointed it’s too sweet which I thought with the rasberry’s being fresh and not artificial it would be sour and not sweet, but it was and it masks what may be a good wheat underneath.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1081), Lisle, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 17, 2008    Updated: Mar 19, 2009
12 oz. bottle courtesy of another friend at a tasting. Several fruit beers, eh? This bad boy looked really good on pour, cloudy muted gold color with a decent head that unfortunately dissipates quickly. Lighter raspberry aromas that are light upon taste and mour sour than sweet (Always a plus). Some wheaty malt characteristics that are very enjoyable. More refreshing and lighter bodied than the other offering I had, but less taste and character. A decent fruit beer that I’d drink again.


 Sparky27 (1567), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/59/20
Aug 16, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with 2 finger off-white head. Nose is mainly sweet wheat with some raspberries in the background. Taste is malt and wheat with raspberries in the finish. Medium mouth feel. I’ve put off trying this beer as I thought it would be too sweet and fruity, but the raspberry flavor complement the taste rather than dominates. That being said, it’s still not that great but better than I thought it would be.


 vikingguy (139), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 11, 2008    Updated: Sep 30, 2008
Not what I expected. Smooth, drinkable, refreshing, only slightly sweet with a hint of raspberry. Maybe a little too watery, but otherwise a good summer beer. Appearance is a cloudy gold - maybe a slight purple haze but tough to tell.


 beerbill (1919), Laurel, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle sampled at NFB&WF ’08 at Martha Clara Vineyards. Pours a hazy pale gold, no evidence of purple haze. Light aroma of raspberry. Flavor is dominated by raspberry with some wheat. An ok fruit beer I suppose, although I personally prefer my summer fruit beers with blueberries.


 hellbilly (1502), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 28, 2008  
slightly hazy gold color with a small white head which fades quickly to a film. grainy, musty, woody aroma with the distinct aroma of artificial raspberries. flavor is the same... musty, earthy and tart seemingly fake raspberries with a dry finish. medium body with prickly high carbonation. strangely drinkable especially from the bottle and it pairs really well with plain m+ms.


 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Wow, this beer poured with the trademark purple haze, and a somewhat fruity aroma, but the flavor was not what I expected. The aroma had some plum/ cherry hints, but the flavor had some plum with a lot of sour malt. Unbalanced and not something I’d go after again.


 wmubronco1992 (176), Coldwater, Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 27, 2008  
On Tap at Map Room in Chicago (shared this one with my wife). Darker golden color. Weak white head. Mild fruity aroma. Slight rapberry flavor. Highly carbonated. Reasonable drinkability. My wife picked this one which probably isn’t suprising because it really is more of a girly beer. Not a bad beer, just nothing to get excited about.



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