Abita Purple Haze

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.