Abita Purple Haze

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Covington, Louisiana USA

Poured into a pint glass. Hazy brown-orange with an off-white head that leaves a little lace. Aroma is obviously raspberryish with some wheaty esters. Flavor combines the insipidness of banana pith with the saccharinity of raspberry syrup. Those two aspects even out into mediocrity. Really light and drinkable, just not interesting.

(Sample from February 23, 2007 Beer Club Meeting) Chick beer. Too light, too fruity, and really missing a lot. Not bad, though… just lacking and wacky light and fruity.

I do like this beer. Good for a Brunch in spring.... a hot date in summer....or a early ball game in the fall....... Girls like it....old women like it...... so, it should be ok.

Its fun to look at. You’ll spend more time tipping your glass catching seconds of its purple appearance than tasting it. The raspberry adds a little to the palate but its more of just a psychedelic effect. Or maybe its to disguise the bad water out of Louisiana, cause something is just missing here.

Great beer for after you have just mowed the grass or enjoy it while you are at the pool. Refreshing beer that has a hint of raspberry but not an overwhelming amount.

Have to say I’m disappointed. I did not know this was a sad excuse for a fruit beer. It’s misleading in the nose with a decent raspberry aroma. It is a light yellow color with a white collar. It’s flavor is not very good. It seems more remniscent of a wine cooler than a beer, and not a good wine cooler either, like Zima with raspberry flavoring. It’s smooth, but that seems to be a factor of it being watered down.

This fruit beer poured a cloudy light yellow colour with a bright white foamy head. To the nose there is scents of citrus fruit like orange and grapefruit. First taste is very watery with a faint flavour of raspberry. Very little carbonation. The palate is a weak attempt at a fruit beer with a light lingering fruit flavour. Way too light.

Bottle: The only reason I drank this is because someone left it at my party. To say this tastes like raspberry, is not the way to sell it. It’s more accurate to say that someone squeezed one dollop of raspberry extract per bucket of wheat-infused water. The aroma is very faintly raspberry, grainy and over-carbonated. Taste has a spice that seems misplaced here, amidst a very average wheat beer.