Abita Purple Haze

Bottled...Golden-auburn hue with very little head to speak of. Carbonation is average. Aroma is straight wheat and raspberry. Flavor is initially bitter and tart with the berries dominant from start to finish. Ends more on the sweet side. Overall a very light, crisp, and refreshing warm weather beer that I enjoyed.

Abita Purple Haze ABV: 5.5% Calories: estimated at 150 C Volume: pint Glass: shaker Purchased at: Firkin Tavern, Ewing, NJ Price: $5.00 Consumed at: Firkin Tavern, Ewing, NJ sensory first impression: Conditioned. Wheaty. Like Grape Soda. Candy sweet raspberry. Hoppy, coated tongue. Long after taste. Crisp and dry finish. No head. Yellow gold, Amber. Nice body and legs. Aroma: 7 out of 10 Visuals: 4 out of 5 Taste: 7 out of 10 Palate: 4 out of 5 Overall experience: 14 out of 20. I liked the raspberry overtones.

A- Very light yellow hue with a thin fizzy head. Reminds me of watered down lemonade. S- Smell is sour, raspberries, slight peach. T- Tastes earthy with a tinge of raspberry fruitiness. Very bland. M- A bit thin with quite a bit of carbonation. D- I couldn’t imagine wanting to have another one of these.

...well, I was slightly disappointed in this brew from all the hype. It was still decent out of the bottle, but nothing amazing. Nice framboise flavor that’s not overpowering. Fruity, has a slight bite, and decent mouthfeel, but tastes artificial and slightly over carbonated. Not that great, and usually expensive, but worth a try.

The raspberry taste in this one was a little off and sour, although it was clearly present. Lacked some beer qualities and almost made this into a fruit drink with alcohol.

Pours cloudy yellow/orange with a medium sudsy/creamy white head. Smells like cheap keg beer and fruit syrup. Very light and crisp beer, refreshing. Sweet wheaty taste with light tinge of raspberries. Not entirely intersting... like a diet soda. A raspberry wheat would be awesome if it was loaded with raspberries.

Hazy yellow gold hue, with an off-white head, wheaty, fruity nose of raspberries and blackberies, with subtle tartness, hint of honeyed pale malt in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a crisp yeasty, fruity acidic blackberry fruity character despite the fact that they added raspberries, it’s more blackberry for me, with a note of tartness, a mild honeyed pale malt accent, leading towards an acidic, spritzy raspberry light sourness finish.

Bottle thanks to 17th floor. pours a nice hazy straw yellow with billowy white head. Nose is very srtificial rasberry with some soured grain. Flavor starts off with faint rasberry sweetness then movses toward a skunky wheat finsh some cardboard as well. Body is weak and watery. Gross!!!