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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
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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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 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 17, 2009  
12oz screw-top bottle from The Liquor Shop in Tyngsboro, Mass. Pours a hazy amber yellow with a quickly dissipating thin off-white head. Smells grainy with touches of caramel and biscuit, with a fair bit of raspberry. Grainy and sweet, with a touch of citrus, obviously a strong undertone of sweet-tart raspberry. Light in body with moderate carbonation, and fairly quaffable. American wheat and fruit beer are not my favorite styles for sure, but this is a reasonably solid example of both. Worth a try.


grebs (71), Ohio, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/510/20
Aug 10, 2009  
An endearing beer. Decent balance between beer and fruit taste. Good to get people away from the Bud Light and Miller Lite they would normally reach for but by no means a great beer. Generally not worth the premium paid for it though.


 tekhna (100), California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/104/510/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Meh, whatever. The lady-friend likes it so who am I to say anything aloud? Mineral water beer.


 jhliesen (403), West Melbourne, Florida, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/58/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Tap at the Brevard County Beer Fest--Hazy to cloudy yellow with a decent head. I didn’t notice much of a raspberries in the aroma or the taste, probably just as well. Not horrible, just not something I would buy in a six pack.


 cfrancis (293), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/512/20
Aug 1, 2009  
On tap at Pour 24. Not bad wheat beer that tastes of raspberries. Fruit taste is just a hint.


 brewski519 (395), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Pours a cloudy yellow with an aroma of raspberry, wheat, and hops. Mild hoppy raspberry flavor with a grassy/earthy taste. Pretty balance fruit beer that isn’t overly offensive. Not too bad but also not one of my top Abita beers - I’ll take the Restoration Ale any day.


 Travlr (700), Washington, Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Jul 24, 2009  
Bottle at Norfolk (US) beer festival. Dark maroon, scant tan head. Mild fruit aroma, fairly plain flavor, decent malt and sweetish raspberry, inadequately balanced. OK, but not great.


 yespr (11645), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 18, 2009  
From tap at Yard House in San Diego. Pours hazy deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is crisp orange and tangerine fruity. Mild citric base flavour, rather dry yet refreshing with a bitterness making the finish even more dry and crisp.



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