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Abita Purple Haze

Abita Purple Haze - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
16
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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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 Chapel (329), Levittown, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/512/20
Jul 27, 2007  
Pours a bright opaque orange with a thin head. Nose is dominated by raspberries with subtle wheat undertones. Tart wheat taste with a raspberry finish. About as thick as a fruit juice.


 thenick (742), North Bellmore, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/59/20
Jul 24, 2007  
Tap @ Croxley Ales, Rockville Centre, NY. Pours a reddish-gold color with a frothy and lingering white head. Aroma is a very subdued mix of raspberry and wheat notes. Taste is watery with some odd sour raspberry-esque flavor in there (it’s really the only way to describe it). Not a total drain pour, but I didn’t enjoy this all that much.


 yayforbeer (641), Orange Park, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 20, 2007  
Pint on tap at Mellow Mushroom. Hazy golden beer with a pink tinge. Nice wheaty, berry aroma. Flavor was not what I expected and positively so. I usually dont like fruit beers, and I usually dont like American wheats. but this one was a well balanced mix of wheat flavor, hops, and understated raspberry. Some crispness in the finish made it better than expected. Seems I liked it a little better than most of the raters here.


 Skyview (4007), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/102/59/20
Jul 18, 2007  
From a 12-oz bottle shared with joebrew, pours a murky grayish brown brew with a spritzy off white head that dissolves quickly to a thin film and ring. Aroma of light sour berries, light multi-grain malt with something that reminded me of Haley’s M-O. Taste is highly carbonated, light with a distinct flavor of watered down blueberries and raspberries. Finish is slightly tart at first and then flat.


 joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/512/20
Jul 18, 2007  
Pours a hazy almost pink grapefruit tinged hue, with almost no head. Kind of offfensive nose with hints of grainy malt and rasberry seeds, almost an earthy dirt aroma. Nice semi-tart rasberry flavor on the front palate, followed by heavy carbonation, and lack of any decernable flavors. Finish is fairly dry and actually lasts a decent period of time. Not really a lot going on here.


mrmojo (37), Edmond, Oklahoma, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/510/20
Jul 10, 2007  
Bottle, notes...Why? This is a nice brewery, so why this? A sour, tart taste...mostly a citrus instead of berry nose. Sticky aftertaste. If you want a wheat, try something else.


 hopson (591), Williamsville, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/510/20
Jul 9, 2007  
Bottle- big carbonation, fairly tart. a slightly better than average raspberry wheat.


 keepersj12 (774), Sicklerville, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 7, 2007    Updated: Jul 18, 2007
Pretty good. Nice aroma of berries. Flavor of berries too. Nice and refreshing.



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