2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours a hazy pink with a decent pinkish head. Aroma is slightly yeasty but mostly smells of artificial grape/raspberry. Taste/palate is watery with hints of grape or raspberry. Little and no malt/ hop presence. Overall very dull and watery.
From draft on 8/26/11: Abita Purple Haze has a thick, slightly pink head, and a pink, hazy, fruit punch appearance. The aroma is of faint bread, grape soda, and some other things I can’t describe. The taste is of watered-down grape Kool-Aid. Hop bitterness is nil. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and Abita Purple Haze finishes wet and dull. I don’t like it. It’s too watery. RJT
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pink cloudy white zinfandel looking pour. Strong aroma of raspberries. Lively mouthfeel. Raspberry flavors (not as strong as I thought they would be from the aroma though ... also not as sweet as I expected ... a pleasant surprise). Nice tart finish. Actually a very interesting beer.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at the Liberty in Columbia SC, 2008. Reddish-purple color. Raspberry is a bit too sweet and syrupy for me. OK wheat flavor, but it’s just too much raspberries and comes off as a bit fake.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Poured from a bottle into a lager glass. Appearance is slightly hazy gold with a lightly purple, but mostly white head of foam. Aroma is light raspberries. Taste is light raspberries with a medium length raspberry aftertaste. Not a whole lot going on here.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: SEP 20, 2011 This beer is one of Louisiana’s/Abita’s best, yet that is not saying much due to their trademark watery feel which holds little depth. The best about this beer is the Oregon raspberry lift
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft in a pint glass - pours hazy dark orange with little head. Nose is fruity. Aroma is forest berries and smoky. Taste is sweet and a little tart. This does not taste like a wheat beer, but more like a fruit beer. Aftertaste is long and similar to burnt fruit - sort of like caramel but really sweet. I happen to like the product though the style is off.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Aroma is not its strenghts unlike other fruit beer. Limited taste and character. Very light and easy to drink when chilled when very hot.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
From draft on 8/26/11: Abita Purple Haze has a thick, slightly pink head, and a pink, hazy, fruit punch appearance. The aroma is of faint bread, grape soda, and some other things I can’t describe. The taste is of watered-down grape Kool-Aid. Hop bitterness is nil. Mouthfeel is light to medium, and Abita Purple Haze finishes wet and dull. I don’t like it. It’s too watery. RJT
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