Abita Purple Haze

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

Serve in Flute

Bottle: Pink Grapefruit in color, very hazy, moderate white foamy head, spotty lacing, very light carbonation.   Very pale fruity aroma, somewhat like sweetened Grapefruit with only a hint of raspberry.   Fairly artificial pale berry like fruity flavor, somewhat non-descript, and very light.   Clean finish, minor tartness lingers.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   Somewhat sticky feeling after the finish.   Not bad, but fairly plain and quite boring for a Fruit Beer.

Not a big fan of fruit beers. Aroma is of course of raspberries, also straw and cola. Pour is nothing special. Tastes ok, but I think the bitterness conflicts with the sweet flavor and fruit. It’s just imbalanced. Also kind of a metal taste in there, not sure what thats about. This tastes like raspberry cola mixed with a lager. Fruit flavor is gone on the aftertatse but the bitterness lingers.

Wow. Reviewers are pretty critical of this beer. I don’t know what everyone was expecting but if you want a well made hazy wheat flavored with raspberries, this is your beer. Everyone, you dont’ want to drink a raspberry wheat beer, dont’ drink one. But dont’ drink it just to trash it on this site.

Bottle - Pours orange, slightly red. Fruity and malted wheat aroma. Sweet/tart fruity, cereal grain flavor. Raspberries are great on a pastry, but I guess I’ve got to get used to them in my beer. Might go well with desserts.

Been putting this one off for awhile, as I generally do not like raspberry wheat beers. But, the last of the Abita mixed 12 pack was staring me down. True to its name, this beer is hazy, with a slight purple hue. The aroma is wheat and medicine. Dry and light, with an absolute raspberry flavor. Must have some significant amount in the mix. Better that I had feared. But, I won’t be buying 6 packs any day soon.

This beer came highly recommended from a friend who went to Tulane. I am not a fan of fruity beers, but I did enjoy certain qualities of this one. It has a wonderful orange color and a decent head compared to some other wheat beers I’ve had. The fresh raspberry puree definitely adds an interesting tartness, but I wish they left the rest of the beer unfiltered. Easy drinking and would be perfect for a hot summer day. I’ve had some better local (Delaware Valley) interpretations of this style but this beer is pretty solid for a mass produced product.

I was really excited to try this one as I quite enjoy fruit beers for the most part. This bottle poured with a small, quickly dissipating head of white bubbles giving way to no lacing to speak of. The aroma is - well, really there is not much of an aroma at all as far as I can tell. Perhaps some wheat. The beer is a nice orangey / weak iced tea color and is cloudy. It is rather tart on the tongue at first but warms up and presents it’s medium body in a sweetness that is reminiscent of raspberry jam. Aftertaste is unremarkable - somewhat tart with some bitterness. An okay beer but not impressive and there are other fruit beers that are far more palatable.

Pours a orangish-purple color with a white head. Aroma is of wheat and a hint of some raspberry. Flavor is of wheat and raspberry with a strange aftertaste. Not really that great. Abita makes other beers much more worthy then this one.