Abita Purple Haze

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

Serve in Flute

12oz bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange, maybe a hint of pink. Small beige head that recedes to a small collar and a swirl in the middle. Slight wheat aroma with a hint of raspberry though its faint. The taste has a quick raspberry flavor up front and then fades into a typical wheat beer flavor. In fact, the wheat beer underneath is sub-par, but they just dropped a hint of raspberry in. The mouthfeel is light bodied and highly carbonated. It’s not a terrible beer but it’s certainly not great. I do like that they’re experimenting with fruits at Abita.

Aroma is of grape and raspberry. Cloudy golden orange appearance with a creamy white head that sticks around. Taste is that of berries and wheat, better out of a bottle than when poured into a pint glass or snifter. Palate is tart with fizzy carbonation. Overall a good beer to have once in a blue moon. Not a beer to drink many of.

Not my cup of tea but I had to try one because I have the authentic "Purple Haze" glass (thanks Sara) and it definitely is not a flute. It is a bad ass purple frosted flaming smoking lager glass. Meh, not bad. Wouldn’t drink more than one. Kinda tart and dry. I wonder if one of these at the end of the night will give you raspberry breath? Girl might like that. I like girl.

bottle; orange with pink hues, hazy with small white to slightly pink head; aroma-mild artifical raspberries, after that...nothing; taste-mildly tart, almost no sweetness which was both surprising and disappointing, mild bitter, dry finish, watered down feel. Can’t finish it

Murky orange amber color with little to no head. Taste is well-balanced with a hint of raspberry. Light-bodied with a crisp finish. Nice to drink, but not much happening.

It was a crisp beer that yes happen to taste like raspberries and was a decent starter beer for the night.

12 ounce bottle, best by 6/24/2011, bought as a single at World Market. Served in a nonic pint glass, the beer pours a cloudy gold color with a half inch white/light pink head. Lacing and head retention are both OK. Aroma is sweet raspberries and wheat. Taste is mostly wheat and bready malt with some raspberries. However, the raspberry flavor isn’t nearly as strong as I thought it would be. Mouthfeel/body is light, with a good amount of carbonation. I think it’s a slightly above average beer, but I wasn’t impressed with it. Wouldn’t be a bad choice to have on a hot day.

Decent Beer, light a would be good in the summer or Hot weather. Has a weird aftertaste that lingers. The raspberry flavor is subtle and good. I would like a little more of a sour flavor to it, but thats just my taste.