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Abita Purple Haze

Abita Purple Haze - Fruit Beer

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Abita Brewing Company

Covington, Louisiana USA

bottled
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Broad Distribution
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7822.54/5.02.54/5.04.75%33.5Flute P  Stats

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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DarkSong (32), Dacula, Georgia, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/59/20
Jun 30, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy pale yellow color with a medium white head. It has a slight taste of biscuit with a little bit of a cereal taste and a strong taste of wheat and raspberries. This beer was a little disappointing to me.


MrRoss (4), Delta, British Columbia, Canada
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3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 29, 2009  
"From Belmont Station, in Portland, OR. First off, this is a good beer for a hot day, not for mid-January barbeque-manning. Otherwise, things started with a jump, as this poured out an active foamy white head capping a body of very cloudy gold. Aroma was slightly fruity, and the taste was fruity, but more so. Raspberry it certainly was, but the mouthfeel disappointed, being thinnish but at least it did have a certain "snap" to it. Truth be known, I only bought this so as to get another state (Louisiana) onto my stats."


 General66 (152), Streator, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Jun 28, 2009  
I had a pint of this on tap at the Crossroads Bar and Grill in Chicago. I was looking through the menus for something that I have not tried and decided to give this a whirl. Poured a deep gold color with a very small white head and just a little bit of carbonation. The aroma was not offensive, but was very bland. It consisted of some light hop (?) character with a small hint of fruit. The taste consisted of some sweet malt with a little bit of fruit taste. I am not sure what fruit it was, but it may have been raspberry. It had a light mouth feel and was very easy to drink. Overall, a refreshing beer on a hot summer day but nothing to get excited about...


 darn1207 (467), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Jun 28, 2009  
had this a few times now but hadn’t rated. 12oz bottle. murky gold pour with thin bubbly off-white head. earthy aroma with a hint of the raspberry. lightly sweet berry taste up front that peters out fairly quickly. makes it a brief dry sour finish. not as offensive as I remembered it - just not a lot going on.


 Bov (5160), Bienne, Switzerland
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20
Jun 19, 2009  
courtesy of oh6gdx - fully cloudy orange colour with a moderate head retention; aroma of hay and raspberries, sweet with a hint of acidity; moderate malt body, gentle finish of raspberries with some residual sugars - boring


nerdrocker101 (58), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/56/20
Jun 15, 2009  
This beer is what Charles Barkley would call terrible. Fruit beer really isn’t my favorite style so maybe I’m biased. I suppose it ’s one of those beers to ease you into craft brewing if you’re used to some of the mass produced stuff out there.


Tommyp007 (19), Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/510/103/516/20
Jun 14, 2009  
One opf my favorite fruit beers. A little too much carbonation taste, but a nice raspberry flavor. Nice on a hot day.


matthasson (27), Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Has a hazy orange/amber color, possibly light purple/pink in the center. Has only a subtle taste of raspberry with traces of grape and wheat. Feels really light, and is easy to drink. Quite refreshing for a hot summer day.



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