Abita Select Saison

Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Covington, Louisiana USA

Serve in Tulip

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On my recent trip to New Orleans, this was my favourite Abita beer by a country mile. On tap at the Red Fish Grill. Bright orange-amber, hazy, towering bubbly head. Mouthwatering aromas of elderflower, vanilla cookies, lychee fruit, and dusty pepper (the longer I spent, the more aroma notes became apparent. Zesty refreshing palate, yeasty and fruity, definitely peppery, with a spicy floral element that is hard to pin down. Very very good!

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2009 On tap @ Strange Brew. Hazy straw color with a nice white foam, nice lacing. Mild yeasty peppery aroma. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Citrus fruit flavors of oranges lemons, and pale malts. Had a surprising fresh hop burp to finish. 10/30/07.

Draft. Body-hazy light brown with a medium ring of bubbles and an ultra thin patch of bubbles. Nose-medium malt, very floral, lightly dusty. Taste-rose water, very light lavender, very light lotion, black pepper, anise, light raw/unrefined, very light almost unnoticeable flower petals. An absolutely beautiful yeast strain, maybe one of the cleanest yet most flavorful yeast I have ever enjoyed in a saison. The brewer does a good job with the selection and implementation of the spices, and somehow perfectly married the spices and yeast. In short: one Goddamn good beer, especially for Abita.

Inviting Belgian aroma, with lots of fruit and yeast. Clear gold. A super clean beer -- tangy, medium sweet, nicely bittered. Goes a bit vacant at times, but eminently drinkable. The finish is tangy, biscuity, lightly astringent and abrupt. A damn nice session beer and a bit more than I expected from Abita.