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Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager

Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Abita Brewing Company

Covington, Louisiana USA

bottled
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1472.71/5.02.71/5.0Special-45Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Ripe, red Louisiana strawberries are harvested at the peak of the season in the early morning chill. The scent of the juicy red Ponchatoula berries fills the air as they're picked and pressed for Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager. The end result is a light, crisp lager with just a hint of strawberry sweetness.

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 General_Gao (2579), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20

May 20, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Clear golden-orange color with thin white head. I’m not kidding when I say this...it smells identical to crunchberry cereal. Flavor is similar. That’s right, Cap’n Crunch reincarnated. That said, it’s not bad, but you better like fruity beers.

 KnutAlbert (2350), Oslo, Norway
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/56/20
Oct 14, 2008  
Bottle from a NYC deli. An innocent-looking pale lager, a little fruity aroma - the rest is strawberry syrup. Sticky sweet - you could possibly marinate something in it.


 JK (2501), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Creamy with real strawberry flavor. Light pink color. This is Considerably better than I expected, good, smooth palate.


marksahara (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Oct 6, 2008  
In bottle in NOLA. Beer pours a clear light gold with ample carbonation and thin white wispy crown. Very little lacing with a wonderfully sweet aroma of strawberries, but a slight hint of wheat malt turns me off a bit. Flavour is very light up front, not much malt sweetness or hop bitterness and a slightly crisp finish that leaves a hint of wheat on the palate. A few tastes have to be had before the strawberry taste accumulates on the palate and it can be enjoyed. It was not impressive upon first taste and was a beer that had to, but did, grow on me. Very light-bodied and aggressively carbonated unless purposely agitated. Great session beer, especially if you like sweeter flavours.


 unclemike (380), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Light aroma of strawberries and wheat. Pours light yellow with a thin, bubbly head. Very good mouth feel. Very light flavor with a pleasant strawberry quality. Not fake, sugary. Good Summer beer!


 Ughsmash (3085), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/102/510/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Bottled. Poured clear pale golden with a short, fizzy cap of white head. The aroma picked up musty strawberry seeds with a wheat and pale malty backing.. not bad. The flavor had sticky-sweet pale malts at the core with the same musty strawberries and prickly wheat sourness.. dry and unpleasant on the back with an almost rotting strawberry feel.. empty and unsatisfying at the finish. Light-bodied on the palate with scratchy carbonation.. OK use of fruit, but still not enjoyable in any regard.



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