Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Slightly cloudy gold orange pour. Some citrus and hops. Really pretty good for Abita.

Good. Somehow tastes even better when watching new orleans shows, thinking about moving there, or wearing nola gear.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Very herbal and bright, offering up modest notes of citrus and tropical fruit, but also laced with resin and an unexpected floral streak. Finishes yeasty and estery, almost Belgian-ish. Weird pint.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

New beer Distributors, NYC bottle ($2.25): Pours light orange with a white head. Aroma is lemon and hints of caramel malts. Seems to me that the aroma actually degenerates as the beer sits. Taste is lemony. It be very mildly bitter. A hint spicy. Not very exciting, but refreshing enough.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Cottage cheese, lemon zest, dandelion nose, with a hint of butter. Hazy amber, thick head, minimal lacing. Daffodil, dandelion, and lemongrass, floral but light and grassy, not pungent at all. Medium body, easy carbonation, quaffable. Very intriguing take on an IPA. There are usual floral notes, but there are overriding notes of dairy products. It tastes rather like milky flowers. I don’t know how they pulled that off, but it’s pretty neat. Excellent to pair with a fruit and cheese plate. Dang, Abita has been killing it lately with their IPAs.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

The weather forecast predicts the first days of spring tomorrow and Sunday in this part of Europe, so this seemed like a good choice to start the weekend with. Seasonal, bought online. Deep orangey peach colour, equally hazy, under a milky, yellowish white, stable and nicely lacing head. The aroma shouts IPA in all directions: dry-hopped (and ’green’ to the point I can smell the pellets), vivid, fruity, floral and delightful, just fit for ’spring weather’, I suppose... I get hints of orange, pink grapefruit, pine resin, aged cheese, artisanal honey, field flowers and roses, vanilla, banana, apple cake, freshly grated ginger, gooseberry, canned apricot, tonic water. Taste kicks off with a vivid, refreshing fruitiness, fresh grapefruit bitterness already announcing itself combined with mango, peach and pineapple, refinedly sweet, honeyish touch countered by the subtle saltiness we all know and love from this style, sufficient carbonation with somewhat minerally effect, very subtle hint of lemon peel sourness, caramelly and slightly toasted malt background, supporting a strong, peppery, slightly salty and resinous, spicy hop bitterness lining the mouth cavity and ensuring a long, dry, bitter finish, very quenching, with the high floral and orange tones of the Amarillo cleverly blending in with the lower, leafier, but still very elegant bitterness of the Centennial. Well done.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to a customer at Busted Sandal in San Antonio, thanks! Hazy golden color, white head. Aroma of fresh bright pine and grass. Taste is bitter lemongrass. Decent.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Pours a slightly dingy gold with a medium to thin head and aromas of grain silo dust with a little perfumed soap. Flavor is grainy and bitter with little hops direction to make things interesting. This would be pointless as a Pale Ale, and as an IPA it is very, very weak.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle - Sweet piney freshness and caramel backbone. Clear copper gold with a rich white head. Sweet candyfloss with mellow hops and big sweetness. Light bitterness throughout and a touch of spice. A very mellow and easy drinking but sweet IPA.