Spring IPA
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.92
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Hershiser2 (8215) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
$1.65 Bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville. Pours a darker golden with 2" of off-white head. Smells of light citrus. Tastes light up front, middle hops, back end is malt and very bitter hops.
superspak (10160) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 8/15/2013. Pours lightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange zest, floral, light pine, grass, light caramel, bread, light nuttiness, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop notes with a moderate malt balance; and good strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange zest, floral, pine, caramel, toffee, toast, bread, grass, light nuttiness, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, floral, pine, caramel, toffee, toast, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance of citrus hops with a moderate malt balance; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and moderately sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around good balance and complexity of hop and malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Drake (22940) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus, floral and candied citrus hops. The taste is intense candied citrus, some fresh citrus and mild caramel malts. Medium bodied. Decent.
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Crisp slightly hazy light copper body with an orange glow and a nice, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of very nice grassy and floral hops with a perfumey kick and some nice yeast and lemon scents as well - very nice dry hopping here. Medium-bodied; Good noticeable grassy and herbal hop flavours at first give way to a good balance of malt and light yeast. Aftertaste shows some herbs and grass, but is fairly mellow and not bitter at all - nice and smooth. Overall, a nice lighter IPA with some good dry hopping, but the actual hops during boil are quite a bit less than expected - that said, still a nice beer for the Spring & Summer and a good refreshing IPA. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from World Market in Falls Church (Skyline), Virginia on 12-June-2013 for US$8.99/six pack, sampled at home in Washington on 08-July-2013.
cheap (9607) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Not as bad of an ips as I thot it wood be. thin scummy head. hoppy but a little dull on the palate, not one of those fresh feelings. looks like pale ale. develops in the back opf the throat. bitterness back there will be ther for a while. smell is slight hop perfume, just slight.
ben4321 (11632) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Location: 12 oz bottle from Giannone, 5/1/13
Aroma: Has a big citrus nose (grapefruit, orange, pineapple), with some floral and grass notes
Appearance: It pours a cloudy orange color with a frothy off-white head and heavy lacing
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with plenty of fruity flavors like the nose
Palate: The body is medium, average carbonation, a bit sticky and a little oily, with a dryish finish
Overall Impression: I was actually really impressed by this one. It gives a really nice first impression with a big citrus hop aroma. The taste is pretty good, though not quite up to the level of the nose. Still though, this one turned out to be a really solid beer, and it far exceeded my expectations.
Ibrew2or3 (10834) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle pours with a slight hazed gold body with copper hues and supporting a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up citrus and pine hoppy goodness grounded in sweet maltiness. The taste has pleasing grapefruit and tangelo like citrusy hops that are sweetened up nicely with malts but they still seem to maintain a hoppy bitter bite with a pine to almost floral hop bitterness. OK, very nice IPA and my new favorite from Abita, by a wide margin too. My second favorite scores a 3.5. I’d be happy to try this again.
jcwattsrugger (14801) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
@CBC 12oz bottle-offwhite-gold. A-pine/floral, lt malt. T-pine/floral hop-dry bite, lt malt.
nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
12oz bottle. Hazy yellow-orange body. Creamy, thick, steady white head. Some pleasant orange citrus in the aroma. Not so bad on the hop side of the equation...fresh, floral, citrus. The malt side is a little lacking though, rather one dimensional and hollow. A decent malt backbone would stand up to and complement the hops, but here they come off astringent, chemically, and unpleasant. Not an enjoyable end product.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Spring IPA from Abita Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours golden amber with a 3 finger off-white head. Nice citrus aroma. Med body or near. Flavor is firm citrus over mild caramel with some spice. It’s bitter, but it’s not harsh. It almost imparts a hop burn. Well it builds to a hop burn. It’s not as hopped as the hoppiest NW brews, but it qualifies as West Coast. I’m thinking this is underrated.