Grapefruit Harvest IPA
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.63
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Abita Grapefruit Harvest is a brilliant golden IPA with a subtle zest of grapefruit flavor and aroma that enhances the strong hop character. This bright, snappy brew is made with real Louisiana Ruby-Red grapefruits, pale, pilsner and caramel malts and cascade hops.
The strong hop profile and subtle zest of grapefruit make it a good choice with grilled chicken. This brew would also pair well with ceviche or raw Louisiana oysters.
The strong hop profile and subtle zest of grapefruit make it a good choice with grilled chicken. This brew would also pair well with ceviche or raw Louisiana oysters.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A grapefruit harvest IPA. Nice idea. The 12oz bottle pours with a deep gold body that has copper hues and supports a brief weak off white head. The aroma comes across sweet with sugary malts, citrus flavored gummy bear candy and then a mild grapefruit note is noticed. Alright, not the best start to this. The taste begins with a flash of malty sugary sweetness and then the malts introduce a malt sweetened grapefruit juice fruitiness that rides into mild levels of tangerine like citrus hops. It gets into sweet citrus hard candy midway and into the finish. Nice fruitiness here but nearly zero hop bitterness and mild fruit tartness. Nice easy drinking beer provided the sweetness doesn’t get to ya.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2014
at 18:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a hazy caramel-amber color with a medium sized foamy white head that faded quickly an left decent lacing. The aroma was tangy and sweet grapefruit juice and artificial sugar. The flavor was artificial sugar with sour and tart pink grapefruit. Long finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2014
at 17:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Well it was an interesting idea, and it made for a nice nose, redolent of grapefruit of course, hard to say how much from actual grapefruit and how much from hops, but I’m leaning toward the fruit, but the hops in the flavor were not much pronounced, balanced finish, overall just meh for an IPA, with hints of flowers and grapefruit of course. Easy drinker though.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2014
at 19:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at Daily Growler. Clear golden color with a medium off-white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing. Citrus, hops and malt in the nose. Light to medium body with a mildly bitter grapefruity hops character with toasted malt behind it. The finish is lightly hoppy with a citrus aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Daily Growler - UA
on 10 Jan 2014
at 13:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pour is a clear golden with a large white head. Aroma is definitely grapefruit with a decent malty backbone. Flavor is again grapefruit with some citrus bitterness. Most IPA’s taste like grapefruit to me any way so I don’t know if the flavor is from the juice or hops. I’m thinking more from the juice. Decent and does not taste artificial.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2013
at 16:29