Bottle. The rating is a lot lower than I expected. This beer was pretty solid in my opinion. Dark pour with a decent sized head to it. Aroma is pretty hoppy. Flavor is malty and has a nice balance with citrus hops. The finish is smooth and I’d have to say this is quite drinkable.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark amber color with a large orange-white head. The aroma was sweet fruity hops. The flavor was sweetish with a moderate yet somehow subdued fruity hop presence. The body was fairly light. A nice session ale but nothing more.

2006 bottle drunk on 3/20/07
Pale, brassy-copper body is topped by a rapidly fizzling white head that leaves little/no lacing. Bubbly liquid is highly clear.
Highly perfumed nose definitely showcases the dry-hopping. I really like the hop notes that come through. No heavy pine or citrus, or anything acidic. Just a happy, dry, lemon and flower petal-like nose with well-attenuated, light pale malts in the background adding a pinch of pleasing graininess and very light honey. I get a little mineral water-like note, on the finish as well, but I seem to always get this from Abita beers. Medium strength overall, very delicate.
Dry hop flavors dominate the flavor, adding a gentle bitterness and lots of herbal-perfuminess with just a hint of light grapefruit. Lemon icing-like malts sit in the back, with a touch of graininess and a very light body, with little sweetness. Carbonation is moderate, no alcohol noted. Good beer, more hop character than a typical golden ale, but without the maltiness of a pale ale. Obviously, the filtering/force carbonating aspect of Abita beers is a big downer, but for what it is, it’s a very drinkable, flavorful/aromatic beer.

After reading the reviews here, I was not really expecting too much from this brew, but instead I got a beer that I wasn’t quite expecting. The beer was a lot hoppier than I had expected. The colour looked as i thought it would, but the head was pretty nice. The taste then comes off as smooth, but a little bitter with noticeable hops all through it. My father thought it was watery, but I felt that it was quite alright in that respect.

Bottle. Elderflower aroma. Pale golden, low head. Very lightbodied, dry papery malt, elderflower hop counter. Cardboard retronasal. `meh

Taster at the Balmoral Brewhaha. A sharp, clean northwestern hop hit made me peg this as a Pale Ale. But no, I see it down as a Blond. Very close, either way. The malt base is a little light, and plays well of the featured hops. Regrettably, our taster cups were solid black, so I couldn’t tell you much about how it looks, except for a nice skimmer of foam on top. But it’s very nice on a warm, humid summer’s evening and lets me prepare for the more off-kilter beers at this event.

Bottle. Barley malt aroma - slight sweetness. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet barley malt flavor with light hops finish. Okay - better than most other Abita beers I’ve tried lately.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear amber with an off-white head. Lovely hoppy, floral aroma. Medium body with some caramel malt but otherwise dominated by floral accents. Dry, hoppy finish. A straightforward and nice brew that really comes closer to an APA than to a Golden Ale. 270306

Pour is a almost cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma is almost next to nothing. Flavor is quite good! Yeast and hops both make an apperance here and quite strong at that. Flavor puts this one in my maybe catagory. Good flavor but weak otherwise. If i saw this on sale somewhere I would deffinatly buy a case.