Abita Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Abita Brewing Co. (Brewpub)

Established in 1986

Contact
21084 Highway 36, Abita Springs, LA, 70433, United States
Description
The Abita Brewing Company is nestled in the piney woods 30 miles north of New Orleans. In its first year, the brewery produced 1,500 barrels of beer. We had no idea what we started. Customers loved our beer! By 1994, we outgrew the original site (now our 100-seat brew pub) and moved up the road to a larger facility to keep up with demand.

We brew more than 125,000 barrels of beer and 13,500 barrels of soda of in our state-of-the-art brewing facility. Our lagers and ales are brewed in small batches, hand-crafted by a team of dedicated workers with only the highest ideals of quality. This pride, along with our brewing process, is what creates our great brews.

We are privately owned and operated by local shareholders, many who have been with us since day one.

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5.5

Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2025 at 12:33


3.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

1$ can at JR's clearance rack. Quite brite IPA hops citrus nose. Nearly clear pale with a big head that stays. Citrusy up front on the taste, not much real IPA here. Yea, its hoppy bitter fer sure but not most IPA. More like a stronger APA if you ask me; and I like that. Could use a little more carbonation to make it less boring. In the middle, I'm glad it somewhat has an alky kick to make this IPA session more livable. Yes, I think we just have a spritely APA here. I don't think most manly IPA lovers will appreciate this brew. On the finish, its a little more behaved than most domestic IPA fer sher.

Tried from Can from JR's Beer Warehouse on 21 Feb 2025 at 19:23


7

Tried from Draft on 21 Feb 2025 at 18:44


3.9
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 2.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3

Can, 1$ off JR's clearance rack. Slight haze on a light orange tint pale gold beer. Nose of medium fresh green sticky pine spruce cones. First taste is somewhat fruity but that immediately disappears and a big hop bitterness continues to build. Not as mouth coating or viscous as expected, but it could use a little more co2. A mild warming sensation develops in the middle on the palate and down the throat. Boozy. Fruited tastes remain at the commencement of each swig. At least this makes it a little interesting compared to the diesel flavored impy IPAs I've done in the past. Yes, tho I don't care much for this or most any IPA, the fruity thing that hits the taste buds with each swig, combined with its mind numbing alky content, at least makes it worth while for beer rating tick. However, I would not buy it again; just saying, its more acceptable to most other domestic impy IPA. Almost comes across like a regular IPA.

Tried from Can from JR's Beer Warehouse on 20 Feb 2025 at 18:38


3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso lievito e speziato. La finezza olfattiva è normale e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma non è molto persistente. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. La limpidezza è velata e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è giallo dorato brillante. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è non invasivo e c'è anche una componente leggermente acidula. La forza gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Il finale è bruschino. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sul tetto della bocca si fermano note di miele, agrumi, vino bianco, frutta e spezie.

Tried on 19 Feb 2025 at 06:21


3.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14

Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal luppolo. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La parte liquida appare velata e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è ambrato scarico. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è deciso. La forza gustativa è elevata. La continuità gustativa è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso. In bocca l'aroma è quello di miele, frutta secca, pompelmo, arancia amara, pera e frutta tropicale.

Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:57


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Bayou Beer Garden, New Orleans. Fruity aroma with zesty citrus, lemon, orange, light pale malt. Light sweet, medium bitterness. Light to medium body. Mostly citrussy, refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:17


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at The Spotted Cat, New Orleans. Aroma is wheaty malt with raspberry. Flavour is sweetish but not as sweet as you'd expect from a fruit beer like this. Body is light to medium. A bit weak overall but I don't dislike it.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:17


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle at The Spotted Cat, New Orleans. Aroma is darkish malt with caramel, toffee, touch of cocoa, and a hint of fruits from the hops. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Nothing special but not a bad Brown.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:17


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

From tap at Steamboat Natchez, New Orleans. Aroma is bready malt with caramel, dark bread, some nutty notes. Sweetish and mildly bitter, medium body, simple agreeable Amber.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:17