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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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz bottle. Pours amber with a good-sized off-white head. Toasted bread and earthy nut aromas with some caramel sweetness. Flavor is definitely the pecans and some toasty malts with slight hints of fruit. Fairly watery, not much of a finish, and unfortunately not what was promised by the rather pleasing aroma.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2008 at 00:36


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Sun Devil in Mesa, AZ. Golden color with a creamy white head. Truly smells like strawberries. Near medium body with creamy carbonation. First rush made me think of homemade strawberry ice cream ( haven’t had that for a number of decades!). Downhill from there, but it’s still a good drink - probably for around the pool - once every other week or so. Brave Abita.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2008 at 14:17


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Sun Devil in Mesa, AZ. Gold color with a creamy off-white head. Aromas of grain and citrus. Almost medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is wheat with a touch of citrus. Crisp, clean, refreshing, and it tastes good!

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2008 at 14:13


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from T’s Liquor in Tempe, AZ. Pours amber with a decent beige head. Fruity hop aroma over mild caramel. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is resin and fruit (citrus?) over caramel. It seems a bit harsh, but arguably balanced. Not a smooth one.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2008 at 23:36


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

12 oz bottle from GM Liquors; Nose is pecans all the way with some caramel mixed in; add some coconut and dark chocolate for an Almond Joy! Clear copper with a medium beige head; flavor is nutty caramel with a bit of sweetness balanced by a bitter hop note. Different!

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2008 at 21:31


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy with real strawberry flavor. Light pink color. This is Considerably better than I expected, good, smooth palate.

Tried on 12 Oct 2008 at 19:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

It pours a coppery orange pour with a really creamy, thick, and long-lasting off-white head. Fruity aroma with a bunch of hops. Taste is malty and doughy at first then it goes to getting moderately hoppy. It gets to be the most bitter at its finish. Palate is nice and creamy with a medium body. Pretty good indeed. Too bad that my friends drank almost this entire six-pack.

Tried on 09 Oct 2008 at 14:07


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours copper, off white head. Aroma, fileld with pecan nuts, malty. Taste is the same, some nice touch of pecan, very malty, caramel, some floral hops. Aftertaste is hoppy, with light chocolat malts. Pretty decent offering.

Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2008 at 00:40


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Clear amber color. It starts with a quite nice hop aroma, almost fleshy, meaty; then it turns more into toffee. Medium body, with a sweet toffee flavor, soft mouthfeel, strong but not aggressive bitterness. The hops show both some resiny and fruity character, but the final gets a cookie character too. An original American Pale Ale.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2008 at 04:48


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled at Hills Market beer tasting. Pours a dark orange-brown color with a medium off-white head that dissipates quickly. Stringy lacing. Aroma of pecans and pralines, plus a little malt. Medium-bodied with a sweet and nutty character. Some malt and chocolate flavor as well, but none of the flavors really shines. The finish is short and nutty with a light sweet spice aftertaste that is reminiscent of pecan pie. Overall, whether your pronounce it ’peh-kan’ or ’pea-can’, this beer is barely average.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2008 at 10:50