Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Aroma is that of Captain Crunch Berry, no joke. Flavor is that of light strawberry. Probably would go really good with a desert of some kind on a nice hot spring or summer evening.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Slightly hazy golden body with a medium creamy white head. Sweet strawberry shortcake aroma. Sweet strawberry cream flavor with some honey and caramel in the background.
maniac (11822) reviewed Mardi Gras Bock from Abita Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Clear dark amber body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet honey and caramel aroma. Sweet caramel and some roasted malt and graininess.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
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.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Mardi Gras Bock from Abita Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. "Mardi Gras Bock". Decent, but kind of plain. Sweeter than I initially expected, but decent none the less. My initial reaction was that I could tell this was an abita beer as it shared a bit of the "purple haze" taste when I first cracked into it.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear golden body with a small fizzy white head. Sweet grassy hops aroma. Sweet honey flavor with some light grassy hops and a touch of grain.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle Pours a hazy slight pinkish witha quick off white head. No real lacing. Slight aroma of raspberries, I suppose, and they are inthe flavor as well. A bit soapy, and extract-ish. Just tastes cheap. Clean quick fairly dry finish, quaffable but move on to some thing better in the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2006 bottle consumed on 12/6/2006
Light maize in color, the initial head is foamy and starkly white. Leaves small patches of lace and eventually fades to partial cover, with a flurry of bubbles rising in the liquid. Clear, filtered.
Dry, hoppy nose shows something similar to magnum, but maybe not that strong. Lots of hay, bits of lemon and with a dry, well-attenuated and sponge cake-like maltiness behind it. Moderately crisp lager yeast bite on end present, with a touch of light metallics. But the hops are definitely quite aromatic, clean and pleasant. Maybe the faintest touch of corn, upon warming some, but it’s marginal/fleeting. You can definitely tell it’s dry-hopped and for this large brewery to produce and distribute up to MA where it sat warm on the shelves for a time (not that long), I’m well impressed.
The clean, to-style presentation continues in the flavor, with dry, hay and straw hops, light bits of lemon grabbing at the sides of the mouth and just a hint of honeyish maltiness behind. Bit of earthiness and some stronger breadiness, but the hops keep things mostly clear. Light bodied, with some pear and nectarine skin notes joining the lemon flavors as it breathes. Slight touch of metallic character again, but minimal. Carbonation isn’t overdone, though it’s forced. Lightly grainy, crisp texture, with little wateriness for the style.
cheap (9607) reviewed Wheat from Abita Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Abita definitely has some interesting beers that are different from the rest. This is listed as an American wheat and it does say wheat on the label. Brown 12 oz short stubby bottle with a twist off cap. It pours somewhat like a wheat, with just a little haze. The color is a somewhat lemon yellow hue. Has a hint of aroma that is yeasty and somewhat wheaty in nature. The initial flavor is somewhat bitter, and is not much like other wheat flavors I am familiar with. It is more somewhat lager-like with hints of bitterness. Good carbonation with constantly rising bubbles that don’t really qualify as lacing. Finish is interesting, medium bitterness that fades rapidly. This beer wears the costume of a wheat but has the personality of a mild ale-like lager. I’ve tasted pale lagers that are more wheatlike than this.
Mansquito (19309) reviewed Wheat from Abita Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Hmm... this beer is paler than Piels and has minimal head. Smells somewhat yeasty and wheaties-like. Tastes much the same. Pretty much a bready beer with not too much taste as a whole, but it is very easy and refreshing to drink. Nothing offensive at all.