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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5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a clear pale golden color with a small white head. The aroma is sweet, tangy and pleasant. The flavor is sour and tangy with a hint of light roasty malts and a sour tangy finish. There is a hint of pepper.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2006 at 00:34

3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 6 Overall 2
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a medium golden color with a small white head. The aroma is sour, tangy and sugary and is not at all good. The flavor is sugar and an almost grape like tangy finish. Not good.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2006 at 23:51

5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Not bad, but really average. Finally drank this because I kept seeing it on Emeril Live.
Tried on 15 Jul 2006 at 01:11

4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
A hazy orange beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with a somewhat sharp hop note. The flavor is very light with hints of malt, and a somewhat stronger note of hops. A boring beer, can only be used for refreshment, even on a humid Danish summer day.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2006 at 15:49

4.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours amber with a slight haze and a small, off-white head. Somewhat fat, caramelish nose. Light and watery body with vague notes of caramel malt. Basically no bitterness. Thin indeed. 250606
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2006 at 08:58

6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
A hazy red-brown beer with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel - and so is the flavor. Drinkable, but nothing special.
Tried on 27 Jun 2006 at 16:08

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Taster from bottle, at the Balmoral Brewhaha. Nice amber taste with a good fresh hop head that usually isn’t fouind in a bottled beer -- not close to the new mown grass of a 3Floyd’s, but still fresh, a bit piney and balanced with the caramel malts. Had a tiny black taster cup, that’s about all I can say.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2006 at 06:39

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
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.
Tried on 26 Jun 2006 at 20:29

6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Taster at the Balmoral Brewhaha. Got to this pretty late in the evening, while I was pouring. So my notes are a bit sketchy. Couldn’t gather too much of the smell, only that it was a fine "beer" character. Taste turned out to be rather yeasty, surprising for a beer that I would presume to have been pasteurized and carbonated… or is it? Still, some fine dark roasty malts and a contrasting German hop profile make this a solid example of the style.
Tried on 26 Jun 2006 at 20:21

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, reddish mahogany with an off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts. Medium body, lightly sweet roasted malt with a vague bitterness in the finish - and then not a lot more. 210606
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2006 at 12:53