7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This was an interesting beer that pretty much defied description to me. At different points in my glass I would have guessed it was a Brown Ale, a Dunkel, or an Altbier. Points for being different. Pours a dark brown but clear, with a medium thick light beige head. Quick lacing. Aroma of malt, coffee and chocolate. Medium bodied with flavors of coffee, nuts and malt, with a sweet malty aftertaste. A good session beer, and the best from Abita I have tried.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2003
at 17:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a light and murky amber color with a medium off-white head. Decent lacing. Aroma is raspberries of course, but really nothing else. It might have something to do with the fact that I was building a deck in almost 90 degree temperatures, but I found this to be pretty easy to drink. Light bodied and very crisp, and fortunately the raspberry flavor is not as overwhelming as it is in other beers of this type. Clean finish. Nothing award-winning in my book but a passable summer beer.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2003
at 16:56
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Pours dark gold with a thin bone white head. Very little lacing. Aroma is appropriately wheaty. Light-bodied and somewhat crisp, and the wheat flavor is not very pronounced which made it more palatable for me since I do not like Wheats, but doesn't suit what the brewer should be aiming for. This is definitely leaning toward a Lager to me. Finish is light and crisp, and overall this beer is very simple.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2003
at 05:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a clear light gold color with a thin white head. Somewhat bubbly with thin lacing. Aroma is light hops, just a tad floral. Light, crisp and refreshing with notes of hops and citrus, and even a little malt. Finish is a little hoppy and a little fruity, and fairly clean. I have had lots of worse Lagers than this to be sure.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2003
at 21:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fruit aroma. Light orange and cloudy. Small head. Some wheat flavor but the raspberry was hardly noticeable.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2003
at 16:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Not too bad. Just another megabrewed dark beer, kinda like my first Schlitz Dark. Short head actually hangs around a little while. Slightly caramelly taste with hint of corn. I got this in New Orleans in a "to go" cup to wash out the taste of a $1.50 Skyy Blue (I swear they must be making these with NutraSweet!), so it filled a need. The sad thing is, in the touristy French Quarter, this is the closest you're going to come to finding a microbrew on tap. All else is just Bud, Bud Light...
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2003
at 13:41
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Amber coloured with rich, firm creamy head. Light pine needle aroma. Light bodied and rather sweet with just a light touch of resiny hop flavour. The maltiness is clean and hard, and the finish only provides a short sting of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2003
at 04:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Great dark brown colour, and no head (but that was probably my fault on the pour). Great sweet smell with some detectable malt in the nose. The taste isn't great, but its got some good qualities. This beer is similar in the mouth to the Purple Haze. Medium-bodied and not overpowering, but not too flavourful. Not the worst beer ever though!
Tried
on 10 Mar 2003
at 20:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A nice smell, especially if you spend a bunch of the time in kitchen with some odd ingredients. A great colour which shows its differences compared to normal beers. The aroma of some Lavender flowers or even Violet emerges, even though the label only mentions an infusion of Raspberry flavours. Not a bad beer!
Tried
on 10 Mar 2003
at 19:55
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5
Brown with fast fading head. Faintly roasted malt nose and taste.Either old or doesn''t travel well. Mine was flat
Tried
on 10 Dec 2002
at 13:33