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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
355ml bottle. Opalescent, slightly redd-ish, amber colour with small, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Mellow malty and slightly fruity aroma, hints of red berries, a touch of sweet cherry. Taste is mellow malty with a minimally bready touch, slightly fruity, slightly bitter, minimally grassy hoppy, hints of red berries, sweet cherry, minimally metallic overtones, minimally sugary, crystal malty basis. Watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Relatively fruity, simple, easy drinkable - OK.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2022 at 20:45

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
355ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, orange, dark golden to amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Minimally musty, citrusy fruity and caramel malty aroma, notes of old lemon peel, a touch of lemon pith. Taste is citrusy fruity and slightly zesty bitter, minimally fruit acidic, hints of lemon, lemon juice, lemon peel with a minimally soapy touch, diluted caramel malty basis with subtle residual sweetness. Watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation. Light body, quite watery, not overly (re-)fresh(-ing) - meh.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2022 at 19:52

6/10
Tried on 15 Nov 2022 at 20:11

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cheap can of IPA at the local wings place. Crisp & clean, surprisingly fresh hop perfume nose on the olfactory. First taste is no hint of the strength of this 7% brew. Yes, it certainly has the taste of juicy fruit gum, but I must say, Juicy Fruit is not bubble gum, it's stupid regular chewing gum. I bet Abita was warned against using Wrigley's Juicy Fruit name but that is exactly what it tastes like. Yes, there really is no bubble gum here, you know, like a good hefe; it's simply a hop effect that tastes like juicy fruit gum, LoL. Cease and desist. Not really sure if it qualifies as an IPA either, it's more like a fruity APA at that. Not very attractive in its motive. I don't like IPA, but this is not IPA - it's some kind of flavored ale concoction, not sure what it is, but it sure is unique in its flavor and its not IPA. There, you have it.
Tried from Can on 12 Nov 2022 at 23:00

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pour is a clear gold with a large white head. Aroma is a raspberry Flintstone vitamin fruit. Flavor is some minor raspberry with a grainy malt mouthfeel. Ok for a fruit beer and a bit more alcohol then the usual fruit beer.
Tried on 20 Oct 2022 at 00:52

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Large & in charge deep dark choco pour, thinner tannish head. From the bottle I get a somewhat chocolate nose. First taste is quite mild for a 8% brew, no lie! Yea, and the chocolate is there, quite prominent, not cloying, and not in yer face. No sense of volatile rudeness in this so far. Yes, actually has the taste of dark chocolate cake. I should have waited to taste this with the wifey, I think she'd love it, with the dark chocolate effects and all. Second big swig is the same, a pretty much balanced high alky pastry that is one of the better ones I've had. I don't ink much of cloying pastry beers but this is not too bad. Yea actually tastes quite like the label; you know, most of the the time with beers its like the cover of a book. Don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge a beer by its label. But I must say, this one is on target with the label and it actually does taste like dark chocolate cake. There, you have it.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2022 at 20:39

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
I mean, it does kinda taste like Juicy Fruit, with bubblegum and banana dominating the palate while subtle notes of citrus and mango linger. Finishes like gum and mineral water. I’d be surprised if no artificial/“natural” flavoring was used in addition to the hops and malt. Not good, but accurately named.
Tried on 27 Sep 2022 at 00:44


7/10
Banana nose. Banana flavor. Medium bodied. Easy carbonation. Taste is like banana extract flavoring.
Tried on 23 Sep 2022 at 01:18

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
0.355 l can from 'Bierothek', best before September 2023. Almost clear, golden yellow with a medium large, foamy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, gently fruity-floral, minimally grassy aroma of gooseberry, pineapple, some grains and hints of cardboard. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, quite fruity-floral taste of pineapple, gooseberry, mirabelle, some grains and traces and cardboard, followed by a short, moderately bitter, minimally grassy finish. Medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Solid Lager, nicely fruity, but somewhat stale.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2022 at 18:17