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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Medium brown in color with a slightly off-white, two finger head. Aroma is well balanced with sweet undertones. Taste is also well balanced with suprising little pecan taste.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:02


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Dark brown in color. Aroma is burnt toast and coffee. Taste is bitter coffee and grains.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:01


4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 2.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

From a 1$ can at JR's. Pour is virtually clear but there is a very slight haze. Foamy white head fades in a few minutes. Nose is muted hops but there is quite a fruity aroma about it; maybe orange and other citrus. Taste is orange backed up by a little more citrus, could be some grapefruit in there and the tropical aspect is certainly there as well. Comes across juicy and orange-like. For an IPA, the hop bitterness is quite muted, I've had APA that were more bitter bastard than this. I think a lot of IPA are moving away from the terrible bitterness. Pretty soon they'll quit calling these things IPA, hehehehh. Anyway in the middle, I'm feeling decent carbonation and that orange juice thing is keeping itself known. Finish is mild for an IPA and its more orange; can't really find the mango and passionfruit in this. Oh well.

Tried from Can from JR's Beer Warehouse on 09 Mar 2025 at 18:56


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Tac/Quila, Palm Spings, California, 16th February 25. Pours a dark orange and clear. Aroma is orange and pith, caramel. Taste is rich, bittersweet. Decent IpA

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2025 at 07:15


7

RB score 3.21

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2025 at 03:22


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

RB score 3.16

Draft pours cloudy gold topped with thin white head that quickly reduces to lace. Creamy mouthfeel, mild citrus flavors spicy finish that lingers. Very nice.

Tasted at napoleon House Restaurant, NOLA, 2/18/26

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2025 at 03:21


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Even lace. Light bodied and medium carbonation. Sweet malt with wheat notes.

Tried from Can from Wegmans - Charlottesville on 06 Mar 2025 at 00:40


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Grass and orange nose. Clear amber, thin head. Orange and grass. Medium body, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Can from Wegmans - Charlottesville on 06 Mar 2025 at 00:24


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Bright gold pour. Thin foam. Nice citrus flavor with smooth malt finish. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Can from Wegmans - Charlottesville on 04 Mar 2025 at 22:41


6.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Lilly, grapefruit nose. Clear amber, thin head. Lilly, sweet lemon. Medium body, easy carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Wegmans - Charlottesville on 04 Mar 2025 at 22:24