Brewed By: Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana
Purchased: 6-pack bought at Jewel-Osco in Chicago, IL; 2012
Style/ABV: Fruit Beer, 4.20%
If you're going to name your beer after some high-class, funky-ass weed, or the famous Jimi Hendrix song, you better bring it. I'm thinking an IPA up in this smokey, distorted-guitar-funked room. Or...you know, a mother fucking fruit beer. Okay, whatever, Abita. I trust you. o_o
Abita Brewing hails from the state where you can (and should) proposition your hot cousin. I'm talking about Louisiana. Abita was founded in 1986, 30 miles north of New Orleans. The brewery produced 1,500 barrels of beer during their first year, and by 1994, they outgrew their original location and moved to a larger facility. The brewery is privately owned, and operated by local shareholders. I have to actually give some props to Abita's "Learn" section on their website. It's full of some really cool stuff, including a brewery tour video, how they brew their beer, and some other cool stuff that you should check out.
With that said, let's talk about Purple Haze. The Purple Haze is a Lager brewed with raspberries that are added after filtration. The beer is also brewed with pilsner and wheat malts, and vanguard hops. At 4.2% ABV, 13 IBUs, and 128 calories per bottle...this is obviously a lighter beer. So let's pop a bottle and see what's up.
The beer pours with a giant, foamy, pillowy, white head. I easily had 4 or 5-fingers worth, but it's now mellowed down to 2-fingers. It's still super thick. The head is white and puffy, with just a slight hint of red or purple. Raspberries are added to the beer after filtering, which probably explains the slight haze. The body of the beer is a hazy, yellow-orange color, with a slight hint of red/purple haze. The beer is super effervescent, and has large carbonation bubbles rising upwards. There is a bit of lacing as the head finally comes down, but the head sustainability is great for a Lager. Despite the murky haze, you can see through this beer...there is no sediment.
The aroma on this is pleasant, crisp, mild, and fruity. Sweet fruity. I'm pulling out giant raspberry currants, slight graininess, raspberry tea, raspberry graininess, and maybe a hint of smooth wheat.
The taste is light, refreshing, crisp: there is some hints of apple, and some Lagery graininess. There are definitely raspberries in the mix, in the form of raspberry currants, and cheap raspberry tea. You get a hint of the wheat in here as well, and a slight hint of skunk on the back end that comes and goes.
Crisp, refreshing: this has a light mouthfeel, moderate complexity for the style, and good palate depth. At 4.2% ABV, why not drink a 6-pack. Up front you get carbonation, apples, raspberry, hints of wheat; the middle rolls into raspberry currants and tea; the back end is lingering apple/raspberry, wheat, and maybe some Lagery skunk. Honestly, this is what it is.
Strong Average...and I lay on my bed, with the distorted sound of Hendrix's guitar whirling around my head. I sit up to pack the bowl for Jimi Hendtrip. I go in for a long inhale...I take a hit, and I'm in Electric Ladyland. Because I used Purple Haze instead of water. I still think this should have been a funky-ass IPA, brewed with some purple haze or something. Until next time, don't drink and Jimi Hendtrip.
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Abita Brewing hails from the state where you can (and should) proposition your hot cousin. I'm talking about Louisiana. Abita was founded in 1986, 30 miles north of New Orleans. The brewery produced 1,500 barrels of beer during their first year, and by 1994, they outgrew their original location and moved to a larger facility. The brewery is privately owned, and operated by local shareholders. I have to actually give some props to Abita's "Learn" section on their website. It's full of some really cool stuff, including a brewery tour video, how they brew their beer, and some other cool stuff that you should check out.
With that said, let's talk about Purple Haze. The Purple Haze is a Lager brewed with raspberries that are added after filtration. The beer is also brewed with pilsner and wheat malts, and vanguard hops. At 4.2% ABV, 13 IBUs, and 128 calories per bottle...this is obviously a lighter beer. So let's pop a bottle and see what's up.
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| Abita Purple Haze |
The beer pours with a giant, foamy, pillowy, white head. I easily had 4 or 5-fingers worth, but it's now mellowed down to 2-fingers. It's still super thick. The head is white and puffy, with just a slight hint of red or purple. Raspberries are added to the beer after filtering, which probably explains the slight haze. The body of the beer is a hazy, yellow-orange color, with a slight hint of red/purple haze. The beer is super effervescent, and has large carbonation bubbles rising upwards. There is a bit of lacing as the head finally comes down, but the head sustainability is great for a Lager. Despite the murky haze, you can see through this beer...there is no sediment.
The aroma on this is pleasant, crisp, mild, and fruity. Sweet fruity. I'm pulling out giant raspberry currants, slight graininess, raspberry tea, raspberry graininess, and maybe a hint of smooth wheat.
The taste is light, refreshing, crisp: there is some hints of apple, and some Lagery graininess. There are definitely raspberries in the mix, in the form of raspberry currants, and cheap raspberry tea. You get a hint of the wheat in here as well, and a slight hint of skunk on the back end that comes and goes.
Crisp, refreshing: this has a light mouthfeel, moderate complexity for the style, and good palate depth. At 4.2% ABV, why not drink a 6-pack. Up front you get carbonation, apples, raspberry, hints of wheat; the middle rolls into raspberry currants and tea; the back end is lingering apple/raspberry, wheat, and maybe some Lagery skunk. Honestly, this is what it is.
Rating: Average
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