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Abita: Amber

This Vienna lager is/was brewed by Abita in Covington, Louisiana, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 38.02%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 4.50%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

This is what I drink most commonly. Its exactly as advertised, its an amber lager designed to be consumed in the New Orleans heat. Its light and refreshing. Not my favorite from abita, but its their most common. I get a lot of enjoyment from having this beer as my standby. medium body, average carbonation, long finish, medium sweetness, lightly bi
This is what I drink most commonly. Its exactly as advertised, its an amber lager designed to be consumed in the New Orleans heat. Its light and refreshing. Not my favorite from abita, but its their most common. I get a lot of enjoyment from having this beer as my standby. medium body, average carbonation, long finish, medium sweetness, lightly bi
Bottle. Pours amber with a white head. Nose is pretty weak - light bready malt and just a hint of piney hops. Taste is more or less the same - watery, just a suggestion of hops towards the finish.
Bottle. Pours amber with a white head. Nose is pretty weak - light bready malt and just a hint of piney hops. Taste is more or less the same - watery, just a suggestion of hops towards the finish.
Nose of some caramel and a little malt -clean. Taste is light and very bland and dry. very thin, light bodied and boring. Il pass.
Nose of some caramel and a little malt -clean. Taste is light and very bland and dry. very thin, light bodied and boring. Il pass.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
19th Aug 2015 at 12:15 pm draft Dry Dock Café, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 4.50 medium-golden Taste: 78.82%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 44%
Ease: 75.56%
Clarity: 100%
 38.016% semi-caramel 607

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Other Beers (etc.) by Abita

Apart from Amber, Hop Horizons lists 11 others by Abita. These are:
Andygator
Golden
Jockamo IPA
Lemon Harvest Wheat
Light
Purple Haze Raspberry Wheat
Restoration Pale Ale
Seersucker Summer Pils
Strawberry Harvest Lager
Turbodog
Wrought Iron IPA

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