Brewery: Abita Brewing Company, Abita Spring, Lousiana
Brewery Description: “Purple Haze is a crisp, American style wheat beer with raspberry puree added after filtration. Therefore, you may see raspberry pulp in the beer. The raspberries provide the lager with a subtle purple coloration and haze, a fruity aroma, and a tartly sweet taste.“
Brew Style: Wheat/Fruit, 4.75% ABV
Recommended Glass: Flute, Stein
The Ugly Truth: Their description is honest and true. While I never noticed a purple tinge to the coloration of the beer, maybe I missed it because it was subtle and I’m just not a subtle guy. Purple Haze definately has a nice, crisp taste to it that makes it very drinkable and refreshing. The raspberry taste is there, but it’s not overpowering and is more an accent to the beer than a honest and true flavor. This is a good tasting wheat beer, if you don’t mind having a little bit of different flavors mixed in. I wouldn’t make this a Beer of Choice, but it definately is something I would pick over other beers out there to drink. I recommend picking it up and trying it for yourself.
Verdict: Abita Purple Haze pulls a respectable 7 out of 10.
There’s no way to say fruity and sound manly, oh well. But, I do occasional enjoy a fruity beer, if done correctly. A prime example is the Blueberry you can get at Boston BeerWorks. What a great summer drink. And, of course, one can’t say no to a little lemon in your Hefeweissen. I am really curious about this one and will put it on my short-list of beers to look for when I am in my local liquor store.
Filthy savages, the both of you. Unless it’s lemon in your hefe, or it’s from Brussels, fruit should be nowhere near your beer.
You read the german beer purity laws every night to your unborn child don’t you?
In the original German.
And yet we’ve all seen you eat and drink other entirely questionable things. Yet beer is inviolate?
If fruit is so bad in beer, how does one justify the lemon wedge in Heffeweissen?
I said:
Dave responded:
Not sure he needs justification beyond that.
Anyway, I think proof that beer is holy beyond other indulgences lies in the fact that we bothered to have a Beer Roster on the site and not a Donettes roster, or Burrito Roster.
This has thus far been my favorite beer I’ve had on a short list of course. Is there anyway we can make suggestions for you Big Remy? Because I’ve got a few that you’ve not reviewed that I’d like to see how you rank. Anyway really enjoy the blog keep it up
You can reach me at bigremy@bostongeek.com. I am always open to suggestions and try to do reviews of what people ask for granted I can find the beer.
That email doesn’t seem to be working. I’ll post the right email later.
Assuming you forgot about this email….change for suggestions
There were problems with the email system that have been worked out.
Its remy@bostongeek.com