Abita “Fleur de Lis” Restoration Ale
This, the final brew from the month’s batch from Beer of the Month Club, is from the folks at Abita in Louisiana. As such, it was brewed in order to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims in the New Orleans area. So, this beer has been around for a bit of time now, and hopefully it has raised some decent funds for those in need (kudos to BOMC for buying up a bunch for the customers). As this is a charity brew, it might make sense for Abita to make this appeal to the largest demographic possible. With that in mind, I’ll expect a tasty but rather generic golden ale out of this.
The pour of this is about what I hoped for – it’s a medium golden with no debris. The aroma of this brew is fairly generic, except with a hint of fruity sweetness on the head. In the mouth, this beer is actually a bit more flavorful than I would’ve expected. It is, by all accounts, a golden ale. However, there is a light fruitiness to it that reminds me of a hint of blueberry, and it hits just about the back of the mouth and then creeps up into the nasal passage. It leaves me with a lightly sweet touch on the palate, and a very good impression of the beer. I’ve had some bad experiences with Abita’s fruit beers in the past and, while this isn’t a fruit beer per se (I imagine it contains no actual fruit), I’m favorably impressed to have this experience. In short, I like this a lot more than I expected I would. Okay, I’m glad that Abita is helping out for charity, obviously. However, this beer isn’t what I would call ‘generic’, like I expected. Rather, it’s a fairly exceptional golden ale that is refreshing with a punchy sweetness that I really like. Good job to Abita for putting forth a good beer for a good cause.
Categories: Abita, Beer of the Month Club, Golden Ale
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