Abita
Considering that the Abita company makes some pretty respectable beers, I was really disappointed by their root beer. Made in a true draft style, it wasn’t very carbonated and was just far too sweet. This usually isn’t a problem with cane sugar sweetened root beers, but the addition of molasses along with the Louisiana turbinado cane sugar was just too much in this beverage. There’s a fair amount of yucca in the root beer too, stated to be added to create foam and a strong head, but it mucks with the taste and delivered a completely average head.
http://abita.com/brews/root_beer.php
Monthly Root Beer Rating: 4
Categories: Cane Sugar, Craft brewed, Reviews, Root Beer
I too was disapointed w/ abita. to me, it tasted like they used Zatarain’s root beer extract. I’ve never had the beer, I was just going on the fact they are from Louisiana, and almost everything from there is great!
Hey, their beer is worth a try, especially the Turbo Dog. I’ve never had the Zatarain’s extract, but that may be exactly what they did! Thanks for visiting, man!