Abita Satsuma Harvest Wit
This past week, Abita Brewing released their latest harvest brew, Satsuma Wit. In keeping with their tradition of using native Louisiana grown flavors (Harvest Strawberry and the Harvest Pecan Brown Ale) Abita delivers their “Louisiana” take on a classic Belgian style summer brew.
A Belgian wit is a refreshing light wheat beer brewed with just a hint of citrus and coriander as well as various other spices. It is usually golden to orangeish in color and cloudy. When served ice cold, this is a beer that is actually pretty refreshing on a hot summer day. Add a small orange slice to bring out the citrus or drink it straight up, but make sure it is cold and in a glass. Some other examples of this style are Blue Moon, Hoegaarden and Celis White.
Abita’s Satsuma Wit is a well done, classic rendition of this style. It goes down crisp, easy, and refreshing with that little bit of sting on the tongue from the coriander. It has very little hop bitterness and a nice citrussy aroma. The color is light and a little clear for the style, but nice.
In my humble opinion, a very nice addition to the Abita family of harvest brews.
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