Bananas Foster

Abita

Stout • 8.5% ABV • USA

Would I drink it for free?

I doubt it

Would I pay for it again?

Once was enough...That's a No.

Notes

When I spotted this on the shelf, I was genuinely excited. Who doesn’t love the idea of a Bananas Foster dessert in beer form? Warm banana bread, caramel, cinnamon, maybe even a scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over the top. Well… that’s all the nice things I have to say — and none of them are about the beer itself.

Smell:
Huge banana. Not fresh banana bread — more like someone slapped you with a fistful of artificial banana candy.

Taste:
Honestly? Better left unspoken. A strange, chemical, syrupy concoction that went straight down the drain. I kept hoping it would settle or open up, but no amount of wishful thinking could save it.

Did I get a bad batch? I’d love to believe so. But with so many genuinely great beers out there, I’m not exactly rushing to find out.