Pecan Ale
Abita Brewing Co.
- From:
- Abita Brewing Co.
- Louisiana, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
Ranked #380 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #38,129 - Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 14.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 438
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 22, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 05, 2007
- Wants:
- 25
- Gots:
- 160
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
Formerly Pecan Harvest Ale
Pecan Harvest Ale is made with real Louisiana pecans that have been toasted to perfection. That makes it something really special, because most beers with a nutty flavor or aroma aren’t made with real nuts. The natural oils from the Louisiana pecans give the ale a light pecan finish and aroma.
20 IBU
Pecan Harvest Ale is made with real Louisiana pecans that have been toasted to perfection. That makes it something really special, because most beers with a nutty flavor or aroma aren’t made with real nuts. The natural oils from the Louisiana pecans give the ale a light pecan finish and aroma.
20 IBU
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Rated by Nash39 from Florida
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The pour is mahogany colored. The taste is roasted pecans nuts, grains, & a hint of caramel. Cheers! B
Nov 17, 2025
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
2.31/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.31/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
L: Pours a dark orange color with a small white head and no lacing on the glass.
S: A slight nuttiness and some sweetness but not very strong.
T: Some sweetness, and a bit of caramel, with a little nut but rather generic and uninteresting overall.
F: Lighter body, carbonation seems a little lacking.
O: This is overall a really bland and not very good beer
Nov 16, 2025S: A slight nuttiness and some sweetness but not very strong.
T: Some sweetness, and a bit of caramel, with a little nut but rather generic and uninteresting overall.
F: Lighter body, carbonation seems a little lacking.
O: This is overall a really bland and not very good beer
Reviewed by Foxbush from Virginia
3.39/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.39/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 0z can from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA The ale poured near clear amber with an off white head and lacing. Nice-looking ale for the fall. The aroma of caramel malts and pecans is detected. The flavors are muted with the malts dominating. There is no detected hop bitterness. The pecan flavors should stand out more. The ale has a medium body and average carbonation
Nov 05, 2025
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
3.56/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Burnt orange appearance, large off white head, modest lacing. Muted aroma but the pecans become stronger as it warms. Carbonation is masking some of the flavor. Underneath is a soft, nutty taste that doesn't get much help from the hops. Medium bodied mouthfeel.
Oct 11, 2025
Rated by DoctorRobert1969 from California
2.5/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -25.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Thin. Light amber color. Not much pecan. Feels like a cheap attempt at a craft niche beer. Smell is off.
Mar 31, 2025Rated by SkunkleDunkle
2.19/5 rDev -34.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
2.19/5 rDev -34.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25
Not a single bit of pecan and the smell was awful. Can't do more
Sep 30, 2024
Reviewed by ironprog from Florida
2.9/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.9/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Note: I am in the process of moving all of my ratings from other beer sites to here, so that all of my ratings are consolidated in one place. The review below is an exact copy of my original RateBeer review from 09/17/2021.
Mediocre beer. The pecan flavor tastes more like the “pith” than the meat. Thin body, moderate carbonation. Slightly astringent on the finish.
Jun 30, 2024Mediocre beer. The pecan flavor tastes more like the “pith” than the meat. Thin body, moderate carbonation. Slightly astringent on the finish.
Reviewed by mooseheadchris from Texas
3.54/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nice amber brown color. Slight carbonation with a small head that peters quickly. Aroma is subtle.
Taste is surprisingly robust, great roasted pecan flavor with some bready undertones. Very smooth and drinkable.
Solid.
Jan 31, 2024Taste is surprisingly robust, great roasted pecan flavor with some bready undertones. Very smooth and drinkable.
Solid.
Reviewed by TheOccasionalBeer from Wisconsin
2.61/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.61/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Maybe it's me, but I only detected a (very) faint candied nut and beer aroma on popping the cap off. Pouring a very bubble-laden transparent light burnt sepia with a slight reddish cast, the brew made a nice two-finger head of middling cream-colored foam. In the glass, a slightly greater sent of a nut-heavy fruitcake could be detected. The first sip was... unpleasant, as the a sour nut tasted dominated. The carbonation had disappeared, so there wasn't much of anything that cut into the slight roundness. Subsequent sips were passable, if one likes drinking a weak beer with a pecan maybe having soaked in it for a few hours. The aftertaste was probably the most pecan thing about this. Not drain-worthy, but about as meh as one could get.
Nov 04, 2023
Reviewed by JuanPn from Louisiana
3.89/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
the color is cloudy dark gold
it smells a bit caramel
taste like toast bread, with a mild, nutty flavor
the bitterness is not bad, and more of an after taste
Nov 03, 2023it smells a bit caramel
taste like toast bread, with a mild, nutty flavor
the bitterness is not bad, and more of an after taste
Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz, bottled on July 26th 2023
On the pour, 2 fingers of off white to tan head formed on top of a light brown body. Thick lacing forms on the glass.
Aroma is quite dry with a malty and nutty toasted aroma, as well as some doughy and slight dried fruit notes. Crackery and nutty, giving the impression of richness, but also a bit light.
Taste brings some hoppy bitterness right up front that quickly transforms into the crackery nutty flavor from the aroma. Again the flavor comes off as a bit light, but the finish is definitely a lightly bitter pecan. A nice lightly sweet amber ale malty thing is also going on throughout.
Feel is full, but crispy and dry. Pretty refreshing and well matched to a cool fall evening after a warm, but not hot day. There is a dryness on the tongue throughout the long finish that feels a lot like the dryness pecans can impart.
Overall this is a nice harvest themed, but not over the top beer. It's also nice to see a bit more from Abita out west. Super solid brown/amber ale base, with slight hop bitterness, bit nothing off style. The pecans are subtle bit noticeable if you look for them, as they meld in nicely.
Oct 04, 2023On the pour, 2 fingers of off white to tan head formed on top of a light brown body. Thick lacing forms on the glass.
Aroma is quite dry with a malty and nutty toasted aroma, as well as some doughy and slight dried fruit notes. Crackery and nutty, giving the impression of richness, but also a bit light.
Taste brings some hoppy bitterness right up front that quickly transforms into the crackery nutty flavor from the aroma. Again the flavor comes off as a bit light, but the finish is definitely a lightly bitter pecan. A nice lightly sweet amber ale malty thing is also going on throughout.
Feel is full, but crispy and dry. Pretty refreshing and well matched to a cool fall evening after a warm, but not hot day. There is a dryness on the tongue throughout the long finish that feels a lot like the dryness pecans can impart.
Overall this is a nice harvest themed, but not over the top beer. It's also nice to see a bit more from Abita out west. Super solid brown/amber ale base, with slight hop bitterness, bit nothing off style. The pecans are subtle bit noticeable if you look for them, as they meld in nicely.
Reviewed by Dustin015 from Maryland
2.86/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.86/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
L- Pours clear amber into a 16 oz pint glass. Medium quickly discipating head. no lacing.
S- Same as sticking your nose in a bag or malted 2-row barley. Pure malt aroma. slight nuttyness
T- Subtle fruitiness from the yeast but mostly malt very akin to an amber ale
F- medium-high carbonation. Some sticky residual.
O- Good malty amber ale. almost no detectable pecan flavor or aroma. As a big pecan guy im dissapointed... but as an amber ale it is good...
Sep 17, 2023S- Same as sticking your nose in a bag or malted 2-row barley. Pure malt aroma. slight nuttyness
T- Subtle fruitiness from the yeast but mostly malt very akin to an amber ale
F- medium-high carbonation. Some sticky residual.
O- Good malty amber ale. almost no detectable pecan flavor or aroma. As a big pecan guy im dissapointed... but as an amber ale it is good...
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