Abita Purple Haze vs Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale: Which Should You Drink?

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Abita Purple Haze

Abita Brewing Company

United States · Fruit Beer

hopIQ rank #563

65%

Overall similarity

side by side, across 56 flavour tags

Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale

Jack Black Brewing Company

South Africa · Fruit Beer

HOPIQ TAKE

Abita Purple Haze if you want something that drinks like juice with a barely-there alcohol kick, Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale if you want actual bitterness to push back against the fruit. Both are fruit beers, but Purple Haze is basically a dessert beer—the haze (it's wheat-based, fruity as hell) lets you forget you're drinking beer at all. Super Crush Cherry trades some smoothness for grip; that 30 IBU bite cuts through the cherry sweetness and keeps it from feeling cloying.

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WHEN TO CHOOSE WHICH

Pick Abita Purple Haze when…

→You want something crushable that doesn't taste like beer—patio/pool situation
→You're mixing beer into a larger drinking session and want the lowest alcohol creep
→You're skeptical about fruit beers but willing to try something approachable

Pick Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale when…

→You want fruit flavor but also want the beer to taste like beer
→You prefer some bitterness to balance sweetness—straight sweetness bores you
→You're in a tasting scenario and want something with more complexity to discuss

SIDE BY SIDE

	Abita Purple Haze	Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale
ABV	4.2%	4.5%
Bitterness	Mild	Noticeably bitter
Colour	Pale gold	Pale gold
Style	Fruit Beer	Fruit Beer
Origin	United States	South Africa

WHAT IT TASTES OF

7 shared · 5 distinct

Both beers

fruityberrytartsweetrefreshingmaltysmooth

Only Abita Purple Haze

crisp

STRUCTURE — HOW IT'S BUILT

Abita Purple HazeJack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale

Bitterness

Body

TASTING NOTES

Abita Purple Haze

FruityCrispClean

Purple Haze hits different—it's got this almost creamsicle thing going on, but not in a cloying way. The raspberry wheat base is soft and pillowy, and the ABV at 4.2% is genuinely invisible. It tastes more like a fruit smoothie that someone spiked, which sounds bad but isn't—there's a restraint here that keeps it from tasting like candy. Fair warning: if you're looking for 'beer' flavor, you won't find it.

Jack Black Super Crush Cherry Ale

FruityBerrySweet

This one's got teeth. The cherry is bright and a little tart (not fake-fruity), and you can actually taste the hops doing work underneath—that 30 IBU isn't shy about reminding you it's an ale. It's sweeter than a typical ale but drier than Purple Haze, and the slightly higher ABV (4.5%) gives it a touch more presence. It feels more like an actual beer that happens to have cherry in it, rather than fruit with beer hiding inside.

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