21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat

Brewed by 21st Amendment Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
San Francisco, California USA

This poured a golden color with a white head. The aroma is buttered popcorn and some rotten watermelon. The flavor is a little better than the aroma with more butter, watermelons, and a hint of lemons. Very unusual beer and not that great.

Tap at the brewpub: Cloudy golden with a dense white film of head. Wheaty aroma with a soft watermelon essence and some dry phenolics. Nice creamy feel. The watermelon presence in the flavor is subtle and natural. The body is wheaty and crisp. Balanced and surprisingly decent. Based on the past ratings I’d say this stuff is better on tap than it is in the can (this fresh tap example at the brewpub was creamy and solid).

Can at the brewery, 29th March 09. Bright yellow with a small white head. Very clean & crisp aroma and a distinctive watermelon flavour. Palate is like a soft drink almost and the aftertaste is not too good, but I can see this being great at the right time (a hot summer’s day).

Cloudy, slightly pinkish yellow, no head. Aroma is more wheaty than watermelon. Flavor is a little more watermelon forward, with a familiar wheat flavor backing it up. Ever so slightly bitter finish. Thanks to robertjm for this one!

12oz can received in a trade from awhile back.... pours a slightly hazy golden brown with a thin soapy white head.... aroma more berry in nature with wheat like qualities.... watermelon presents itself moreso in the flavor with some sweeter grains and malt. medium level of carbonation. drinkable and somewhat refreshing. 5/3/6/3/11

I really like this beer. Light aroma of watermelon in the aroma. The watermelon is very clearly there, but it’s not overly sweet, with a dry finish on the tongue. Have brought this a couple of times and will be buying it again for sure. Nice refreshing and light.

The best wheat beer I have ever had, and one of the top fruit beers. Light nose of flour, rind and minerals. Flavor is a very smooth and unoffensive wheat, with a speedbump of weird vegetable right before the watermelon starts. When it does, however, it just cleans the palate with a mild tartness and small burst of flavor. All sketchiness of the preceding flavors are made up for. I can’t wait to try Watermelon Funk.

Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD! Pours a hazy gold with a thick foamy white head that lingers. Aroma of malt, yeast, fruit juice, sugar, and a hint of something soapy. The watermelon flavor comes through better in the taste, very juicy, both sweet and a little tart, with malt and wheat. Lingering crisp juiciness that’s a bit watery. Weird.