21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat

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

Can from BevMo. Hazy gold, almost peach, color with a slight white head that didn’t stick. Smells like wheat and melon rind. Ok, it does taste like watermelon. Seems a bit salty, and a little bit citric. And bready. Near medium body with mild, but sharp carbonation. Finishes up a bit wheaty, but the melon rind persists. It is rather dry. Crisp. Refreshing. Unusual.

On tap at the Oregon Brewers Festival. Interesting, maybe on a hot day. It’s a beer I wouldn’t want to make a habit of.

On-tap at 21A. Pilsner glass with a watermelon wedge. Pours cloudy, light orange/yellow with a moderate white head, some lace. Smells of bready malt and slight watermelon. Tastes bready malty with a nice mellow watermelon flavor through the middle to the finish. Medium body, crisp carbonation. Funny thing was when I ate the piece of watermelon and then drank the brew it tasted weird.

Plain ol’ alias "Watermelon Wheat" for me. Pours a pale yellow gold with a tremendous white head. Aroma is sweet and summery. Tame and mild, but a definite watermelon scent. Clean. Thin flavor, some wheatiness and mild grains, but a light and airy watermelon character. Fruitiness doesn’t overwhelm as you go on. Refreshing.

Canned at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of wheat, watermelon, lactic acid, and youghurt. The flavor is sweet with notes of watermelon and youghurt, leading to a dry wheaty finish.

Draft at brewpub: Hazy golden color. Aroma is basically the watermelon that was put in my glass. Light malt notes, not much else. Creative, but bland.

ABBF ’08 - Eh, this beer was what I expected it to be, but then I am slightly biased because of canned beer 1 and for 2, I hate watermelons. Somewhat watery, with no real or substantial wheat qualities, somewhat grainey, just an ever so slight hint of watermenlon which is somewhat sour and leads to a disappointing finish. The only thing reminiscent of a wheat beer is the slight bit of bubblegum flavor. Bland!

Small, very dense white head over hazy straw-golden beer, well-carbonated. Faint grassy, pale malts and somewhat fruity nose. Wry taste; some grain, point of aciditiy (could as well be wheat as fruit), but I really cannot detect the watermelons. Especially the finish is tart-ish. Fizzy, refreshing - but tastewise ultra-bland, and metallic. Bof.