21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat

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

7/18/2009: 21st Amendment Watermellon Wheat has a hazy light golden appearance. It has a slightly sour wheat aroma, but the flavor has lots of real watermelon. The underlying wheat beer is still noticeable behind the watermelon. This beer finishes dry. Overall it is freshing and very good for the style. It is probably the biggest surprise of the day since I wasn’t really sure what to expect...

Draught sample(s) at the 14th Annual Indiana Microbrewers Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. Rating # for this beer.

0.355 l can at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. Hazy yellow color with small head. Grainy, fruity and sligthly acidic aroma. Dry, grainy and wheaty flavor with notes of minerals and fruity watermelon. Very original, somewhat difficult to describe.

12 ounce can purchased at BevMo in Vacaville. Aroma has plenty of yeast esters that create a banana-like aroma. I also get a little citrus lemon and the watermelon aroma is also delicately intertwined. A little bit sweet, and a little bit sour. This is a complex and interesting aroma. Moderately hazy golden body with a small, pretty quickly dissipating white head. Starts a bit acidic and rather astringent. There is an underlying wheat body, but this is very difficult to find. It comes through late after the sour, astringent, acidic watermelon flavors dissipate. I think the watermelon flavor is a bit too strong initially. Creative.

can, orange reddish color with pool water, watermelon aroma, flavors of prickly pear, cantaloupe, watermelon, red gummy bears, good summer beer

Hazy light yellow with a fleeting white head. Sour lemon Aroma. The flavor is basically watermelon flavor without the sweetness. Thin, light body.

On tap at the 2007 OBF in Portland, Oregon. Poured a hazy blond body with a medium whit ehead. Possessed a healthy dose of fresh watermelon juice—no flavor additives. To be exact, each batch makes use of 400 pounds of pressed juice giving the beer an aroma and flavor of its namesake. The beer is light, smooth, and slightly dry (5.5% ABV, 17 IBUs). Biscuity light nose. Very sessionable.

Can. Pours cloudy gold with a thin white head. Aroma of honey and watermelon. Light body, watery texture with medium carbonation. Honey wheat taste, then the watermelon shows up. Crisp finish.

Can from BevMo Mission Valley. Pours a hazed golden color, head was big, white and fluffy, then dissipated to a small ring. Nose was weak with light hints of watermelon and yeast, and a bit sour. Flavor was also of weak melon and a bit funky, lingered on the pallet for a bit.