Thomas Hooker Watermelon Ale

Brewed by Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Bloomfield, Connecticut USA

Serve in Flute

Date: July 24, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: hazy yellow, creamy white head
Aroma: sweet watermelon aroma
Overall: sweet watermelon candy flovor, light bitterness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: ** /4

A slightly hazy light yellow brew. Poured into a flute. Nice light aromas of, what else, watermelon. Flavor is very smooth. Not too sweet. Good watermelon flavor, with an interesting tarty-bitterness on the back side, like biting into the rind. I am not a huge fruit beer fan, but this is well made and very refreshing. Good summer/chick beer.

Bottle from Half Time. Pours hazy dirty gold with an emphemeral fizzy white head. Smells pretty much like watermelon sticky candy. Med body. Flavor is watermelon candy. There’s some sugar in here. More than I’d think watermelon juice would account for. Makes me think of Jolly Rancher. Not that good for me.

Hey, it is EXACTLY what it says it is. It has great WM nose and taste more than 21st Amendment, which I love. The previous taster BrewMusckles doesn’t have a musckle when it comes to this beer :>). Jus’ joshin’. Taste it again. It’s watermelon beer. The slight maltiness is there, the hops are attentuated as they should be. It’s a summer beer and a good one. Enjoy!

a grainy (WITH EVIDENT GRAINS) brew with tastes of lye and a watermelon taste of imitation flavored watermelon candy. a light lemon colored brew that though enjoyed on a hot summer afternoon was still remarkable in it’s insatiability. somewhat beery in a Belgian farmhouse brew sense, this aspect only added to the lack of appreciation that i felt drinking it. will re-rate under different circumstances.

Bottle from Beer Heaven in Philly. Hazy stray pour with a tall frothy white head. Unmistakable watermelon aroma with a touch of yeast. Flavor dominated by watermelon with some mild citrus and a touch of cereal. Restrained hops. Thin body. Mildly dry finish. Not that interesting. 21st Amendment Come Hell or High Watermelon Wheat has nothing to fear from this one.

Draft sampled at Rattle N Hum with PJ. Pours a clear yellow body with carbonated lacing. Aroma is strawberries and watermelon. Mouthfeel is ultra thin and smooth with notes of strawberry, raspberry and watermelon - a great option for a refreshing, fruity ale.

Draft. Pours gold with a white head. Sweet fruity aroma, like a watermelon jolly rancher. The flavor has lighter sweet watermelon notes on a pale malty base. Pretty good.