21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat

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

12 oz can. Pours a hazy dark gold body with a small fizzy white head. Nice clean wheat nose with just a light watermelon accent. The flavor makes this more of a Wheat Beer more than a Fruit Beer. The watermelon does taste natural, it’s just pretty light. Nice yeasty yet clean flavor. Medium bodied and soft textured with nice light fizzy carbonation. Pretty nice beer, I’d drink this a lot in the summer if it were localy available.

Serving: Draft. Appearance: Light, cloudy gold color with small bits of flotsam in it. Small white head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma: Light nose with notes of grain and watermelon. Flavor: Watery watermelon rind, some grain, sweet malt. Rather unsavory stuff. Palate: Medium carbonation with a light mouthfeel and short finish. Overall: I had this at the GABF in 2008 and didn’t think it was nearly this bad. It was way light in the flavor department this time around.

Can [12oz] shared with and courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a cloudy gold with lots of floaties and an average size diminishing frothy white head. Aroma of wheat with light sour notes, peaches, a hint of watermelon and lots of grain. Flavour has more watermelon then aroma suggests along with pale malt and a light bitterness. Light bodied. Not very good, just O.K.

Can courtesy of bvc. A large, pearl white head on top of a hazy yellow body. Pretty subdued nose, hints of the advertised watermelon, with mostly the wheat and cereal. Flavor is crisp, jolly rnacher watermelon (was hoping for more of a ’true’ fresh watermelon flavor here), nicely balanced by the straw/wheat character and just a hint of citrus. Overall, very drinkable and an interesting take. Thanks, Brandon.

GABF 2009. Pours clear light yellow with a small, fizzy white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (hay, straw, cereal, grain), average hop (flowers, grass), average yeast (dough) with notes of watermelon. Light bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation, and a metallic finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. Refreshing.

Mild muddled watermelon aroma... Medium hazy copper... Tingly mouthfeel... mild watermelon flavored wheat ale... average in every way...

Particularly nice, given the 100+ degree day on which I drank it, and for the fact that the watermelon flavor was subtle rather than cloying.

Hazy straw body with a substantial white head. Grainy wheat malt prominent in the medium bodied creamy drink. The watermelon is very noticeable with a berry-like fruit presence, lacking sweet or tart character. I think the watermelon amplifies the grainy maltiness with that residual presence watermelon tends to leave in the mouth. Interesting drink but I would be suspicious of anyone who thought it a good idea to get a six pack of this.