Moccasin Bend Watermelon Wheat

Brewed by Moccasin Bend Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Date: 11/04/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery

light yellow, dense white head, drippy lace, nice light watermelon aroma, light body, slightly tart raspy wheat character, hint of sweetness, light bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 11/08/2006
Mode: can
Source: tasting

light sweet fruity aroma, thin body, light sweet fruit flavor, hint of green rind character,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Can sampled on 11/8/06: Pours a clear, nearly still pale golden. Aroma of watermelon fruitiness and mildly malted wheat. Body starts with a subtly tart watermelon flavor thinning toward a bland finish. An interesting concept, but needs more body.

Draft. Hazy golden color with a mild aroma of watermellon. Light malt character but it didn’t see, very wheaty to me. Light bodied.

From a keg at the unfinished brewery thanks to Chris. Poured a slightly hazy medium orange with a rather long-lasting whitish head. Aroma had a fresh watermelon seed character on top of a pleasant lemony wheat base. Flavor found about the same stuff.. the watermelon was fresh and the base moderately tart. Crisp and refreshing finish. Note: per Chris, the canning machine went nuts and a whole bunch of the cans out there are more water than beer. This was really a solid effort.

A yeasty, even funky yeasty wheat beer. We notice the inclusion, the infusion of white yeast there. On a light yellow body. A medium mouthfeel with this mellon-gourd flavouring. So-so, to drink but once. Not overcarbonated, a tad astringent. Not very drinkable but not a complete waste.

From a can, courtesy of Springslicker. Slightly cloudy yellow, no head. Faint, sweet candyish watermelon aroma. Way too thin bodied. Hint of watermelon flavor, maybe a touch of wheat character. But really just too watery.

2008 Southern Brewers Fest . Tap. Fitted with a slice of Watermelon on the rim of the glass. It quickly got tossed. As Burt Reynolds has quoted, "don’t fruit the beer". Poured a cloudy yellow. Funky, rotted fruit aroma. Flavor of malted wheat. Tart. after a big gulp from the mug, there is a slight essence of melon. Besides that... No fruit. Stale finish of watermelon rind bitterness. Not desirable, even on a summer day.

A hazy golden/orange pour. Watermelon flavor is there as well as sweet wheat with a tad of bitter. An even smooth palate with good carbonation and mouth feel. A surprise to say the least. Brought a growler home and it was good as well. Not bad.