Thomas Hooker Watermelon Ale

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

Strong smell of watermelon jolly ranchers- flavor is like a malty pale ale with a sour fake watermelon flavor coming on slowly in the aftertaste. If you like watermelon, this isn’t for you. If you like candy, than this is for you. Bottle at Knightly Spirits, Orlando, Floridia.

Hilarious and exciting little pinky/orange colour. Full to the brim with watermelon and sweet tangerine aromas, heaps of candy sugars there too. Not sure I like how stale it is in the mouth. It doesn’t deliver on its sweet promises. It is almost soda water and very little else. Over carbonated and with a horrid little metallic, bitter after taste. Nono.

The aroma has both malt and watermelon candy. The appearance is hazy light amber with an average sized head. The flavor is like the aroma with both good and bad elements. The palate is smooth. Overall I want to like it because the watermelon is "strangely refreshing" but it’s also artificial and not a lot like beer. If you want something different this is it.

pours pinkish clear, thick white head. Aroma of watermelon, reminiscent of chewing-gum. Flavor, watermelon, light sugary, corn /sweetness mouthfeel with some bitterness. More like a soda pop with hints of malts, sweet fruit. Refreshing and not bad.

Very artifical like smell of watermelon, very candy like, sugary, and fruits. The looks is orange in color with a decent white head. The taste is artifical like, dry, malts, weird sweetness.

Bottle. Oh my. Aroma is the sweet (as opposed to tart) half of a watermelon Jolly Rancher. Flavor is the same. The very first sniff and very first sip were both interesting and pleasant for me, but the beer QUICKLY shows itself as being the definition of one dimensional and a sip or two later goes beyond cloying to sickly sweetness. No fun.

Bottle. Pours a light pink/orange with a small white head. Aroma is incredibly fruity and sugary. It actually reminds me of a strawberry Starburst, although I suppose there are some watermelon notes too. Very aromatic; you can smell this thing from a mile away. Flavor of the same strawberry/watermelon Starburst with a touch of wheat notes in the finish, although it is primarily a sugar/fruit bomb. This is not very beer-like although I can’t say I didn’t enjoy it. However, it does become harder to drink as you attempt plow through it. Interesting, that’s about all I can say. 6/4/5/3/12 [3.0/5]

Pours salmonflesh pink/ orange with a frothy, quickly dissipating white head. Nose is watermelon, high-fructose corn syrupy with essence of Jolly Rancher swimming about the room from the moment I open it. If it tastes like it smells, then it should be a malternative. Flavor is a bit mild with less assertive watermelon flavors than I imagined. Flavor lingers with mild watermelon and some rind. So-so. I am glad I tried it, but it is light bodied and has potential. What would this be like with brett??