Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer
21st Amendment Brewery
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- From:
- 21st Amendment Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #395 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #29,818 - Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 19.64%
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 17, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 10, 2002
- Wants:
- 132
- Gots:
- 779
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
Notes:
Like Lady Liberty, we stand for independence and perseverance. In the pursuit of innovative beer, there is no obstacle too great. No journey too long. No fruit too gigantic. This American wheat beer is brewed with real watermelon, for a flavor that’s surprisingly crisp, dry and refreshing—summer in a can.
17 IBU
17 IBU
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Ratings by Tiernan:
3.28/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
by Tiernan from Texas
Jan 06, 2020
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
by Tiernan from Texas
Jan 06, 2020
More User Ratings:
4/5 rDev +19%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by Dalkri from Massachusetts
A very satisfactory attempt at a watermelon beer. This beer tastes like eating crackers and drinking watermelon juice. Very pleasant.
May 17, 2022
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by Dalkri from Massachusetts
A very satisfactory attempt at a watermelon beer. This beer tastes like eating crackers and drinking watermelon juice. Very pleasant.
May 17, 2022
4.25 by Beecham from California on May 11, 2022
3.68/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by KT3418 from Colorado
I'd have this again but wouldn't buy it again probably. I agree with the average concensus. Definitely not a bad beer to me but forgettable, I actually assumed I already tried this
May 03, 2022
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by KT3418 from Colorado
I'd have this again but wouldn't buy it again probably. I agree with the average concensus. Definitely not a bad beer to me but forgettable, I actually assumed I already tried this
May 03, 2022
2.08 by TMoney2591 from Illinois on Mar 02, 2022
3.63 by Walnut from Missouri on Feb 07, 2022
3.62 by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio on Jan 30, 2022
3.69 by funku2 from Colorado on Dec 19, 2021
3.77 by Tadwinks from Virginia on Oct 22, 2021
3.55 by bosgod6 from Virginia on Oct 06, 2021
3.76 by Icka31 from Ohio on Sep 20, 2021
3.36 by QuintusHorace from California on Aug 22, 2021
3 by RiceOwls27 from Texas on Aug 21, 2021
3.32/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
by Thomas_Wikman from Texas
Look: golden with a half inch white head
Aroma: wheat, watermelon
Flavor: It's wheat, watermelon, significant carbonation, a bit bland, but thirst quenching in the heat.
Body/Overall: light to medium, not great, but decent
Aug 11, 2021
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
by Thomas_Wikman from Texas
Look: golden with a half inch white head
Aroma: wheat, watermelon
Flavor: It's wheat, watermelon, significant carbonation, a bit bland, but thirst quenching in the heat.
Body/Overall: light to medium, not great, but decent
Aug 11, 2021
3.16/5 rDev -6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
by beer9973 from Pennsylvania
Drank out of a 12 oz can. Smells slightly fruity with perhaps a hint of artificial watermelon. Taste like an average American wheat ale with high carbonation. So so, forgettable beer. Drinkable as a wheat ale, nothing more nothing less.
Jul 30, 2021
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
by beer9973 from Pennsylvania
Drank out of a 12 oz can. Smells slightly fruity with perhaps a hint of artificial watermelon. Taste like an average American wheat ale with high carbonation. So so, forgettable beer. Drinkable as a wheat ale, nothing more nothing less.
Jul 30, 2021
3.29 by green_giant on Jul 06, 2021
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by Greywulfken from New York
Modest wheat beer featuring watermelon - the flavor certainly lends well with the wheaty elements but the beer doesn't really trigger excitement for me - I've been drinking watermelon cucumber seltzer lately, and it's far more refreshing than this - maybe that's my bias... Certainly drinkable enough, simple, low abv, smooth, but on tap at the Good Life today, just presented rather average...
Jun 13, 2021
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by Greywulfken from New York
Modest wheat beer featuring watermelon - the flavor certainly lends well with the wheaty elements but the beer doesn't really trigger excitement for me - I've been drinking watermelon cucumber seltzer lately, and it's far more refreshing than this - maybe that's my bias... Certainly drinkable enough, simple, low abv, smooth, but on tap at the Good Life today, just presented rather average...
Jun 13, 2021
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by Troy-Hawaii from Hawaii
Bought a single 19.2oz can $3.39 Whole Foods
39 days old. They just started distributing in Hawaii last month.
Smells faintly of wheat and watermelon.
Light golden color, slight haze to it
Medium-light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Light flavors of watermelon, wheat.
Overall an ok hot weather beer with a low ABV. Nothing outstanding as flavors are weak, but refreshing. First beer I've had from this brewery.
May 14, 2021
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by Troy-Hawaii from Hawaii
Bought a single 19.2oz can $3.39 Whole Foods
39 days old. They just started distributing in Hawaii last month.
Smells faintly of wheat and watermelon.
Light golden color, slight haze to it
Medium-light mouthfeel
Medium carbonation
Light flavors of watermelon, wheat.
Overall an ok hot weather beer with a low ABV. Nothing outstanding as flavors are weak, but refreshing. First beer I've had from this brewery.
May 14, 2021
3.69/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours translucent orange yellow with a fluffy white head. Smells of wheat with slight fruitiness. Tastes of watermelon with some wheat. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.
Apr 15, 2021
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours translucent orange yellow with a fluffy white head. Smells of wheat with slight fruitiness. Tastes of watermelon with some wheat. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.
Apr 15, 2021
3.32/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
12oz can. No clear cut dating found, but can bottom is stamped 'D4918C 1156'.
Dirty, pale gold colored body. One finger of bubbly to creamy head. Leaves a partial lacing sheet on the non-drinking side.
Aroma is wheat with some mildly rancid fruit.
Taste is tangy wheat with a weak watermelon flavor. Kind of dry at the end.
Medium mouth feel, with some bubbles. Very good carbonation.
Good summer quencher but nothing about this beer is better than good.
Apr 11, 2021
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
12oz can. No clear cut dating found, but can bottom is stamped 'D4918C 1156'.
Dirty, pale gold colored body. One finger of bubbly to creamy head. Leaves a partial lacing sheet on the non-drinking side.
Aroma is wheat with some mildly rancid fruit.
Taste is tangy wheat with a weak watermelon flavor. Kind of dry at the end.
Medium mouth feel, with some bubbles. Very good carbonation.
Good summer quencher but nothing about this beer is better than good.
Apr 11, 2021
5 by thebuzzardman from Virginia on Apr 04, 2021
2.93 by B_B from California on Mar 28, 2021
3.25 by Chipwells from Georgia on Jan 31, 2021
2.36 by IRONRakkasan from California on Jan 17, 2021
3.4/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by Rug from Massachusetts
This is usually not kind of beer I go for. I don't really like watermelon flavored stuff, though I like the actual fruit. I don't have high hopes for this but it could surprise me
Pours a lightly cloudy dark gold with a finger of white head that quickly reduces to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
The nose is chock full of artificial watermelon, which actually smells a little tart surprisingly. Otherwise, the aroma is pretty bland with mild wheat and spice
Oh boy, the taste is just as bland, maybe even more so. On the front end, it's watermelon with some strawberry to back it up, which is nice, but there's not much more going on. Post swallow, it is essentially the same, but a bit of earthy wheat comes in
Obviously light bodied, this has pretty high carbonation, so it certainly drinks easy. It finishes mostly dry, but is too sweet to keep me coming back for more
This wasn't awful, just nothing to write home about. Maybe this would be good for a day on the beach or with some seafood
Sep 15, 2020
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by Rug from Massachusetts
This is usually not kind of beer I go for. I don't really like watermelon flavored stuff, though I like the actual fruit. I don't have high hopes for this but it could surprise me
Pours a lightly cloudy dark gold with a finger of white head that quickly reduces to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
The nose is chock full of artificial watermelon, which actually smells a little tart surprisingly. Otherwise, the aroma is pretty bland with mild wheat and spice
Oh boy, the taste is just as bland, maybe even more so. On the front end, it's watermelon with some strawberry to back it up, which is nice, but there's not much more going on. Post swallow, it is essentially the same, but a bit of earthy wheat comes in
Obviously light bodied, this has pretty high carbonation, so it certainly drinks easy. It finishes mostly dry, but is too sweet to keep me coming back for more
This wasn't awful, just nothing to write home about. Maybe this would be good for a day on the beach or with some seafood
Sep 15, 2020
3.06/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
by rodbeermunch from Nevada
This is one of those beers you know you weren't going to like, but since it made its appearance at a festival, you daringly took your sample pour for the tick since that is better than having to try and plow through 12 oz or an entire six pack of the stuff.
1st time was at Canfest. Can't believe someone actually paid money to buy that name only to abandon it right afterwards. Lulz at investment types trying to make money on beerfests. Pours a faded yellow color, perhaps some actual watermelon influencing the weak color. The aroma has watermelon to it, tough to make a strong watermelon push out of a beer.
Taste is relatively inoffensive. Mild blonde ale with watermelon flavoring. Light all around. Good amount of carbonation to it. Didn't find it to be "dry".
My favorite part of writing this review today, after Labor Day weekend, is I drank some good beer (not this one) and ate watermelon. I think that is a better play than drinking a mild watermelon beer.
Sep 08, 2020
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
by rodbeermunch from Nevada
This is one of those beers you know you weren't going to like, but since it made its appearance at a festival, you daringly took your sample pour for the tick since that is better than having to try and plow through 12 oz or an entire six pack of the stuff.
1st time was at Canfest. Can't believe someone actually paid money to buy that name only to abandon it right afterwards. Lulz at investment types trying to make money on beerfests. Pours a faded yellow color, perhaps some actual watermelon influencing the weak color. The aroma has watermelon to it, tough to make a strong watermelon push out of a beer.
Taste is relatively inoffensive. Mild blonde ale with watermelon flavoring. Light all around. Good amount of carbonation to it. Didn't find it to be "dry".
My favorite part of writing this review today, after Labor Day weekend, is I drank some good beer (not this one) and ate watermelon. I think that is a better play than drinking a mild watermelon beer.
Sep 08, 2020
4.27 by aaroham from Washington on Aug 09, 2020
3.5 by Velivolus1 from Vermont on Jul 19, 2020
3.59/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by SushiSakeBeer from Oregon
No
Jul 17, 2020
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
by SushiSakeBeer from Oregon
No
Jul 17, 2020
2.29 by RyanPollie from California on Jul 05, 2020
3.33 by DOCRW from Washington on Jul 04, 2020
3 by TallGuyCM from California on Jun 29, 2020
3.01 by SAUbrewcrew from Michigan on Jun 18, 2020
3.95/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
by MikeCmang from Illinois
Seems like a love it or hate it type of beer. Personally, I love it. Great, refreshing beer to throw down on a summer day.
Jun 13, 2020
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
by MikeCmang from Illinois
Seems like a love it or hate it type of beer. Personally, I love it. Great, refreshing beer to throw down on a summer day.
Jun 13, 2020
2.54 by Sellen from Connecticut on Jun 13, 2020
3.75 by VolFan96 from Tennessee on Jun 06, 2020
4.15/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 4
by Ryan15 from New Jersey
L- Pours a nice see through light golden color
F- Light bodied wheat beer but feels too thin for sugary taste
T- Watermelon flavor-undergoes secondary fermentation process with real watermelon and no natural flavors. Low bitterness with only 17 IBU
O- Delicious seasonal light beer- great for a summer day
May 31, 2020
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 4
by Ryan15 from New Jersey
L- Pours a nice see through light golden color
F- Light bodied wheat beer but feels too thin for sugary taste
T- Watermelon flavor-undergoes secondary fermentation process with real watermelon and no natural flavors. Low bitterness with only 17 IBU
O- Delicious seasonal light beer- great for a summer day
May 31, 2020
3.75 by good_to_sea from Pennsylvania on May 29, 2020
3.23 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey on May 14, 2020
3.17 by Seshin from California on May 11, 2020
Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer from 21st Amendment Brewery
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
2968 ratings