Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer | 21st Amendment Brewery
Brewed by:
21st Amendment Brewery
California, United States
21st-amendment.com
Style: Fruit / Vegetable Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.90%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 07-10-2002
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Ratings: 2,835 | Reviews: 765
3.58/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: Very hazy light golden glass holds a very thin white head.
Smell: Wheat, earthy grain really, with just a hint of Jolly Rancher Watermelon candy. A bit of melon, but I really have to reach for it.
Taste: Watermelon comes through a lot more in the taste for me, overall a very mild beer, a little yeasty, a bit of coarse wheat, but not much here to tell.
Mouthfeel: Light body, medium carbonation doesn't get fizzy, smooth texture and a little oily mouth coat.
Overall: A good summer beer, nice, different, but a bit pedestrian. Still, could see it being a hit at parties as it is unlikely to offend and just enough going to be interesting.
Hand carried back from Maryland
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: Very hazy light golden glass holds a very thin white head.
Smell: Wheat, earthy grain really, with just a hint of Jolly Rancher Watermelon candy. A bit of melon, but I really have to reach for it.
Taste: Watermelon comes through a lot more in the taste for me, overall a very mild beer, a little yeasty, a bit of coarse wheat, but not much here to tell.
Mouthfeel: Light body, medium carbonation doesn't get fizzy, smooth texture and a little oily mouth coat.
Overall: A good summer beer, nice, different, but a bit pedestrian. Still, could see it being a hit at parties as it is unlikely to offend and just enough going to be interesting.
Hand carried back from Maryland
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3.65/5 rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2.62/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Review dated 2/15/2009.
On tap at the brewpub. Hazy yellow color with a small white head and a watermelon slice on the glass. Aroma is lots of watermelon. Flavor is wheaty with - you guessed it - watermelon. Pretty sour and almost cidery on the finish. Light on the palate, refreshing but a little off-balance in my opinion.
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look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Review dated 2/15/2009.
On tap at the brewpub. Hazy yellow color with a small white head and a watermelon slice on the glass. Aroma is lots of watermelon. Flavor is wheaty with - you guessed it - watermelon. Pretty sour and almost cidery on the finish. Light on the palate, refreshing but a little off-balance in my opinion.
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3.95/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A- A hazy, yellow beer with some floaters and a thin, splotchy white head.
S- White bread and a sweet, indistinguishable fruitiness. Not as potent of a watermelon punch as I was expecting.
T- Sweet watermelon and bread with caramel. A tad tart at the end.
M- A carbonation bite, but the sweetness keeps it refreshing.
D- A great warm weather beer. This has been on my "to try" list for awhile, and it doesn't disappoint.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A- A hazy, yellow beer with some floaters and a thin, splotchy white head.
S- White bread and a sweet, indistinguishable fruitiness. Not as potent of a watermelon punch as I was expecting.
T- Sweet watermelon and bread with caramel. A tad tart at the end.
M- A carbonation bite, but the sweetness keeps it refreshing.
D- A great warm weather beer. This has been on my "to try" list for awhile, and it doesn't disappoint.
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3.8/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Can from Perry's Liquor in Livermore CA
A - POured a slight hazed yellow color with a white head that leaves some spotty lacing behind
S - Is fairly light with wheat and some watermelon
T - Starts off like most wheat ales with wheat upfront then the watermelon starts coming through and dominates the finish
M - This beer has a light body with higher carbonation to it
O - While I'm not that into fruit beers this one is pretty good as the fruit flavoring isn't overpowering making it very easy to drink this is going to be a good beer as the weather warms up worth trying sometime if you see it
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Can from Perry's Liquor in Livermore CA
A - POured a slight hazed yellow color with a white head that leaves some spotty lacing behind
S - Is fairly light with wheat and some watermelon
T - Starts off like most wheat ales with wheat upfront then the watermelon starts coming through and dominates the finish
M - This beer has a light body with higher carbonation to it
O - While I'm not that into fruit beers this one is pretty good as the fruit flavoring isn't overpowering making it very easy to drink this is going to be a good beer as the weather warms up worth trying sometime if you see it
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2.61/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.48/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.87/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Nice refreshing watermelon brew that is easy to drink and tastes good too!
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look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Nice refreshing watermelon brew that is easy to drink and tastes good too!
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3.36/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I was not expecting much from a wheat beer with watermelon, but saw single cans for sale so I figured I'd try it and I was pleasantly surprised.
Hazy orangish straw yellow, it has a medium off-white head, steadily shrinking to a wispy top and no real lace.
The aroma is the weakest aspect and is a bit unpleasant. It smells of apples, flour and a hint of bread dough - definitely a wheat ale quality but different, hint of pine sap, and a hint of watermelon, mostly an old, turned unpleasant watermelon quality. It's not dreadful, but it's not good, either.
The taste, though, is actually pretty good as well as being interesting and unusual and it somewhat grew on me. It's odd and different, but pleasant, with a definite watermelon element (a bit like watermelon candy without the sweetness), a general wheat-ale quality of grain, dough, and dryish fruit, as well as cucumber, and light juiciness with a finish of wheat and cooked beans. It's dryish, not really sweet or bitter.
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look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I was not expecting much from a wheat beer with watermelon, but saw single cans for sale so I figured I'd try it and I was pleasantly surprised.
Hazy orangish straw yellow, it has a medium off-white head, steadily shrinking to a wispy top and no real lace.
The aroma is the weakest aspect and is a bit unpleasant. It smells of apples, flour and a hint of bread dough - definitely a wheat ale quality but different, hint of pine sap, and a hint of watermelon, mostly an old, turned unpleasant watermelon quality. It's not dreadful, but it's not good, either.
The taste, though, is actually pretty good as well as being interesting and unusual and it somewhat grew on me. It's odd and different, but pleasant, with a definite watermelon element (a bit like watermelon candy without the sweetness), a general wheat-ale quality of grain, dough, and dryish fruit, as well as cucumber, and light juiciness with a finish of wheat and cooked beans. It's dryish, not really sweet or bitter.
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3.18/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 1.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
"3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
samsmith33 (768) - - MAY 18, 2014
** 05/18/2014
Watermelon aroma. Wheat egg. Pis yellow color.Light fruit flavor. Wheaty, but light. Ok.
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UPDATED: 06/04/15
Poured from Can to Goblet;much better than the original on tap I had. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for a wheat beer the first time.
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look: 1.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
"3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
samsmith33 (768) - - MAY 18, 2014
** 05/18/2014
Watermelon aroma. Wheat egg. Pis yellow color.Light fruit flavor. Wheaty, but light. Ok.
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UPDATED: 06/04/15
Poured from Can to Goblet;much better than the original on tap I had. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for a wheat beer the first time.
**
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3.25/5 rDev -3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.82/5 rDev +14%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
If you don't like watermelon, you prob won't like this beer either. Crisp, refreshing with more than just a hint of watermelon. Quite delicious.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
If you don't like watermelon, you prob won't like this beer either. Crisp, refreshing with more than just a hint of watermelon. Quite delicious.
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3.36/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Hell Or High Watermelon Wheat Beer from 21st Amendment Brewery
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