I’m Glad Its Seedless

Posted by Jim on Jul 6th, 2011
2011
Jul 6

I picked up a bunch of beers this past weekend when I made my first stop to Julio’s.  One item I took home was a single can of a beer Luke is able to enjoy on a regular basis out in San Francisco.

21rst Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer

C- / 2.55
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
A cellar temperature can is poured into a pint glass.

The beer is slightly hazy and has the color of tarnished gold. A few fingers worth of off-white foam rises out of the liquid, but it doesn’t stay for long. Already the bubbles that make it up are popping. Eventually, all that is left is a skim of foam. No lacing is left behind. Lots of carbonation bubbles are rising within the glass.

The beer has a sweet wheat aroma. I can smell watermelon, but I’m not sure I would have been able to identify the scent if I didn’t know this beer had the fruit in it.

This is a sweet, fruity beer. Some aspects of its wheat base are apparent, especially as I swallow. Mostly I taste sweet watermelon flavors, like a piece of candy. There may be a hint of bitterness as soon as I taste the beer, but if it is there, it is gone quickly.

For a summer beer, this one sits heavy in my mouth. A lot of foamy carbonation is present, and the coating is thick and sticky.

Overall, this isn’t a beer I’d go back to. I prefer a lighter wheat beer for a summer seasonal, and I’m not a fan of watermelon the fruit, so watermelon the beer probably isn’t for me either. Still, its an interesting and commendable experiment.