The beer pours a pale, translucent straw color. There is a bit of haze to the beer, and watermelon particles are visible floating around in the glass which tells me that this is likely an unfiltered beer.
Surprisingly, Hell or High Watermelon doesn't smell much like watermelon at all. There is definitely a fruity scent to the beer, but it's more of a tart, berry smell, than that of melons. Light scents of malts and wheat are discernible underneath the fruitiness.
The watermelon brew is light bodied and has a low to medium level of carbonation. The beer feels very watery when swallowing, and has an alcohol content of 4.9% ABV.
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| Explosive watermelon flavor? |
Ah, there it is, the watermelon flavor I was expecting to smell, I can definitely taste. I'm actually surprised that the fruit flavor isn't just the chemical tasting, artificial watermelon of my youth, but actually more of something in-between the real and artificial flavors of watermelon. The wheat and pale malt flavors are very subtle, possibly overpowered by the watermelon.
I don't know what kind of watermelons the scientists that invented artificial watermelon flavoring were eating, but I can guarantee they weren't the same fruit that we grow here on earth. Either that, or the scientists assigned to the watermelon artificial flavoring research group just happened to be the exact few members of the human race whose tongues didn't work correctly. Luckily 21st Amendment apparently at least had two people working on the potential flavors for their watermelon beer, one of whom obviously had actually tasted watermelon in his or her lifetime.
Hell or High Watermelon is extremely light bodied. If you're a fan of watermelon and light, summer beers, definitely try it. If you want a light tasting beer with flavor that isn't nearly-artificial watermelon, look elsewhere for your summer refreshment.
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