Thomas Hooker Watermelon Ale - Thomas Hooker Brewing Company

Naugled

New York

3.3/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Saw the bottle and had to try it.

Smells exactly like Jolly Rancher watermelon flavor.

Has a pinkish orange hazy color, high carbonation and little head.

Very light body and watery (fitting). And also tastes just like the Jolly Rancher candy, but is not cloying. It is actually somewhat refreshing. There is a hint of hop and malt but not enough to recognize it as beer.

Over all, it would not be a bad lawn mower beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2010 20:52:27 | More by Naugled

NJBeer265

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +12.5%

05-22-2013 17:59:38 | More by NJBeer265

tittymcj

Connecticut

2.7/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.5

A: Golden body with very little head. Nothing on the glass at all after it settles down. Quite hazy.

S: Smells like sugar. Obviously they've tried to make it smell like watermelon, but it reminds me of watermelon sourpatch candy.

T: Tastes the same as it smells. Lots of sugary taste, but it feels artificial. It's very refreshing, if only for the extreme sweetness.

M: Very thin. Not much substance, and if not for the sweetness there'd be nothing enjoyable about the mouthfeel.

O: Tasty, but only if you enjoy sugar. Not a lof of traditional beer attributes here, so not for those who wouldn't enjoy a Mike's Hard Lemonade.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 22:31:47 | More by tittymcj

davey101

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

Born on 3/22. 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours a dark yellow body with a cap of soapy white foam. Really solid lacing. Smells like a tamer watermelon jolly rancher. Taste is again of tame jolly rancher but it finishes with a touch of cereal grain. It's not artifical, just very sweet. Not over the top sweet though. Light and crisp, this is awfully drinkable and thirst quenching. Overall it is what it is, a watermelon beer. It's drinkability means a lot here. Solid hot weather candidate.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 01:01:45 | More by davey101

beerthulhu

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Pale, lemon pour is translucent with a dirty bread white head that was skim thin and quick to dissipate not leaving alot of adjectives or interest to write home about. Faint visible carbonation. meh.

S: Watermelon, more green flesh then red pulp. Smells like watermelon jolly rancher, artificial, though label claims otherwise. Moderate awareness.

T: Soda like flavor, rather shandy, the melon is there, but more green melon, and again jolly rancher like, sweetened type malting and dry. Candy like, artifical watermelon, dont care what the label says, with some cough syrup like dryness on the swallow.

M: Some carbonation, but quite mundane, light medium body, light syrupy with a warming of watermelon cough medicine.

O: Overall a novelty beer, i prefered 21st admendments take over this. Not something i would drink in multiples, as im guessing this is what it should of strived for, a crisp, lightly fruity like experience, but comes off artificial and rather candy like (jolly rancher). Not something i would find refreshing nor crisp even on a hot summer day, gimmicky. It is what it is, but like mentioned earlier, 21st amendment did a somewhat more respectable job if you must partake in the novelty aspect.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 22:51:42 | More by beerthulhu

blknikon

Massachusetts

2/5  rDev -35.7%

05-07-2013 23:36:44 | More by blknikon

PoppyParthenonE

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +28.6%

05-01-2013 15:09:12 | More by PoppyParthenonE

Erbo

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +20.6%

04-23-2013 00:29:50 | More by Erbo

jslice99

New York

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

04-21-2013 04:02:14 | More by jslice99

SuomiHobbit

Connecticut

1.5/5  rDev -51.8%

03-26-2013 01:13:00 | More by SuomiHobbit

Lare453

Florida

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

03-22-2013 12:56:02 | More by Lare453

mckowned

Connecticut

2/5  rDev -35.7%

03-08-2013 01:56:38 | More by mckowned

Snarf103

3.75/5  rDev +20.6%

02-12-2013 05:12:14 | More by Snarf103

JayO

Massachusetts

2.25/5  rDev -27.7%

02-01-2013 00:19:54 | More by JayO

KTCamm

New Jersey

3.53/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Not a winter beer for sure, but cleaning out the back of the fridge.

pours light orange copper with fizzy white foam that settles out. Punchy watermelon smell. Jolly rancher watermelon candy taste. Medium carbonation. The fruit taste is present throughout. Simple ale, dominated by that fruit flavor. Unique for sure, and not half bad for a novelty beer. But one is plenty.

Serving type: bottle

12-16-2012 15:44:14 | More by KTCamm

smonice

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%

12-07-2012 02:20:44 | More by smonice

FutureOBrew

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

11-26-2012 18:56:57 | More by FutureOBrew

anelson86

4.5/5  rDev +44.7%

11-18-2012 22:55:05 | More by anelson86

DimWit

4/5  rDev +28.6%

09-17-2012 01:03:40 | More by DimWit

Tareq

New York

2.5/5  rDev -19.6%

09-09-2012 19:46:01 | More by Tareq

DelicateDelirium

Massachusetts

2/5  rDev -35.7%

09-04-2012 22:31:05 | More by DelicateDelirium

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.48/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a golden-yellow color with a one finger white head. The head faded fast to leave only a very small amount of lacing.

Smell – The aroma was heaviest of a watermelon aroma. It is somewhat artificial, but not too bad. While the watermelon is dominating, there are lighter notes a wheat nature as well.

Taste – The taste begins with a malty wheat flavor. A wheat is a light background flavor for the watermelon flavor to sit upon. The watermelon starts out sweet and light and gets more intense in flavor toward the middle of the taste. As the taste moves on further it loses some of the watermelon sweetness as some light hop flavors come to the tongue. In the end a mildly sweet yet rather potent watermelon flavor is left on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – Te body of the beer is on the light to average side with a higher level of carbonation. Both are good for the sweet taste of the beer.

Overall – For a watermelon flavored beer it does have good watermelon flavor, but overall it is something I wouldn’t go out of my way to get.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2012 00:39:08 | More by Darkmagus82

skiit13

Connecticut

1.75/5  rDev -43.7%

07-16-2012 22:01:42 | More by skiit13

PaBeerLover

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +28.6%

07-10-2012 12:41:43 | More by PaBeerLover

tsm2011

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%

07-05-2012 13:51:06 | More by tsm2011