Best Summer Brewski

Christian discovered what has to be 2011's best summer beer, hands down. I'll admit, I was a little shocked to see my husband walk to the register carrying a 6-pack of watermelon beer. But he said it had gotten great reviews and at $12 for 6 cans of microbrew in a tidy little box adorned with a very appealing graphic artistry, it was hard to pass up. He proudly whipped them out at a friends cabana BBQ yesterday - to snickers, jokes and boy-ish comments from the Corona and IPA toting crew. But one-by-one the beers disappeared until all were gone. 

Hell or High Watermelon from 21st Amendment Brewery is a refreshing wheat beer that really does have a very subtle watermelon flavor, which is strongest at first sip, but mellows as you drink it. It has a wheat beer sweetness, but is not a sweet beer and doesn't even have that familiar fruit beer fruitiness. It's just smooth, summer excellence that makes you feel like you're sitting by the pool, even if sweat is rolling down your work suited back in the depths of the subway tunnels. 

On the way home last night from the BBQ, we stopped in our local grocery to see if they carry it. It's tight and well designed box packaging made it difficult to spot, but indeed it was there. Bonus! I predict this will be in our fridge until the first cool days of fall.