560656 Sat Sep 27 11:41:51 -0700 2008 9 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4066062 Does anyone know where to buy watermelon wheat beer by 21st Amendment brewery? I live in the East Bay and wanted to get some cans. Haven't seen it at Whole Foods. Thanks. Sat Sep 27 11:41:51 -0700 2008 20054 Allfrog68 1 4066105 Whole Foods doesn't carry it. Your only source in the East Bay would be BevMo. They also carry their canned IPA. Sat Sep 27 12:10:06 -0700 2008 4066062 28834 pininex 1 4066195 I saw it at Cost Plus in SF, alongside another beer from them called Brew Free or Die! Pricier than I'd ever pay forr beer in CANS, fer Chrissake. Sat Sep 27 12:56:27 -0700 2008 4066062 131118 Xiao Yang 1 4066463 Couldn't wait to find it after tasting at Chowhound picnic? Bevmo is on the left, north of Marin on San Pablo just after Solano. Take Grizzly Peak to Marin and straight down the hill. Sat Sep 27 15:34:43 -0700 2008 4066062 105235 wolfe 1 4066638 BevMo carries it, and you can check to see what a store has in stock via the BevMo website Sat Sep 27 17:34:13 -0700 2008 4066062 182589 bex109 1 4068022 Thanks all. I found this at Bev Mo at Jack London Square. At the same time I posted this I emailed the retail manager for 21st Amendment. He emailed me right away w/ the Bev Mo suggestion. He said the Watermelon Wheat would also be available at Whole Foods in about 2-3 weeks. Sun Sep 28 13:40:46 -0700 2008 4066062 20054 Allfrog68 2 4068287 I don't know why 21st Amendment has taken to using cans. I did get a chance to try the Pale Ale ("Brew Free or Die") and all I could taste was the can. I've lost all respect for 21A. Sun Sep 28 16:00:02 -0700 2008 4068022 131118 Xiao Yang 3 4068705 This is an incredibly well-hopped IPA loaded with Amarillo, Centennial, and Simcoe hops that give the beer a nice grapefruit/citrusy taste. Not sure how you can be tasting the "can". Cans used today have special liners that eliminate the metallic taste that used to be associated with canned beer. Cans are also great because they eliminate light, beer's greatest enemy, from spoiling the beer. Perhaps you are not used to west coast IPAs. Sun Sep 28 19:55:29 -0700 2008 4068287 28834 pininex 4 4068736 I've been drinking West Coast IPA's and other craft ales since New Albion first opened shop. The 21st Amendment version in a can had a distinctly metallic taste to it. Sorry, you can lobby for canned beer as much as you want, you'll never convince me that cans are preferably to bottles, and I can't think of another craft brewer that copped out to cans (at least on the West Coast). Sun Sep 28 20:11:00 -0700 2008 4068705 131118 Xiao Yang 5 4068760 Some great beer is now coming in cans. Caldera Brewing out of Ashland, Oregon makes a great canned APA and IPA. Distribution down here is probably slim to none though. While not technically the west coast, Oskar Blues out of Colorado makes a great APA (Dales), IPA (Gordon), Imperial Stout (10 Fidy), and Scotch ale (Old Chub) in cans. The unusual thing about the 21A IPA is that it is canned in Minnesota. I will say that it is better on tap, but for a canned beer, it is quite tasty. Sun Sep 28 20:23:24 -0700 2008 4068736 28834 pininex