Jack Brand - Cucumelon Sour
Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, England 🏴
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular|
Score
5.99
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We've brewed our sour beer with a German hop variety called Huell Melon, which gives the beer its fresh melony notes, and after fermentation we've added some cucumber extract to give the beer a fresh, summer garden aroma.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A pale straw coloured pour with a thin white head; cucumber aroma; very thin and watery with a cucumber and melon taste; then a light spicy bitterness. Not a favourite.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 06 Oct 2025
at 14:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Cask at Square Peg, Birmingham. Pours a pale straw with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s melon and cucumber in the aroma. In the mouth it is decidedly sharp but with a little underlying sweetness. Flavours of citrus, lemon, cucumber and melon plus traces of tropical fruits and kiwi later on. Sharpness lasts into the somewhat dry finish. This is reasonable – more sharp / tart than sour though.
Tried
from Cask
at
Square Peg (JDW)
on 06 Oct 2025
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance is clear golden, with a half-finger foamy head. Aroma is cucumber, bit of hoppy fruit, fruit salad, all about the cucumber though. Taste is cucumber, bitter hops, smooth and juicy, fruit bowl, melon, bit of wheaty malt undertones, cucumber dominates, some salty undertones.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2020
at 12:58
1.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 0.5
Tight white head left a cover on a slowly carbonating pale gold body. Fridge salad drawer & melon aroma. Medium bodied, minimal carbonation & limp on the back. Overpowering cucumber, vegetal, turnip & white wine tastes. How can anyone make a beer so bad - did anyone at the brewery taste it before it was released?
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2020
at 18:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Can: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is cucumber. Taste is fresh cucumber, light tartness, grain, wet watery finish.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2019
at 13:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Sainsbury's. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Light sulphur note on the nose, then cucumber and lemon. Taste is sharp lemon and cucumber. Light sourness.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2019
at 08:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Can) Clear golden with big loose white head that lasts pretty well. Aroma is cucumber with lemon notes. Light bodied with plenty of good carbonation. The taste is cucumber with a bit of lemon tartness. There’s the barest hint of biscuit malt in the mid palate. Maybe marrow and melon hints in the finish with very little bitterness. Refreshing, interesting, not very sour for a sour. Not regretting I tried it but can’t imagine choosing it again.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2019
at 18:39
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
4/4/2019. Can from the Adnams shop, Bury St Edmunds. Pours pale gold with an average sized white head. Aroma of over-ripe cucumber, melon, flowers, straw, plastic and a hint of mint. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness, hint of tartness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, average carbonation. Odd, didn't work for me.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2019
at 21:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Tesco's, Brooklands. Sour cucumber and melon aroma. Refreshing. Copper gold. Fluffy translucent white head which fades. Initial light sourness which is then tempered by the umami-sweet combination of the cucumber and melon. However the sourness reasserts itself into the finish. Light bodied. Thin. Slick. Average carbonation. Long finish. Refreshing if not mind blowing.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2019
at 21:27