OT: Oberon Day
Happy Oberon Day MGoBlog family!
Does anyone have any plans to go to Bell's today or enjoy an Oberon at a local establishment? I live about 10 blocks from Bell's so I'm headed there right after work at 5....or earlier if I come down sick at lunch.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:43 AM ^
Thanks for the heads up. I love me some Solsun!!
March 25th, 2019 at 12:23 PM ^
I was planning on posting this but you beat me to it. This is my sign that Spring is here!
March 25th, 2019 at 12:58 PM ^
I almost forgot, the wife was supposed to stop at Sweetwater's this morning to pick up a couple Oberon donuts. I hope she didn't forget!
Here's Ernie Harwell with the best-ever sign of Spring:
Sing, turtles, sing!!
March 26th, 2019 at 12:11 AM ^
I stopped drinking but that looks tasty.
Go to Arcadia Brewing then, it’s called Whitsun. Oberon is not the same recipe.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:43 AM ^
Do people still (ever?) care about Oberon?
March 25th, 2019 at 11:30 AM ^
Well if we can judge the amount that people care by the number of replies in a thread, apparently people care more about Oberon than they do about last night's basketball games, softball, women's basketball, and wrestling. And we might just pass Rob Gronkowski retiring, too.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
Oberon was my favorite beer in college when I could afford it and I still like to have a few each year. Still think the fact that "Oberon Day" is a thing is absurd. Having said that, I fully support you drinking at noon on a Monday.
Agreed. A contrived annual holiday for a beer that is available seven months of the year seems a bit much. I'm pretty much over Oberon by June every year anyway
It is all about marketing.
Oberon is brewed all year and is available year round in most states that Bells distributes to but in the Midwest they stop the distro for a couple of months.
I figured this out years ago when I was Florida & saw Oberon thinking it was old but the date on the bottle was January
They stop delivering it to stores in Michigan at the end of August every year.
When bells finally came out west the made Oberon available all year. This changed last year. It’s now seasonal out here.
It was certainly a big day when I was at Western for my 4 years but that's assuredly location based. It was basically another St Patty's day and a way to celebrate spring and day drinking.
User name horrendously checks out.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:43 AM ^
It's one of my favorites. I may just do that.
Cue the "It's not that good" comments...
March 25th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
Yes, to the 64 posters who are getting ready to post that Oberon is garbage beer and why does anybody drink that sludge "you should be drinking [Insert Witty Meta Beer Name Here]. We hear you. You have better taste than us. Just let us drink the beer that we like without telling us how nasty it is. Thanks.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:47 AM ^
I don't really get why those posters flock to this thread year after year (already noticed one has made it in). I don't know a single person that thinks Oberon is the greatest beer every engineered but it's a great reminder spring has started, a solid reason to drink on a Monday and the majority of people would say it is a 'good' beer.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
Honestly, some people have to continue to prove to themselves and others that that are "smarter" than other people or superior to them in some way. That is basically the reason. This particular blog suffers from that problem to a higher degree than do a lot of other on-line forums. Don't get me wrong, it is a great blog for other reasons, but MGoBlog is not exactly the place for humility and perspective. I remember the "cookout foods" thread a while back. Everybody was in line to post about how they cook up some exotic salmon or other Gordon Ramsey shit that takes like 3 days to fully execute. Then a guy said he was a Koegels and brats guy and another poster responded to him calling that "dog food." Seriously, you can't get behind dogs and brats as a summer meal? Grow up.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:07 AM ^
There are a lot of examples of negative reaction to well-marketed but average quality products. I don't fully understand it, but I think that's what's going on here rather than people trying to make themselves seem superior. Maybe I'm naive.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
i'm merely posting because i am hoping that brian and john's lunch-time stomach flu clears up very quickly, like, by the time they leave work. can't we all have some sympathy for our mgoblog brothers?
Kogel Viennas are one of my favorite foods!!
March 25th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
It's a great summer beer as it has plenty of flavor but isn't overbearing. Not weak-ass swill like Bud Lite but not Dogfishhead 90 Minute either in terms of APV.
And say yes to the orange slice!
March 25th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
I always chase my Oberon with a Bud Light
March 25th, 2019 at 11:27 AM ^
And then I chase my Bud Light with box wine.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
And then I chase my box wine with canned gravy.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
And then I chase my canned gravy with a stick of turkey jerkey.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:52 PM ^
And then I chase my wife.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
It does suck but I agree, my opinion doesn't mean squat and you folk should have your...
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...day in the sun!?
March 25th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
I don't like Oberon, but I'll fully support you if you want to day drink on a Monday.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:51 AM ^
I don't think I've seen Oberon in DC, but some bars will carry a beer or 2 from Bells. Founders is another one that you can find out here. I'm still waiting for Atwater to make it out here.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
The Good Silver in Columbia Heights used to have Oberon on tap during the summer! I heard it closed in the last month because the owner sold the space, and we live in Hell. Now our best bet is like, Wegman's.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:37 AM ^
D'Vines (liquor store) in Columbia Heights has it--I'll check it out when I head home today, but usually there's a whole wall of Oberon cases immediately upon its release for the summer. I feel like I've seen some Atwater there before, too. Lots of good Michigan beer (and non-Michigan beer, to boot!).
Edit: and I would bet that Midlands and Ivy & Coney (which are owned by the old Kangaroo Boxing Club/Good Silver crew) will have Oberon on tap.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
I bet you're right about Ivy & Coney. Hell you can get Stroh's there. I've never been to Midlands though!
Midlands is awesome, but it has a weirdly low capacity restriction so it'll look like it's not particularly full but have a line. I think it's because it's only fire-rated for its indoor space even though it's about 50/50 indoor/outdoor.
March 25th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
One of the few things I miss from my time in North Carolina was getting Oberon any time I wanted instead of this bullshit in Indiana of having to wait for a particular season.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:12 AM ^
There is definitely a way to be able to have Oberon year long. I can tell you, if you'd like.
I prefer to drink freshly brewed beer when possible, and I'm not driving out of the distribution area I currently live in just to buy beer.
It's unpasteurized and has to be kept refrigerated. I bought about five cases and stuck them in my basement one year and there was what looked like solid yeast at the bottom of the bottles by the time it was all gone.
That's just spent yeast. Won't harm you. Refrigeration isn't necessary. What it does do is render the yeast inactive which means it won't continue metabolizing sugar and reproducing so refrigeration keeps the beer tasting the same and means you won't get the sediment at the bottom. On the other hand, cellaring beer allows the yeast to continue working which is what you want with some beers.
From the Bell's website:
MY BEER SAYS IT IS UNPASTEURIZED. IS IT SAFE TO DRINK IF STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE?
Yes, they are safe to drink.
Due to the levels of alcohol and acidity, human pathogens do not survive in beer, so pasteurization is unnecessary from a food-safety standpoint.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:09 AM ^
I know you Oberon supporters will down vote me, but that beer simply is not good. I really don't understand why it's so popular. Bell's Two Hearted is their best.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^
I don't like Oberon, but your argument doesn't make sense. Oberon and Two Hearted are different styles. It would be like saying "I don't understand why people want Brandon Peters to start at QB. Lavert Hill is a much better football player."
Oberon is popular because of tradition and marketing. Besides that, it's a fine example of a wheat ale. There aren't many traditional wheat ales that are so far superior to Oberon to make it fail; and if that's what you're into, Oberon is a good product.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:21 AM ^
I wasn't comparing them. I simply stated I think Two Hearted is their best beer.
March 25th, 2019 at 11:26 AM ^
You weren't comparing them? What were you doing then? If you weren't comparing them than how did Two Hearted even come up?
March 25th, 2019 at 12:08 PM ^
Is this for real?
I stated that Oberon is not good. Then I stated my opinion that Two Hearted is their best beer. How is that comparing them? Comparing would be describing their tastes, color, etc.
????
/looks around to see if others are as confused as I am.
I'm still waiting to see how I compared the two beers.
I can say, for example, "Chicken is not so good. Lasagna is my favorite food." That isn't a comparison. I'm simply stating two opinions. How is that comparing?
Alright man.
Sparty debate team captain right here.
March 25th, 2019 at 12:08 PM ^
And as long as it's been brought up, I've never understood the fascination that people here have with Two Hearted. I've tried it several times, and to me it's ... meh. I mean, it's certainly drinkable, and if you offered me a free one I'd take it, but I just don't get the appeal.