One of my favorite days of the year.
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/food-drink/the-week-in-beer-oberon...
A true sign that spring/summer are here. Also, weather next week is suppose to be nice.
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OT: Oberon Day is Monday
March 26th, 2010 at 9:10 AM
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OT: Oberon Day is Monday
March 26th, 2010 at 9:15 AM | 
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March 26th, 2010 at 9:16 AM |
Going to the release party at
Going to the release party at
Going to the release party at Bells
I need to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's Mom's dish
March 26th, 2010 at 9:20 AM |
Wish I could do the same.
Wish I could do the same.
Wish I could do the same. Some of my fondest memories from my days at WMU occurred at that party and on oberon day. Its basically a school/city wide holiday.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:37 AM |
It is the color and scent of
It is the color and scent of
It is the color and scent of a warm, sunny summer afternoon...
"Those who stay will be champions."
"As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."
March 26th, 2010 at 3:31 PM |
3 best ways to celebrate the end of winter
3 best ways to celebrate the end of winter
Having a pint or two of oberon in the Bell's courtyard, Michigan's spring game, and opening day in baseball are the best ways to celebrate the end of winter!
March 26th, 2010 at 9:16 AM |
Hell yeah, that's a good
Hell yeah, that's a good
Hell yeah, that's a good morning post.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:20 AM |
What happened to crazy bunny
What happened to crazy bunny
wielding swords?
March 26th, 2010 at 9:18 AM |
I hate you all. So very,
I hate you all. So very,
I hate you all. So very, very much
Sincerely,
Those of us who cannot get Oberon in their state.
I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:46 AM |
yep
yep
Seconded.
/NYer who can get beer from all over the world 365/24/7 except Bell's!!
Proud member of the 6/30/2008 circle of trust.
March 26th, 2010 at 11:13 AM |
I'll mail you a mini keg of
I'll mail you a mini keg of
I'll mail you a mini keg of fat tire if you mail me a mini keg of Oberon?!?
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
March 26th, 2010 at 1:14 PM |
dreed12@uwyo.edu
dreed12@uwyo.edu
Are you a park ranger at Yellowstone? Say hi to Yogi Bear for me. - the_big_house 500th
I may not be a 70 year old man. - Herm
March 26th, 2010 at 11:52 AM |
Fat Tire
Fat Tire
I've seen Fat Tire in Michigan at a small specialty store up north. It's probably just a matter of the store owner having some special connections. Methinks with some detective work you can find it.
That said, Michigan has several breweries better than Fat Tire.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:59 PM |
small correction
small correction
Fat Tire is the flagship brew of New Belgium Brewing, based in Fort Collins. While Fat Tire is pretty good, I would probably rate it as their 4th best beer behind 1554, Trippel and Mothership Wit. When I travel outside of Colorado I just don't get people's fascination with Fat Tire.
March 27th, 2010 at 6:02 AM |
Dude,
Dude,
it's sooooo heady.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:23 AM |
Mmmm! Oberon!
Mmmm! Oberon!
I like mine with a little slice of orange!
Oh how I hate Ohio State!
March 26th, 2010 at 10:09 AM |
That is a true man issue
That is a true man issue
Is it okay to put fruit in your beer?
Lime in a Corona?
Orange in Oberon?
Passion fruit in Zima? ....okay that one is made up
Personally I do both for Corona and Oberon so take my man card if you must.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:17 AM |
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Orange in an Oberon or lime in a Corona has more to do with enjoying the beer than it does with the ability to grow hair on one's chest.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:31 AM |
Orange in a wheat beer is
Orange in a wheat beer is
Orange in a wheat beer is almost a mandate.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
March 26th, 2010 at 10:58 AM |
Tis Not an Issue
Tis Not an Issue
Unless you let the likes of Miller Lite dictate "Man Law". My e-pinion: FAIL.
Orange or no orange, Oberon is one of the best beers evAR.
Brewer. Wolverine.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:50 PM |
Absolutely agreed. I don't
Absolutely agreed. I don't
Absolutely agreed. I don't choose to add the orange, but it's not a man thing, it's a taste thing.
Have you had Dark Horse's Double Crooked Tree IPA? It's what God drinks.
You may resume your unbreakable faith in David Brandon's pimp hand.
March 26th, 2010 at 11:54 AM |
Miller, Bud, etc.
Miller, Bud, etc.
If being a Man means that you prefer the worst shit available... then yeah, I'll fork over my Man card too.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:22 PM |
The only drinking related man law
The only drinking related man law
should be:
Unless you are on vacation in a tropical paradise, no matter how much you want it, do NOT order that Pina Colada, Daquiri, or other 9/10 fruit beverage.
Make your wife order it and then drink half.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
March 26th, 2010 at 10:53 AM |
Orange in Oberon is heresy.
Orange in Oberon is heresy.
They do not serve Oberon with an orange at Bell's Eccentric Cafe. Therefore, Oberon should not be served with fruit. I believe the call it "NFF" No F-ing Fruit.
That style came from d-bags that thought Oberon was like Blue Moon so why not put some fruit in it.
Horrible, horrible idea.
Please stop the senseless pollution of one of the worlds best beverages with this pointless acidic parasite of flavor.
"It's me Bitches"
-Ari Gold
March 26th, 2010 at 10:56 AM |
While I am not as passionate, clearly, as you are
While I am not as passionate, clearly, as you are
about it. I agree with the No Fruit practice.
The president of Bell's was giving a speech one time at a business school and someone asked him about the orange (even worse on the East Coast bartenders feel compelled to put a lemon in it).
He responded that the beer will have more of it's true flavor without the orange, or fruit whatsoever.
March 26th, 2010 at 11:57 AM |
Agreed
Agreed
Oberon is very well-balanced without the orange. The orange just throws it off.
Blue Moon, on the other hand, tastes better with orange because it is all around lower quality (and I am almost certain they use artificial sugars, syrups, whatever... just doesn't taste natural).
As for Corona, that beer is so bland the lime is pretty much obligatory.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:44 PM |
Orange in Oberon
Orange in Oberon
For whatever reason most places I've been put an orange slice in Oberon. I just take it off and set it to the side, unless I feel a bout of scurvy coming on...
March 26th, 2010 at 9:23 AM |
Sorry to hear that, the
Sorry to hear that, the
Sorry to hear that, the closest distributor for Boston would be in Emmaus, PA. I made the drive down there from Parsippany, NJ once and it was totally worth it.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:25 AM |
Yeah, I know. I've looked.
Yeah, I know. I've looked.
Yeah, I know. I've looked. PA is too far. Though I am going there in July, and I am for sure bringing a couple cases home.
I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try.
March 26th, 2010 at 11:21 AM |
Not that it helps you all
Not that it helps you all
Not that it helps you all that much, but Bell's has absolutely taken over Philly in the last year. The pub a block from my house actually celebrated Oberon Day!
Hail to the colors that float in the light-
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!
March 26th, 2010 at 11:58 AM |
Philly
Philly
has some fine breweries of its own. But hey, the more the merrier!
March 26th, 2010 at 9:33 AM |
Shreveport, LA
Shreveport, LA
Where is the closet distributer for someone who lives in NW Louisiana. If there is one?
I'm kind of a big deal in Bolivia.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:00 AM |
It appears to be
It appears to be
It appears to be Alabama, could be Missouri though. You can look up the distributor in AL and MO and figure out which one is closest.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:03 PM |
Sorry...
Sorry...
But if you are patient, you can get some of that swell LSU beer!
Gack!!!
Wolverine Nation Unite!
March 26th, 2010 at 12:35 PM |
I'll pass
I'll pass
I can't even bring myself to drink a beer from an LSU coozie.
Cue the vagina pun.
I'm kind of a big deal in Bolivia.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:28 AM |
Stock up then. The
Stock up then. The
Stock up then. The distributor in Emmaus only sells by the case anyways. When I went there, I was looking to buy a six pack of oberon, best brown, and two hearted, but only ended up with a case of oberon. I know, poor me.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:29 AM |
personally, i enjoy one
personally, i enjoy one
personally, i enjoy one Oberon a year. Then its back to Diet Miller for me. The hangovers i get after an evening of Oberon debauchery is close to a malignant brain tumor. Tastes good, just instant dehydration.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:42 AM |
I'm with you ron
I'm with you ron
I love the taste as well but for some reason I get the worst hangover from the stuff. I drink just one a sitting now. Wish I could drink it more but being old and stuff I can't do the hangover-every-weekend routine anymore. I drink Michelob Ultra now! (checking for my man card....)
"I'm the baddest man on the planet" - Joe Warren
March 26th, 2010 at 12:49 PM |
don't bother checking
don't bother checking
... you don't have one.
jk
ps. Oberon is fine. It's the cheap stuff that gives me hangovers... bud, et al: headache in a bottle
March 26th, 2010 at 10:11 AM |
Drink the sediment
Drink the sediment
It has B-complex vitamins that can help function as an anti-hangover preventive measure.
I used to homebrew a lot, and started drinking the "sludge" after I found that out. I'm not sure if it's placebic or actual therapy given the amount consumed. But, waking up with a cranium only 1 size too small as opposed to 2-3 sizes too small seem to make it worthwhile.
"Coach, if you need one yard, I'll get you three yards. If you need five yards, I'll get you three yards." -Leroy Hoard
March 26th, 2010 at 9:32 AM |
Oberon seems to have morphed
Oberon seems to have morphed
Oberon seems to have morphed over the last few years. I loved Oberon when I was in K-Zoo for undergrad a few years back, but in the recent years it has become more bitter and less sweet ime.
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:01 PM |
Sample Size
Sample Size
You might be unlucky, depending on how much of it you drink. I have seen wild variability in Oberon over the years. Some batches are entirely transparent and taste more like Leini Summer Shanty (which really grinds my gears!)
Quality control needs to get their shit together, ime. But I guess that's the price paid for popularity and mass-production
March 26th, 2010 at 12:06 PM |
I have noticed that too
I have noticed that too
More hoppy, less yeasty...
Still a fine 12 ounce curl though!
Wolverine Nation Unite!
March 26th, 2010 at 9:34 AM |
I've noticed the bitterness
I've noticed the bitterness
I've noticed the bitterness too, thats why I always put an orange slice in there. It makes it 10x better.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:38 AM |
Pretty amazing
Pretty amazing
I grew up in Kalamazoo and remember when Bell's Brewery had no beer garden (just a hole in the wall store front) and Oberon was called Solsun.......I think there was a copyright dispute over the name.
Given all of the micro breweries around the country, it's pretty amazing how popular and well respected Bell's has become over the years...nice to see.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:31 PM |
As a proud Kalamazoo native and current resident...
As a proud Kalamazoo native and current resident...
Maybe Bell's has surpassed Derek Jeter as our most famous export.
Oberon day is a very fun day for us in the 'zoo.
[edit: Geez, I totally forgot Kalamazoo's third-most famous export: last year's name of the year runner-up and M grad Iris Macadangdang.]
Only missed one game at the Big House since 1979.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:24 AM |
Oberon is my favorite beer!
Oberon is my favorite beer!
I'm super excited to see the mini-kegs, too. This year the mini-kegs will feature a Salvador Dali "The Persistence of Memory"-inspired design:
http://beernews.org/2010/01/bells-oberon-2010-pays-homage-to-salvador-dali/
You'll be better and you'll be smarter and more grown-up and a better daughter. . .
March 26th, 2010 at 11:09 AM |
I need a poster of that for
I need a poster of that for
I need a poster of that for my basement bar.
Brewer. Wolverine.
March 26th, 2010 at 10:30 AM |
Also known as Oberrated.
Also known as Oberrated.
Also known as Oberrated.
Sincerely,
Cpt. Ass-Hat
March 26th, 2010 at 10:33 AM |
Absolute blasphemy.
Absolute blasphemy.
Absolute blasphemy.
March 26th, 2010 at 12:13 PM |
Negged for an honest opinion
Negged for an honest opinion
Negged for an honest opinion that has nothing to do with UM athletics...awesome!!
Sincerely,
Cpt. Ass-Hat
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