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Very OT- Happy Oberon day

Title says it all, I for one will be picking up my case after work, hope everyone who can get it today enjoys it.

http://bellsbeer.com/events-2/

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March 26th, 2012 at 7:35 AM | Hope it's better this year. (Score:2 Normal)
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Hope it's better this year. As they scaled up the process for mass production, it seemed to lose something for me. Maybe I will hit up Ashleys today after work and try it

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:05 AM | Hop issue (Score:3 Normal)
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They had a hop issue the last few years due to weather

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:03 AM | I noticed it was off last year (Score:1)
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but I thought it was the early batches that seemed the most effected. Either way, I wouldn't buy a case until later in the year. 

Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:09 AM | The past few years have been (Score:0 Flamebait)
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The past few years have been off.  I remember this being much more flavorful and consistent, but it has been just mediocre the past few years.  Every year I buy it hoping it will be better though.

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." - John Wooden

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:45 AM | I really thought the early (Score:2 Normal)
coldnjl
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I really thought the early brews had the perfect combination of citrus notes. Just not as smooth as I remembered (2006-08). Will try it this year, but I tend to view it as an overrated Bells brew. 2-hearted is the true number 1

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:32 PM | I completely agree. (Score:2 Insightful)
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I feel the exact same way about Oberon, and also Counting Crows albums.

John Navarre, John Navarre, he is John Navarre

(to the tune of Jingle, Bells)

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:34 AM | *affected* (Score:1 Informative)
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*affected*

Right? Affected.

Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.

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March 26th, 2012 at 7:46 AM | I will be drinking this come (Score:3 Normal)
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I will be drinking this come rain or shine this afternoon!

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:15 PM | I have many a fond memory of (Score:0 Overrated)
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I have many a fond memory of warm afternoons at Dominick's, consuming mason jar after mason jar of delicious Oberon.

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:04 AM | Xmas (Score:2 Normal)
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It's like Christmas in March

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:19 AM | I'm hitting up Bells this (Score:3 Normal)
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I'm hitting up Bells this afternoon.  Can't wait!

If you're not living for something then you're dying for nothing.

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:21 AM | I was a bit disappointed (Score:2 Normal)
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I was a bit disappointed these past few years.  Maybe it is just me, but I haven't enjoyed the taste as much.

“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” - Bo Schembechler

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:27 AM | Beat me to it. (Score:1 Normal)
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Beat me to it. For those of you who weren't fans the last couple of years, I didn't have access to Oberon for several years in California. It's better than the rest of the swill out there.

It's all John Navarre's fault.

 

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March 26th, 2012 at 2:08 PM | Please... (Score:2 Normal)
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...explain. California is widely regarded as having some of the best craft beer in the country, despite not being able to get Bells.

As a matter of fact I like beer.

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:33 AM | Midnight launch was a big (Score:2 Normal)
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Midnight launch was a big success as i hear. Love that this beer is a national top seller!

Its called a royale with cheese

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March 26th, 2012 at 8:45 AM | Why hasn't Oberon posted yet? (Score:2 Normal)
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Why hasn't Oberon posted yet?

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:08 AM | Pretty excited about this.  (Score:2)
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Pretty excited about this.  Also, the beer club I belong to has limited quantities of Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout coming in soon.

Yum.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:05 AM | KBS (Score:1)
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is fantastic.

Bring back Keith Jackson

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:17 AM | It has changed so much since (Score:4 Normal)
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It has changed so much since I used to drink it in undergrad (WMU) that I can't drink it anymore. It is completely different than it was 10 years ago. The only thing the same is the label.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:52 AM | A fellow Bronco.  I'll be (Score:4 Normal)
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A fellow Bronco.  I'll be graduating from Western next month.  It's taken me 9 years longer than it should have though.

If you're not living for something then you're dying for nothing.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:01 AM | Took me 5 years of hard (Score:5 Normal)
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Took me 5 years of hard drinking to discover life is much easier if you turn down the volume on your dick and turn up the volume on your brain. You even get laid more.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:12 AM | This is a very true (Score:2)
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This is a very true statement.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:08 AM | Enjoy it while you can, I (Score:2 Normal)
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Enjoy it while you can, I miss Western quite a a bit still, graduated in 2010 and I long to be in Kalamazoo on days like today. It's basically a holiday, the teachers always let class out a little earlier it seemed ( at least the prof's in the college of aviation), and this day always marked perfect weather low 60's, people outside playing beer pong. No matter what day of the week it fell on, Oberon day was a day of debauchery, and for that I miss it.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:25 AM | Solsun (Score:2)
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I'll always call it Solsun.  Larry changed it to Oberon after he was sued for trademark infringement, as I think it was confusingly similar in name to a beer from Mexico, imported by someone in Arizona, "Sol" if I remember correctly.  

 


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March 26th, 2012 at 9:36 AM | I can't wait to have one (Score:2 Normal)
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I can't wait to have one tonight after class. Nothing tastes more like summer than Oberon.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:39 AM | Chicago Alumni group is (Score:2)
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Chicago Alumni group is hosting a first keg of Oberon event tonight at Sheffields, come by if you're in chitown

"Gentelmen, this is football"

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:34 PM | I'll be there for sure.  (Score:1)
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I'll be there for sure. 

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:41 AM | . (Score:2)
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Got a pallet in at work on Saturday and I had to suffer looking at, since I couldn't buy it until it went out on the floor this morning. So excited, can't wait to get it after work!

@Nathanmizzi -Twitter

 

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:44 AM | Last year's didn't really do (Score:2)
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Last year's didn't really do it for me but I plan to grab a six pack on my way home today and see what's good.

Denard has spent the offseason working really hard and smiling at people.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:46 AM | I'm getting a minikeg today (Score:2)
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I'm getting a minikeg today and will definitely be drinking it while I mow the lawn.

Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:49 AM | A beer helmet would fit (Score:5 Normal)
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A beer helmet would fit nicely with your picture.

If you're not living for something then you're dying for nothing.

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March 26th, 2012 at 9:54 AM | Going back to NoVa next (Score:1)
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Going back to NoVa next weekend for my cousin's kid's 100th day bday celebration (big deal in Korean cultures).

Perfect excuse to hit a store and get at least a 6 of Oberon.  Minikeg would be excellent though!

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:11 AM | Hoping to hit up Bells this (Score:1)
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Hoping to hit up Bells this afternoon. However a delay at work may keep me here longer than expected. I must have angered the beer gods in some way.

"But in the tire fire that was last year's secondary he showed a little spark." - Brian Cook

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:28 AM | Isn't this the year they (Score:2 Normal)
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Isn't this the year they start selling it in cans, too?

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:57 AM | Friends don't let friends (Score:0 Overrated)
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Friends don't let friends drink beer from cans. (unless you absolutely have to). 

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March 26th, 2012 at 11:11 AM | Why? (Score:4 Normal)
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Cans are a great storage container for beer. They're opaque, lightweight, and pack well.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | I prefer blue. Too bad (Score:2)
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I prefer blue. Too bad there's no navy blue.

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March 26th, 2012 at 12:30 PM | Beer snobs turn their nose up (Score:4 Normal)
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Beer snobs turn their nose up at beer sold in cans, unless its PBR.  When I'm offered beer out of a can I often think, "how quaint" much like Scotty typing at the keyboard in Star Trek IV.  

Cans have utility, no one is arguing that.  Its the beer inside the can that is usually at issue.

 


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March 26th, 2012 at 12:46 PM | Interesting quote... (Score:2 Normal)
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from the article linked below. The guy saying it founded Oskar Blues, which I'm not personally familiar with, but the brewery gets a 92 score on BeerAdvocate, which is pretty damn good.

When we started, the idea of canning beer was blasphemous," says Dale Katechis, founder of Oskar Blues. "It was frowned upon as a cheap way to deliver lager-style cheap beer. The fact is, if you put bad beer in a can, it's going to be bad beer. But our goal is to deliver beer as fresh as possible, and the can is the best."

Go Blue!

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March 26th, 2012 at 3:42 PM | Dales Pale and Old Chubb are (Score:2 Normal)
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Dales Pale and Old Chubb are two of the best I've had. The Old Chubb will knock you under the table pretty quick though.

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March 26th, 2012 at 12:37 PM | To expand: (Score:2 Normal)
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This article is pretty interesting. I read it after I saw Fat Tire in cans for the first time last year, and it's pretty informative. For the record, I always buy Fat Tire in cans when I can, and will be buying Oberon in cans if I can find it (although I really want to score a minikeg).

http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2010/01/the_beer_can_revolution

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March 26th, 2012 at 3:38 PM | The guys at Sierra Nevada did (Score:2 Normal)
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The guys at Sierra Nevada did a lot of work, as did Charlie Bamforth at UC Davis, regarding cans, and they do actually preserve the beer better over time and stabilize flavor because of less O2 getting through the can top as the bottles and even less light gets through.  They're long papers, but those are the highlights.

I'll take bottles when I can, and cans when I need to (putting in a backpack or has a chance to fall and break.)

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March 26th, 2012 at 11:30 AM | The reasoning behind it is to (Score:2 Normal)
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The reasoning behind it is to get it sold on golf courses.  And, really, Oberon cans would be great for things like beach trips.  There are a lot of very respectable breweries these days using cans, and there's no reason why Bell's shouldn't, too, on a limited basis.

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:06 PM | I have no issue with the idea (Score:2)
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I have no issue with the idea of getting it sold on golf courses, or the portability of it in cans. I just think if you have the ability to consume it in either bottle or can - one should always use bottles. (if your'e going to the beach, you don't have that option, and golf courses, etc.) 

 

at least we can all agree: thank god they don't sell it in a plastic bottle. 

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March 26th, 2012 at 1:52 PM | http://www.oregonlive.com/mix (Score:4 Normal)
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http://www.oregonlive.com/mix/index.ssf/beer/yes-good-beers-can-be-found-in-humble-cans.html 

From the linked article it mirrors what justingoblue says above.  Mainly that canned beer isn't bad beer, but up until recently, most of the beer put into cans has been bad beer.  The stigma is what they have to fight more than anything, because cans are better in a lot of ways than glass bottles.  Here is a short excerpt from the article.

"As  our hemisphere tilts toward the sun and the bright half of the year, our thoughts lean toward getting outside. The good news is that it's easier than ever to accompany adventures with good beer, because more and more adventurous craft brewers are canning their beer.

Yes, beer cans, which celebrated their 75th anniversary earlier this year. But canned craft beer? You scoff, but think about it: You've likely never had great beer out of a can because so far, not much great beer has been put into a can.

"Cans have 99 advantages over bottles and one disadvantage," said Jim Mills, owner of Ashland's Caldera Brewing, one of the first Oregon craft breweries to sell its beer in cans. Caldera Pale Ale and IPA are available in 12-ounce cans. "That disadvantage is that the public associates them with cheap beer."

But that's changing, and fast, thanks to microcanning equipment developed in Canada and small brewers who are discovering that canning good beer makes perfect sense for them and their customers. Nearly 100 Canadian and U.S. craft brewers now offer canned beers, including Oregon brewers such as Caldera, Fearless Brewing in Estacada and Fort George Brewing in Astoria, which plans to bring out its Vortex IPA in 16-ounce cans in the next year or so."
 

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March 26th, 2012 at 6:17 PM | About as far as you can get (Score:1)
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About as far as you can get from the oberon topic, but I've found that Guinness poured from a widget can is the closest facsimile to the glory you find in dublin pubs.

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March 26th, 2012 at 10:30 AM | I'll be heading to dinner (Score:1)
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I'll be heading to dinner tonight for my sisters birthday and a fresh Oberon will probably be in order. Although I like the heavier darker stuff like some posters ealrier. I'll take a KBS over an Oberon any day.

"And if that doesn't wet your appetite, you're watching the wrong channel."

You can usually find me bumping some Reggae, hammered on Higgins Lake with the goon squad. #HALOL

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March 26th, 2012 at 11:03 AM | Sam Summer came out this (Score:1 Normal)
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Sam Summer came out this weekend...so...cheers!

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March 26th, 2012 at 11:26 AM | Why dost thou blaspheme? Sam (Score:1)
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Why dost thou blaspheme?

Sam summer in an Oberon thread?

Please

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March 26th, 2012 at 11:43 AM | I'm from Boston. Sam Summer's (Score:2 Normal)
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I'm from Boston. Sam Summer's release here is greeted with a similar reaction as you guys have for Oberon. I just want to reach the day where you can have your Oberon and I can have my Sam's Summer and we can talk about our love of Michigan together. 

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