March 24th, 2014 at 12:12 AM ^
March 23rd, 2014 at 11:25 PM ^
March 23rd, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
Aren't they finally canning it this year, too? Seems like every year for the past three, they've talked about how this year was the year they were going to be canning to be able to get Oberon on golf courses and other places that don't usually allow glass.
Bell's in Ball's?
March 24th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
We release them April 28th.
Also, we didn't change the beer for "national" syndication or whatever it was that another poster said. A) we've never changed Oberon, one does not change their most successful product ever *(well, Two Hearted is now our no. 1 as of December 2013); the only thing that changes are agricultural environmental conditions and memory. B) the beer has always been brewed year-around in very small batches for the Florida and Arizona markets. Why? Larry Bell has always fancied Oberon as being his "baseball beer". That is the reason it is seasonl throughout most of the U.S., but is also the reason it is year around in those two states: spring ball.
Say what you will about Larry "he's an asshole [which he isn't]", but when you boycott a company like Bell's due to a personality conflict you are also effectively boycotting the almost 300 individuals and families who make their living from Larry Bell.
Commence my online obliteration by firestorm.
March 23rd, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
Bell's started distributing in upstate NY last year, so all I have to do is hop across the border from CT to NY to grab some now.
March 24th, 2014 at 12:34 AM ^
On a side note, has anyone grown their own hops? Is it easy? What should I look at to get started?
In the very small experience I have in meeting Larry Bell in person, asshole is the opposite of how I'd have described him.
March 24th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
They are building a beautiful brewery down the road from Bell's Eccentric. That entire area is going to be incredible to wander around in this summer. Kalamazoo is pretty amazing these days.
But summer has always meant "Hoegaarden" to me since I worked in Belgium (yes, you can get it year 'round there, but still...).
March 24th, 2014 at 10:41 AM ^
March 24th, 2014 at 11:47 AM ^
And an FYI - There is a nano-brewery in Holland - Our Brewing Company, that has a Michigan grad as it's brewmaster. Great stuff, if you're over on that side of the state.