| I'll be direct and up front with you about this. Bell's | | | | got heavier as the beer warmed in the glass. There |
| Oberon Ale (offered by Bell's Brewery, Inc. in | | | | was a bready feel to it but again, this was not the |
| Kalamazoo, MI) is a microbrew I'll admit to actually | | | | common breadiness found in many wheat style beers. |
| having tried on several occasions over the past year | | | | I think overall, the spice that I can't quite place in the |
| or two. The problem has been that I just hardly ever | | | | background really makes this microbrew very unique in |
| really had any time or the common sense to actually | | | | my book. I honestly do not typically find wheat beers |
| stop, take time out, and make an effort to write down | | | | to be my preference or favorite but I found myself |
| my own personal thoughts and impressions of this true | | | | really starting to enjoy Bell's Oberon Ale especially as |
| to form "American wheat ale". Well, no time better | | | | the beer warmed. |
| than the present I always say. And now, with summer | | | | If you like American Wheat Ales by nature, then this |
| weather here in Western Pennsylvania, there's no | | | | beer is certainly not going to disappoint you if you're |
| reason to put it off any longer. Especially since wheat | | | | trying it for the first time. If you hate wheat ales but |
| beers, or "Witte" beers perhaps, are traditionally those | | | | love craft beers and microbrews, in the spirit of the art |
| beers geared for summertime enjoyment. | | | | of microbrewing, I'd still recommend you at least give |
| Starting right out of the gate, I'd have to admit that I | | | | Oberon Ale a fair shot in broadening your microbrew |
| actually sort of admire the colorful goofy looking Mr. | | | | horizons. You just might like it, and maybe alot as I did. |
| Sun logo on the label first off. With colors of bright | | | | Of all the wheat ales I've tried, and I confess it's not |
| orange, yellow and blue, the bottle labeling design | | | | been hundreds, Bell's Oberon Ale is, without a doubt |
| definitely drew my attention to Bell's Oberon out of the | | | | my favorite and one I would not hesitate in picking up a |
| hundreds of microbrews in my local mix and match six | | | | six pack of. |
| pack shop. | | | | I'd not suggest adding an orange slice to Oberon Ale |
| Pouring the 12 ounce brown bottle into an unchilled | | | | as the beer can definitely hold its own in both flavor |
| teardrop shaped glass, I found a tawny bright burning | | | | and substance all by its lonesome. There is certainly no |
| of orange and light rust. A slight haze was present but | | | | need for props or fruitsy tootsy garnishes here. One |
| nothing entirely out of ordinary for a wheat beer. A | | | | thing of note is that Bell's Oberon Ale does rate |
| mild 1 finger head coated the surface for a couple brief | | | | somewhere in the 6% abv range which is maybe a bit |
| minutes and rapidly dissipated into lilly pads of splotchy | | | | stronger than you'd want to be exposed to if just |
| froth. | | | | hanging around, sitting on the back porch in 90 degree |
| Smell was very faint, a slight fruity touch to it but not | | | | plus weather, drinking beer all afternoon after a hard |
| "banana" strong as you find in so many wheat style | | | | Saturday of mowing the lawn. Don't get carried away |
| ales. It gave off a faint spiciness that was a little tough | | | | and please be responsible. If it's got to be a wheat ale |
| to place. | | | | for summertime consumption, for me, I'm going to go |
| Sipping this beer for the first ten minutes or so, I | | | | straight to Bell's Oberon Ale if I have anything to say |
| experienced that slight fruitness in flavor as well. I'd | | | | about it. This micro brew is a winner in my book by |
| describe it actually as a sweeter, syrupy fruit that only | | | | any craft beer style standards. |