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Bells Oberon Ale

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86
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
13103.46/5.03.46/5.0Summer6%98.5Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
An American wheat ale made with European ingredients. Belgium wheat malt and Czech Saaz hops provide a spicy, fruity balance to this seasonal ale. (Formerly known as Solsun)
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 WickerBrew (312), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 4, 2008  
Well this is it, probably about as good as you are going to get for a wheat beer. I love gumbalhead but this is just way bigger. Looks way better too. Much thicker and very cloudy. The taste is much more breadsy and avoids the spicy citrusy stuff. Very soft feel. Bells is going to sell a heckuvaot of this before the summer closes in chicago...


 RedXIII (127), Powell, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 3, 2008  
Great summertime beer. Yellow-amber color with a small white head. Aroma is sweet with faint hints of orange and honey. Taste is very drinkable and delicious and is an upgrade on most wheat beers I’ve tried. Definately a session beer.


 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 1, 2008  
Bottle from my girlfriend after visiting Michigan: Very cloudy honey colored pour with not clarity at all and a dense creamy white head. Crisp bright aroma. Wheaty, fruity, light grains, honey soaked lemon, peppery phenolics and lemon grass. Creamy and substantial feel- yet it’s refreshing. Creamy wheat malt flavors with a touch of grain, some lemon grass and a note of herbal honey and late zesty smooth grassy bitterness to make it insanely drinkable. Great summer beer!


 yumyum (122), barrie, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2008  
very boring brew. perhaps expectations were higher based upon other bells products. hazy orange, slight wheaty smell. flavour somewhat weak (due in part to the style). drinkable but very uneventful for me.


 illidurit (873), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/105/515/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Pours a hazy saffron color with a weak head that looks like it’s composed of air bubbles, not CO2. Accordingly, it fizzes out leaving no lacing. Aroma is bready with some mealy wheat. Flavor is unripe banana/honeydew with a touch of clove and a bready, yeasty base. Crisp and clean, extremely refreshing despite a substantial body. Really easy to drink, and a beer I wish was readily available to me for use during hot summer days.


 markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/510/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Pours a hazy yellow with a diminishing white head. Aroma smells of sour oranges/ peaches with some spice. The flavor is very bready with notes of peach and wacky citrus. It is ok, but not wonderful; not what I have come to expect from Bell’s.


 hombrepalo (757), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 28, 2008  
first of many beers tried on my trip to MichiganPoured a hazy golden color with moderate head and a ton of yeast in the bottom-aroma was citrusy and bready. Quite flavorful for as light as it seemed on the tongue, wheaty with some fruitiness and yeast.


 DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/105/514/20
Jul 27, 2008  
Aroma is yeast, sweet fruit, and spice. It’s appearance is a hazy orange, with a fluffy head. It’s flavor is subtle, but complex, with wheat body, citrus spice, and some tiny bit tartness. It’s supra-smooth, a nice session.



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