Bells Oberon Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Wheat Ale
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

an appearance point for the label and packaging, funny and well done. Soft but very hoppy, fully aromatic and lightly bready with little to no toast or fruit. Light lemons and a touch of camphor or spearmint. Unusual, full flavored, and dangerously quaffable.

Slightly murky yellow. Wheat, lemon, and citrus on the nose. Flavour is bright and sweet lemon with ginger. Balanced sweetness with slight sour from the lemon presence. Nice unique flavour but for some reason it didn’t overly impress me.

++++ Re Rate 19 May 2009 ++++
12 oz bottle purchased at Lukas. Batch 9026. Pour is hazed golden yellow with a pretty 1 1/2 inch white head. A lot of suspended floaties visible in the glass. Full lacing. Aroma of wheat, earthy yeasty spiciness, some soft clove towards the back. Fresh nose. Taste is grainy earthy wheat, with light lemon citric tartness and clove yeastiness. Also a big blast of orange bitter hoppiness near the finish. Everything is present, nicely integrated and really fresh. The aftertaste is fairly long, sweet, slightly bitter, hoppiness. Palate is medium to thin, coats the mouth a bit and is very easy to drink. Nice amount of carbonation. Nice one. (7,3,8,4,14 - 3.6)

++++ Original Rating 5 Nov 2006 ++++
Bottle. Yellowish orange color. Nice white head on pour, aroma is citrus, mostly orange and lemon. Good clean taste. A nice wheat. (6,4,6,3,14 - 3.3)

Typical summer ale, light bodied, light-medium carbonation and a cloudy pale yellow. Pours a one-fingered, white head that settles quickly but leaves some lace. Looking for the wheat and not finding it, this is a pale without the bitter hoppy aftertaste. 12oz bottle $1.75, from Liquor Barn, Lexington, KY.

Pint draft pour from Charlies Pub in Munster, Indiana, this poured a hazy gold. Medium white head and average lacing. Nose of malts, wheat, ad some grassy hops. Smooth mouthfeel. Easy drinking.

Fine creamy white head, hangs around mostly. Hazy gold color. Slightly bready, citrusy nose. Light body, well carbonated. Yeasty flavored, somewhat fruity. OK summer brew, nuthin special.

This is clearly, without a 2nd thought my favorite American Wheat ale. Now, to me American Wheat’s are one of the most uninteresting styles out there. We just don’t do the wheat beer justice. Unless it has some fruit in it, it’s usually some boring POS beer. This isn’t that. An appearance of bright yellow and orange, slight haze and a nice two-finger off white head. Aroma is citrusy, slightly yeasty with a bit of cracker. Mouthfeel was medium bodied and lively. Flavors had a crisp, clean citrus hop, slightly sweet and an excellent clean finish. Bell’s makes another excellent beer and this can be consumed all day and all night. Nice beer.

(brew from my secret santa)super cloudy body with a nice white head.flavor and aroma was a nice mix of apricots,wheat,hops,and a tiny malt finish.nice,crisp,and refreshing.