Finally, the last of my six beers from Bell's of Michigan. The brewery calls it an American wheat ale but it pours deeply cloudy amber ale under a thin white foam and rim with a whacking great big glob of yeast left in the bottom of the bottle. Not like any American wheat I've seen lately. Drying but sub-astringent lime-ish hops right down the middle of the palate wrapped in cream of wheatish grain. There is some fruitiness - tinges of apricot and lemon rind - plus late summer grass. Spiced cream yeast - all spice as much as anything. The four percent at the low end of BA love appear to be all scared of yeast.
Brewery Focus: Bell's Oberon Ale, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Posted by on Thursday, August 23, 2007 in - 5 comments
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BR - August 27, 2007 12:08 PM
did you like it?
Alan - August 27, 2007 1:10 PM
Hah! I forgot to mention that - yes I did. Certainly more than any other "American Wheat" which is a style yet to really interest me.
marcobrau - August 28, 2007 12:00 AM
I've always viewed the yeast in Bell's beers a good thing. It's easy to add a little sterile wort to the dregs of a bottle and use it to ferment some homebrew. I haven't used the Oberon yeast, but the regular Bell's strain s very attenuative - something like 80 percent.
linda - November 3, 2008 9:40 PM
where can I buy oberon besides Kalamazoo, MI.? Anywhere near Kentucky?
john lavereau - January 25, 2011 10:10 PM
just bought a 6 pack from total wines in fort myers. each bottle of oberon ale looks like it has what we use to call MOTHER in vinegar. Is this normal to have floating particles in the beer?