Bells Oberon Ale

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

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

UPDATED: MAY 28, 2009 bottle. pours an unfiltered deep golden with a nice white head. pleasant citrus and spicy aroma. spice up front with big wheat malts over the top. nice bitter finish for a wheat ale... the Saaz hops are really pronounced here... plenty of citrus / lemon notes throughout. Bells delivers the best beer for Summer.... Oberon is something I will buy every year.

One of the best parts of summer. I cant wait for the new batch to come out. It has a rusty orange, cloudy appearance and tastes divine. very fluffy head thats stays throughout the glass

UPDATED: JUN 19, 2009 12oz bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours hazy golden with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of grain, earth, wheat, grass, light spice and honey notes. Flavor is sweet and somewhat floral with notes of wheat, spice, grass, yeast, hints of caramel, honey and light floral hops. Generally light to medium body with a pleasing light floral hop and wheat finish.

Aroma is strong, orange citrus, not unlike Bell's Amber. Appearance is where this beer doesn't measure up. In Has a rapidly dissipating head (I couldn't get my stopwatch out fast enough) and a slightly murky dark gold color. Medium carbonation. With everyone before me seemingly giving 4s for appearance, either I got a bad batch(or old batch)(it was marked down in price) or my thoroughly rinsed glass didn't do anything for it. Taste is definitely on the sour side; reminded me somewhat of Schultheiss' Original Berliner Weiss, though this actually tastes like beer. It has some faintly pleasant undertones, like some fruit that wants to come out and some mild bitterness, but it's just not scoring points for me. One caviat is that I had just previously eaten some very strong, raw onion, which might have shot my taste buds. I'll give this brew a second chance at a re-rate.

Bottle from Cavie. Hazy yellow pour with a big white head. Aroma is light spice and a wheat cut. Taste is really creamy, spicy, and bitter. Great finish.

Hazy light orange body with ah thick film and ring of bubbles. Nose-orange Tang, CO2, and wheat extract. Taste-orange zest, wheaty, citric, light banana, cinnamon, nutmeg. A perfect summer or lawnmower beer. Delightfully light while being flavorful.

Pale amber with creamy white head. Sweet, fruity nose with a spicy, sweet flavor.

Bottle, from trade with Duane. Good nose, sweet. Wheat, lime, clove. Tad hazy golden orange color, good fluffy heead that faded quickly. Sweet bitter flavors, I’m getting wheat, caramel, clove, banana, bubblegum. Medium body, lite syrupy mouthfeel, Sweet bitter finish. Nice beer, hints of a white to me.