It's Oberon day!
Went to Chumleys after work today to partake in a couple pints. I was too dead after the matches yesterday to make it to the release party last night at midnight.
This year's is spectacular. Last year's batch was extremely fragile, which definitely took away from what the not-skunked beer tasted like. Nothing is more off putting than wondering how skunked the beer would be. The fresh beer last year was spectacular, and that's what I'll compare this years to.
This year's brew was much sweeter...so much so that I was a bit confused. However it isn't a bad sweet. It's still not like blue moon sweet, but sweeter than last years.
All of the rest of the flavor profile is as advertised...pure oberon. The mellow, pleasant flavor of the spices, balanced out by the wheaty earthiness and kiss of hops on the finish. Very awesome.
Last year's unskunked Oberon was slightly better, but it was so hard to find that do to the fragility of the recipe. If this formulation is a little more durable, this will be an amazing oberon season.
-James
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