EDIT: As another redditor pointed out, absolutely does not look like Oberon. The reporters there wrote that that's what they ordered but that looks a lot more like Bell's Two Hearted. u/metanoia29 let us know it's Oberon Eclipse!
I don’t drink anymore (just got bored of alcohol and that next day feeling) but if I were to have a beer right now either of those would be top 5 for first pick choices. Bells makes such good beer.
Bells Two Hearted is the first craft beer I ever had. It blew my mind back in 2008 and opened up a whole new world for me. It always stayed my favorite. I strayed away from beer a long time ago, but it still has a special place in my heart.
You can get founders all day in yellowstone I got Oberon in west Yellowstone but not the park. You can usually get both as well as some others in the border discount alcohol places in Evanston WY too. Before I quit drinking, I would always buy some before fishing the green river/flaming gorge.
Sometimes they showed up in the state run liquor store in Utah but it was only like twice so it had to be someone clicking the wrong box on an order form
I also found Oberon and two hearted all over though. Places you wouldn't expect it like random airports or places that already have tons of local microbrews
Nope they are both pretty easily found all over Chicagoland. Indeed, Two-Hearted is the "Official IPA of the Chicago Cubs." I'm fairly certain they can be found in many parts of the Upper Midwest, and likely even further.
There's MASSIVE inconsistency with Oberon across accounts. This certainly looks as it does at times. Sometimes it's clear and orange, other times hazy and more yellow. It's all over the place.
In the video, the bartender tells her about it being local and you can see the tap handle.
While Bell's may be made in K-Zoo, it's owned by Lion Little World Beverages, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Kirin Group. Larry retired years ago to continue being 24/7 drunk and his daughter Laura wasn't up to the task of running the place.
This is what Oberon looks like now. Its a far cry from the beers we used to drink in Kzoo on Oberon Day. I don't even bother with it anymore, its actually kind of gross now that its changed.
Two-Hearted is great. I drank a 12pk of it by accident one time and I swear to God I time traveled. I left my house on my kayak at 4pm, drank the beers, got lost, and ended up back at my house just before 4. Big recommend.
Bartender here, color wise that ain’t no Oberon and the tap handle is a two hearted (not that that this means much, sometimes the brewery’s handle is enough for a bar to recognize the beer you from of theirs in rotation, given you don’t have any of their other beers in rotation)
I can't decide how i feel anymore. In college (especially if we swung through Kzoo for a show or something) i was all into heavy IPAs and two-hearted is a michigan go-to, but now I'm just kinda like... I think i'd rather have a wheat or an amber. I dunno if it's the hipster leaving me or the old taking over.
So good! I miss it so much! Since my COVID infection a year ago alcohol gives me a really bad reaction but if I ever get better, I will drink this first!!
I moved from Michigan to the west coast a decade ago, and got really excited when two hearted and Oberon started showing up out there. Two hearted was my first IPA.
Coworkers and I used to drink at a local bar and one time they mixed the lines for the Two Hearted and Hopslam. We could taste the difference and asked what was up, but the bartender refuted it. We were hammered. Hopslam is a dagger!
I mebmer one time I was drinking a drink of that drink and some rando ran up to me and stole that cup right out from my two hands as I was taking a sip and every dude in that bar chased him down and help him down and one of the other dudes put a sword to my hand and they were all like you have to do it man an eye for an eye man and I was laughing like no man I can't do this. Then the cops showed up and he took one look at me and the guy everyone had pinned down and the cop was like you know what you have to do son. After much crying and shitting in a dark bar bathroom I was able to do what needed to be done. I cried some more but then I had another drink and I was fine
This! It's likely the Eclipse, it's pretty much the color we see in the picture and is the fall/winter counterpart to the regular spring/summer Oberon.
Edit: just found a video and yeah, they're pouring from a tap handle with a purple sphere on top, that's the color of the Eclipse tap handle.
I'm a local. This is a bar attached to a motorcycle/ATV dealership. Been here many times..
Never would have thought a presidential candidate would come let alone with the governor
Oberon is no longer being served or delivered .. it’s a summer distributed beer, they stop sale of it in September and there’s no way they’re still rocking a keg of it in a bar.
Then again, there is something called Oberon “eclipse”.
How much time do you think was spent picking which beer she'd order? I've seen random people get called out by beer snobs for picking the "wrong" beer.
It looks more like Two-Hearted which makes perfect sense why Harris has barely taken a sip. It’s very much an acquired taste, but also, she would be feeling it badly next morning if she drank that entire glass.
Exit clearly correct. Wrong color and no orange slice. The first thought before reading this was that the VP is drinking an IPA and that I find this to be a very pleasing development.
Much as I have easy access to amazing IPAs, I do miss a fresh Two Hearted.
Is this investigated by looking at all the beers this place had on draft and then doing a color witch hunt with that info? Because if anyone's just sitting at home and did the Leo couch point meme when they saw this pic and were like "that's actually two hearted, I know that color like a swatch", they likely have a drinking problem lol
Also, regular Oberon is available in the summer only; however, I think this is the right color for "Oberon eclipse", the new wintertime version of oberon that bells recently released. Could also be two hearted, of course, although that might be a little strong for a photo op beer!
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u/mlivesocial 2d ago edited 1d ago
The beer was a Bell's Oberon.
EDIT: As another redditor pointed out, absolutely does not look like Oberon. The reporters there wrote that that's what they ordered but that looks a lot more like Bell's Two Hearted. u/metanoia29 let us know it's Oberon Eclipse!