That's right folks, after a year of absence on liquor store shelves all over Cook County Bells Beer is back in Illinois under a new guise. The somewhat unattractive packaging refers to the beer as Kalamazoo Royal Amber Ale. Reportedly, this is the same beer as Bell's Amber (the bottles note that it's brewed and bottled by Bells) which can only mean the name was sold to a new distributer, not the product itself. In a few weeks we'll be getting the 'new' oberon. While I've been exposed to much more enjoyable beer since I lost my bells, (think Three Floyds among others) there is something nostalgic and satisfying about the Beer of my formative drinking years. Summer simply isn't the same without Oberon. There is no word yet on the distribution of Two Hearted Ale or what that may be called. Our favorites so far include Broken Hearted Ale or Cold Hearted Ale.
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far out
hold the phone - it is one thing to characterize other beers (likely of other styles) as less enjoyable than say amber or oberon, but the line-up is far from kids' stuff. two hearted, hopslam, k-stout and expedition stout are no joke. suggested name for two hearted: best fuckin beer ever?
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