Bells The Oracle DIPA Ale

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Thanks to Ucusty for the bottle! Pours orange/gold in color. The aroma is sweet with pineapple, mangos, caramel and a bit of lacto. The flavor is smooth and sweet. A little spicy, tropical, and piney in the finish. Good balance. Full bodied, but not syrupy. Very nice.

Bottled sample via and shared with oakbluff. Light orange in colour with moderate carbonation. Aromas are very tropical, with papaya and mango dominating along with some wood and pale malts in the background. Far less fruity in the mouth, with sharper wood and citrus hop notes. Any malt elements are pushed to the background. Focused and sharp bitterness, with a short yet pleasing finish. I wasn’t wild about the aroma, but I like how it tasted overall.

Bottle thanks to ditmier. Pours out a burnt orange topped with a tall white head. Aroma is so hoppy I love it. Tons of citrus and pine notes along with sweet caramell. Taste is WOW hops delight. Grapefruit peel, pine, sweetness, apricot, all working together.

Huge thanks to Teshon for this taster. Ample white head on this hazy, well carbonated dark orange beer. Really solid hop aroma. Citrus & pine resin in the amazingly hoppy body. This is what I imagine hop extract would taste like.

bottle poured an orange amber in color with a one finger thick white head that fell to a pool of bubbles on the surface. aroma has sweet dry hops, citrus rind, grapefruit, light resins, and underlying caramel malt. really floral with that fresh hop juice thing. mouth feel is medium but it coats well with just the right carbonation. flavor picks up some resins, medium bitterness, nice floral citrus, and finishes with lingering hop bitterness. the alcohol heats up a bit as the glass goes on and the sweetness is a medium but well in control.

Bottle. Hazy medium orange body, thick puffy buff head with good lacing. Nose of intense, sweet sugared papaya, resinous and sticky, with some bitter pine and hints of alcohol. Rich, sweet body, with papaya and sticky tropical fruits, citrus and citrus rind, and a piny, astringent finish. The beer’s intensity is felt in its prickly carbonation, warming alcohol notes, and intense hops profile. Bell’s now has two top-notch Imperial IPAs in its repertoire.

12oz from smokepot23, glad to get to try this, thanks again Joey. I thought this turned out pretty good even as the bottle is from August. Overall a nice sweet drinkable DIPA.

The Dan Journal #296. Tasted 9/10/09. 12oz bottle. Batch #9306. Bottled 28 August. Fresh and delicious. Hazy with a bright golden hue. Bubbled white head. Earthy fruity aromas. Full bodied with big, fresh hops. Bitter, dry, piney and earthy. Big bold and bright with a touch mustiness. Lingering finish with a trace burn. Sticky and cloying finish. Flavors of grapefruit and slight berries, but overridden by the pine note. Good malt bill, but once again, overridden by the astringency. Tongue tingling and very solid! I want more!!