Idle Hands
Ocelot Brewing Company in Dulles, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.47
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at GABF. Pours a light gold with small white head. The aroma is yeast, citrus, wood. Medium body, tart citrus, wheat, yeast, light finish, good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 19:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of lemon and orange citrus, light funk, light floral notes. Tastes of lemon citrus, light floral and herbal notes, funk, citrus peel. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2015
at 01:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Light citrus but not a whole lot else going on here. Light sourness without much character. Pours golden with OK head. Mostly lemon aroma. Tap at Big Hunt.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2015
at 23:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampled at the Black Squirrel’s NKOTB event pours a hazy amber with basically no head. Nose has lemon rind, a little wet wood, some dried grasses, some vitamin C. Flavor has a big acetic note, lemon juice, lemon rind, some passion fruit. Oily and tart. A little ways to go on this one.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2015
at 10:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft in memory of Fred Eckhardt, who I had the honor of meeting at Fred Fest two years ago. We asked him for a picture, and he was so humble he went to take a picture of the two of us. We explained we wanted a picture with him in it! He looked puzzled, but obliged. And the beer has an orange perl aroma with a softly sour orange aroma. Tasty and easy drinking. Here’s to you, Fred.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2015
at 17:43
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Clear, slightly pale golden coloured body with a nice, fast-dying pure white head, resting to about a centimetre tall. Aroma of sour grapes, very light yeast, sour and salty scents, just like a gose with a subtle malt nose and just a touch of candy sweetness. Light-bodied; Subtle malt flavour at first that gives way to a very minor tart and sour flavour that fades to a bit of berries and a slightly bitter funk. Aftertaste is relatively bland and uninspired with a little yeast, some minor tart sweetness and a good deal of water. Overall, worse than I expected, but not a horrible beer. I’ll try more from this brewery as I find them, but this wasn’t a great introduction at all - this wasn’t a gose nor a sour or wild ale and it wasn’t a blonde, but i’m not quite sure what it was. I sampled this 32 ounce growler purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 02-August-2015 for US$5,00 (for all 32 ounces!!!) sampled at home later in the evening - what a great price, and this wasn’t even a great beer!
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2015
at 01:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery. Poured a light hazy yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light wild notes, more funky than anything. Light sweetness, with a hint of tart on the finish. very very very subtle tart fruit on the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2015
at 11:34