Old Ox Brewery

Microbrewery in Ashburn, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Old Ox Brewery - Out of business

Established in 2014

Closed in 2024

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44652 Guilford Dr, #114, Ashburn, VA, 20147, United States
Description
Production Brewery and tasting room in Ashburn, Virginia

Old Ox is a family owned and operated commercial brewery. Our family works together. Plays together. Celebrates together. Faces life’s obstacles together. We’ve founded our brewery on hard work and a commitment to the community. Old Ox Brewery is committed to brewing extraordinary beer that honors family and connects the community.

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Fairly clear golden and peach coloured body with a nice, thick, two to three centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat nicely and shows a slight glow near the top. Aroma of grass, tropical fruits, flowers, hay and a good hit of candy, that is very nice and incredibly aromatic. Medium-bodied; Very tropically flavoured at first with a resinous and sweet candy bite, but the malt is balanced nicely here, some herbal finishes and a cryo hop note dominates in a bitter, soft way! Aftertaste shows crisp, rich, floral, grassy, tropically and full of flavours, with a nice balance from the malts, but a smooth sweetness near the end and a pleasant candy-like profile that has some tropical fruits like guava, papaya and pineapple, but also a nice bitterness from all those hops, too. Overall, a nice and rich beer, that has a lot of flavours, a smooth concise balance and good hop bitterness. Nice to have locally and especially super fresh! I sampled this one the same day as purchasing it! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Potomac Yard), Virginia on 05-May-2021 for US$1,87 sampled at my house here in Washington on the same day, 05-May-2021.
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2021 at 06:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16oz can from a 4pack purchased at Costco. Pored a orange hue with a huge fluffy white head. Aroma was tangerine, orange. Plenty of lactose. Pretty sure this pack was infected or was kept at too high of a temperature at some point. Way more carbonation than I expected. Flavor was good, so there wasn't any off-flavor, but the mouthfeel was unexpected. Can #3 opened on its own moments before I opened it up myself and about 75% of it ended up on my garage driveway.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2021 at 14:15

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Refrigerated pint can poured into a weizen glass. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Aroma is wheat esters, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters, passion fruit, guava, and herbal hops.
Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2021 at 23:54

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of roasted malt, pitted fruits, raisins, figs, molasses and some grainy notes, but a light dose of sugars with some pungent malts without much hints of squash at all, and only a tiny hint of spices. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasted malt notes with a good deal of oatmeal and nuts with a dry grainy note with a good deal of sugars and some vanilla notes with a good pungency from the sugars and some alcohol noticeable near the end with a faint bitterness, but from the malt and alcohol versus any hops, which aren't really shown here at all. Aftertaste shows the sweetness and relatively rich malts without much squash, too much spice or pungency, but enough robust qualities - nice all around. Overall, a very nice spiced ale that tastes like an old ale with some additional flavours and pungency with a lot of sweetness, but not cloyingly so and a good amount of spices without being too strong. A good robust and balanced option that's perfect for the season, especially for those who don't like pumpkins or squash, surprisingly! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 23-October-2021 for US$3,79 sampled at my house here on the day before Halloween on 30-October-2021.
Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2021 at 09:04

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Lots of tangerine. Hazy orange pour with ok head. Light lactose but not a ton of it here. Pretty good balance. Tangy finish. Can.
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2021 at 18:48

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap. Pours clear gold. Biscuit, tropical, clean subdued fruit notes. Medium body. Fine.
Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2021 at 17:03

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Refrigerated pint can poured into a glass. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is wheat esters, medium body, lower carbonation, and very little lacing. Taste is wheat esters.
Tried from Can on 09 Oct 2021 at 00:23

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Lime and some orange. Golden. Orange pour with ok head. Tangy finish. Better than many Brut IPAs but not really as dry as a proper Brut. More like a regular IPA.
Tried on 02 Oct 2021 at 21:32

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
16oz can pours a dark amber brown with some creamy beige head. Nose has what you want, malt and caramel, spice and ginger and nutmeg, some carrot cake. Flavor has some Chai tea, then malt and caramel and treacle, ginger, nutmeg, all spice. Finishes full bodied with some cinnamon now.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2021 at 01:12

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at Monk's BBQ. Hazy straw colored pour with a thin white head. Honey is apparent in te aroma and taste along with notes of hay, meadow, grass, and some mild yeasty flavors.
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2021 at 14:23