Ocelot Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Dulles,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Ocelot Brewing Company
Established in 2013
Contact
23600 Overland Dr, Suite 180, Dulles, VA, 20166, United States
Description
Craft beer is a passion, an obsession and a journey. This journey has opened our eyes (and taste buds) to some of the finest examples of beer this planet has to offer. Our tastes and expectations have forever changed, and so have our methods of enjoyment. From beer trades, to home brewing, to attending release parties and festivals one thing became clear… We rarely drink the same beer over and over again, and we love to share.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Straw and a hint of tin. Golden pour without much head retention. Snappy bitter end. A lot of body for such a light beer. More like a golden mild. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2024
at 20:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Super hazy bright glowing golden body with a very nice tan and off-white two centimetre tall head that stays afloat for a long time over the 90 per cent opaque raw honey body. Aroma of oranges, mangoes, papaya, light oats, some noticeable sugars and a strong alcohol scent, too. Full-bodied; Super rich oaty and wheat notes really bring out the pungency with oranges, mangoes and papaya quite strong as well, with a deep crisp and resinous, sweet & fruity flavour throughout that does show a good deal of alcohol, but also a lot of sugars. Aftertaste is rich across the board with a deep tropical fruitiness here, with a lot of sweetness, almost at the cloying level, with bunches of oats making this feel like it's full-bodied throughout, and a lot of alcohol notes that show close to 9 per cent, but perhaps hiding a per cent. Overall, a nice, but quite rich beer throughout that has a very nice fruitiness, a lot of oat maltiness and bunches of residual sugar - great to have local, but be ready for how rich it is! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from The Perfect Pour in Elk Ridge, Maryland on 25-October-2022 for US$6,75, canned on 09-February-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 23-May-2023.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2024
at 06:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Mango and passion fruit. Murky yellow pour with decent head. Light sweet finish with some hops tang. I dont detect much of my beloved Nelson here but it's still a good beer. Nelson is just buried. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 21:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pretty sharp crispness for rice. I feel like I get a sense of jasmine rice but I dunno. Golden pour with decent head. Light bitter end. Pleasant lager. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 21:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Lots of grapefruit here. Snappy and crisp. A little pump and some peel. Pours deep golden with decent head and lacing. Bitter end. Nice stuff. Ocelot is one of the only breweries I know that can pull off both hazies and West Coasters with consistent competence. Most can only do one or the other. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2024
at 20:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Peach skin, grapefruit. Pours murky yellow with decent head and lacing. Soft citrus peel finish, just a touch of green onion. Pleasant IPA. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 20:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Lots of pine, some unripe orange, peel included. Pours clear golden with decent head. Bitter finish. Easy drinking, pleasant pale ale. Tap at Ocelot.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 19:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Huge Nelson grapefruit nose on this. Then lots of mango, papaya. Murky yellow pour with decent head and lacing. Light hop tang finish. Tap at Ocelot.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2024
at 23:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Strawberry and plenty of grapefruit. Some agave sweetness. Golden pour with decent head. Tangy end. Tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Mar 2024
at 23:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
3-16-23 Ocelot
Tried
on 16 Mar 2024
at 18:29