Flywheel
Ocelot Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

On tap at Rustico Alexandria. Poured into a nonic pint.
Extra points for a creamy head but negative for this beers piss yellow unfilter unhealthy looking appearance.

 

 

Clear pale yellow. Lighter than the style but still good looking.

Nice floral and pine notes in the taste and smell. Sweet malt notes that are light. Nice and bitter.

Medium body with a decent amount of heft. Tingling carbonation. Slightly thin but smooth and good.

Yeah go for it.

Super clean, and filled with a lot of flavor, more of a pale ale. Crisp, clean and super tight.

 

 

 

On tap at brewery:
Pours a hazy pale yellow from the tap, with a little clearing as it warms. Soapy bubble amidst a giant head that likes the edges, including leaving lines of lacing on them.

Nose is decently strong, with a slight hint of onion. There's mainly a grapefruit rind note with an indistinct sweet-tart fruit in the mix. This fruit note leans a little more floral with warmth.

Taste resembles the nose about as well as any beer I've had. A prickly opening on a cold beer finds the bitterness just teasing the tongue. The vegetal bitterness and somewhat raw hop notes cracks the dam and flood the taste buds. They linger a little, slowly fading from the palate into a somewhat pithy ending.

Pretty much devoid of malts, this gives a slightly thin feel. There's a tingly feel that could be the hops, could be the carbonation, could be an off note, but regardless of why, it was a tad unwelcome.

A decent offering in line with many of the IPAs the brewery makes. Admittedly, my palate was not loving any of the IPAs this day, even those I had rated highly before. Worth a revisit, for sure.