Checkers And Chess
Ocelot Brewing Company
- From:
- Ocelot Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #925 - ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #12,243 - Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 3.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 28, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 24, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Hopped with Galaxy & Kohatu.
We are loving how this IPA came out! Big juicy fruit character, full body and just enough soft bitterness to round it out!
We are loving how this IPA came out! Big juicy fruit character, full body and just enough soft bitterness to round it out!
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Rated by PSanger from Connecticut
4.21/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had on draft at brewery.
Dec 16, 2022
Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts
4.26/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a golden hazy. Lots of citrus aroma. Tangerine and mandarin fill the palate with just the right amount of pineapple to round it out. Often times, galaxy beers can be overwhelming, casting hop burn and other unpleasantries. This is a great beer from Ocelot that you can order more than one of.
Nov 05, 2019
Reviewed by deleted_user_1111368 from Delaware
4.27/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Canned 10-2-19
Pours light orange and hazy. Light head, sticky lacing. Smells tropical up front, with a bit of citrus and pine. Taste mirrors the aroma. MF is very smooth, with a little bite late.
Smells like a flavor bomb.. so many flavors, I got lost. My 1st venture into Ocelot. Loved it.
Nov 03, 2019Pours light orange and hazy. Light head, sticky lacing. Smells tropical up front, with a bit of citrus and pine. Taste mirrors the aroma. MF is very smooth, with a little bite late.
Smells like a flavor bomb.. so many flavors, I got lost. My 1st venture into Ocelot. Loved it.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.88/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
On tap at brewery:
Bit more cloudy than Ocelot’s normal haze, but about the same pale color. The haze turns it to looking like a white grapefruit juice, we’re it not for the foam atop it. Some “spooky” lacing congregates across the grass.
Nose is that oat-tinged tropical note of many a cloudy, juicy IPA. A little sweetness is involved as well as a tinge of grapefruit zest. Taste brings the oat and sweetness in the opening, but the tropical isn’t so evident. There’s a little more acidity to the fruit aspects, but not specifically citrus.
Feel is medium with a mild dose of oat rawness. A mildly fruit tangy NE IPA that is decently put together but sits in with a large group of similar offerings.
Oct 27, 2019Bit more cloudy than Ocelot’s normal haze, but about the same pale color. The haze turns it to looking like a white grapefruit juice, we’re it not for the foam atop it. Some “spooky” lacing congregates across the grass.
Nose is that oat-tinged tropical note of many a cloudy, juicy IPA. A little sweetness is involved as well as a tinge of grapefruit zest. Taste brings the oat and sweetness in the opening, but the tropical isn’t so evident. There’s a little more acidity to the fruit aspects, but not specifically citrus.
Feel is medium with a mild dose of oat rawness. A mildly fruit tangy NE IPA that is decently put together but sits in with a large group of similar offerings.
Reviewed by Beers-es from Virginia
4.23/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From a growler, pours a pretty hazy light gold. Bright white head leaves nice lacing. Smell is tart citrus, with lemon and passionfruit dominating, but also a bit of resinous pine and some savory herbs. Taste follows, with some legit bitterness. Feel is light-ish, as per Ocelot's usual, but carb is spot on. It's good.
Sep 05, 2017
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