Grand Royale
Ocelot Brewing Company
- From:
- Ocelot Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 4.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 17, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 25, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Collaboration with Union Craft Brewing
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Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
4.49/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Delicious. Look is hazy orange, persistent white head. Lots of lacing. Rich fruit nose, even better tropical flavor. Silky smooth feel. A superb drinking experience.
May 02, 2019
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.94/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at brewery:
A dense fog of dusty yellow makes up the body. A neatly stacked couple fingers of head wobbles but does not break atop the beer in the outside breeze. A curtain falls against the glass as the volume of the head drops.
A tropical fruit breeze wafts towards me, classic NE IPA notes of papaya, orange peel, tangerine with a hint of grapefruit and even a hint of nuttiness from the presumed use of oats.
Soft and creamy, the carbonation seems wrapped in cloudy pillows. Malt and oats put this beyond medium and provide a canvas for the slightly more citrusy taste. Specifically, grapefruit and thicker Valencia orange peel notes make the taste less fruity than expected. The oat influence brings about a husk-like aspect that dulls the malts seemingly as much as the hops. There’s a little of the raw Citra/Mosaic flavor that sneaks through.
This is one of those NE IPAs that comes to me as the “new school” APA. The malts and presumed adjuncts are as much in play as the non-bittering hops. I feel the taste fell just a bit short of showcasing the hops enough to get to a higher rating as a DIPA.
Apr 14, 2019A dense fog of dusty yellow makes up the body. A neatly stacked couple fingers of head wobbles but does not break atop the beer in the outside breeze. A curtain falls against the glass as the volume of the head drops.
A tropical fruit breeze wafts towards me, classic NE IPA notes of papaya, orange peel, tangerine with a hint of grapefruit and even a hint of nuttiness from the presumed use of oats.
Soft and creamy, the carbonation seems wrapped in cloudy pillows. Malt and oats put this beyond medium and provide a canvas for the slightly more citrusy taste. Specifically, grapefruit and thicker Valencia orange peel notes make the taste less fruity than expected. The oat influence brings about a husk-like aspect that dulls the malts seemingly as much as the hops. There’s a little of the raw Citra/Mosaic flavor that sneaks through.
This is one of those NE IPAs that comes to me as the “new school” APA. The malts and presumed adjuncts are as much in play as the non-bittering hops. I feel the taste fell just a bit short of showcasing the hops enough to get to a higher rating as a DIPA.
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