Flipside
Ocelot Brewing Company
- From:
- Ocelot Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- German Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.78 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 04, 2025
- Added:
- May 04, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Listed as an Italian Pilsner by Ocelot:
Flipside is our new Italian-style pilsner. As you might have guessed from the name and art, Flipside shares DNA with our go-to lagers Sunnyside Dweller and Brightside. Like Sunny, it has a firm bitterness, integrated hoppiness, and, like most Italian pils, draws from the German brewing tradition. And, as with Brightside, it features our two favorite German varietals — lemony Spalter Select and the more nuanced Saphir, which displays a swath of berry, juniper, and lemongrass notes.
In Flipside, we’ve deployed Spalter Select during the boil and Saphir as a dry hop, giving the latter a real chance to shine. The grist is composed almost entirely of Crisp’s pale yet characterful Haná pilsner malt. This heritage barley was originally grown in Moravia — now part of Czechia — during the 1800s but is now cultivated in the UK after being resurrected commercially by Crisp. Within this light and crispy lager, the Continental grain lends a subtle breadiness.
Meet us on the Flipside.
Flipside is our new Italian-style pilsner. As you might have guessed from the name and art, Flipside shares DNA with our go-to lagers Sunnyside Dweller and Brightside. Like Sunny, it has a firm bitterness, integrated hoppiness, and, like most Italian pils, draws from the German brewing tradition. And, as with Brightside, it features our two favorite German varietals — lemony Spalter Select and the more nuanced Saphir, which displays a swath of berry, juniper, and lemongrass notes.
In Flipside, we’ve deployed Spalter Select during the boil and Saphir as a dry hop, giving the latter a real chance to shine. The grist is composed almost entirely of Crisp’s pale yet characterful Haná pilsner malt. This heritage barley was originally grown in Moravia — now part of Czechia — during the 1800s but is now cultivated in the UK after being resurrected commercially by Crisp. Within this light and crispy lager, the Continental grain lends a subtle breadiness.
Meet us on the Flipside.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at brewery;
Slight haze on a straw yellow body, with a bright head that produces sheets of lacing that fade to microdots over time.
Nose of slightly grainy bread with hints of lemon and herb, evoking some herb-laced focaccia in my mind. Taste has a little more herbs and a mineral flavor my nose didn’t pick up. Light lemon rind and mild grassy bitterness fill in middle and late to me.
May 04, 2025Slight haze on a straw yellow body, with a bright head that produces sheets of lacing that fade to microdots over time.
Nose of slightly grainy bread with hints of lemon and herb, evoking some herb-laced focaccia in my mind. Taste has a little more herbs and a mineral flavor my nose didn’t pick up. Light lemon rind and mild grassy bitterness fill in middle and late to me.
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