Quiet Company
Ocelot Brewing Company
- From:
- Ocelot Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 10, 2026
- Added:
- May 10, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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There is another beer with the same name (retired) that is listed as a pale ale at 6%. This beer is a different beer:
Quiet Company is our 4.5% traditional kölsch. It’s a beer that we haven’t brewed in a few years, and when Jack and Rich returned to the German ale’s recipe at the start of this summer, they stripped it back to the studs. Lightened only by a few bags of Weyermann pilsner malt, Quiet Company’s grist is now primarily Brewing Malt Type Cologne, a Weyermann specialty grain that lends a distinctive maltiness, touch of color, and mild sweetness. I mean, look at that golden beaut. It’s still hopped with all German varietals — Magnum, followed by Tettnanger — in the kettle. And it was allowed to condition at frigid lager temperatures for five weeks. As always, we approached this style with the utmost respect. Kölsch remains all about finesse. The result is crisp, clean, and clear.
Quiet Company is our 4.5% traditional kölsch. It’s a beer that we haven’t brewed in a few years, and when Jack and Rich returned to the German ale’s recipe at the start of this summer, they stripped it back to the studs. Lightened only by a few bags of Weyermann pilsner malt, Quiet Company’s grist is now primarily Brewing Malt Type Cologne, a Weyermann specialty grain that lends a distinctive maltiness, touch of color, and mild sweetness. I mean, look at that golden beaut. It’s still hopped with all German varietals — Magnum, followed by Tettnanger — in the kettle. And it was allowed to condition at frigid lager temperatures for five weeks. As always, we approached this style with the utmost respect. Kölsch remains all about finesse. The result is crisp, clean, and clear.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Mildly hazy, somewhat amber-orange body, at least darker in appearance than expected. The head is really sturdy, though, tightly packed atop the cylinder of beer. Decent lacing saves the looks score a bit.
Nose is crackery malt infused with a peppery grass akin to arugula (with less chlorophyll). A little bit of lightly toasted bread crumb on the taste, but the peppery grass/herb plays the bigger role here, starting before the liquid completely traverses my tongue.
The beer comes off a tad bit heavier and thicker than I’m used to for a Kölsch, maybe being a tad light on the carbonation is affecting things. That said, the peppery note compensates decently for that latter part. The feel and the less-pale than expected look are the out-of-sorts parts. The smell and taste pretty much hit the mark for me.
May 10, 2026Nose is crackery malt infused with a peppery grass akin to arugula (with less chlorophyll). A little bit of lightly toasted bread crumb on the taste, but the peppery grass/herb plays the bigger role here, starting before the liquid completely traverses my tongue.
The beer comes off a tad bit heavier and thicker than I’m used to for a Kölsch, maybe being a tad light on the carbonation is affecting things. That said, the peppery note compensates decently for that latter part. The feel and the less-pale than expected look are the out-of-sorts parts. The smell and taste pretty much hit the mark for me.
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