Brewery / taproom
Unclaimed profileOcelot Brewing Company
Dulles, VA · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Ocelot Brewing Company runs a 14-tap list that moves across pilsners, lagers, IPAs, witbiers, saison, milk stout, and Baltic porter. The headline pour is Worthless Liar, an 11% ABV English barleywine aged 18 months in Wild Turkey barrels. Little Black Book milk stout returns on nitro and in cans, and Wilderness of False Flowers brings a 6.8% ABV New England IPA with Simcoe, Strata, and Elani. Eleven can formats and a guest dry cider round out the taproom and to-go program.
- What should I order?
- Start with Worthless Liar Barleywine, the 11% ABV English barleywine aged 18 months in Wild Turkey barrels. For a lower-ABV counterpoint, Revival Lager at 4% ABV or Sunnyside Dweller, a 5.1% ABV German pilsner with Spalter Select hops. Little Black Book milk stout on nitro is the stout order.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Beer drinkers who want a wide tap list in one visit: lager and pilsner traditionalists, IPA drinkers, and anyone chasing barrel-aged strong ale or a nitro stout. The 11 can formats and guest cider also suit anyone building a mixed to-go pack.
- When should I go?
- The taproom page references a schedule of events, beer releases, and local live music, so check the calendar before choosing a visit. Little Black Book's return to cans and the rotating tap list make release days the most useful time to go.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- A 14-tap range that includes pilsners, lagers, IPAs, witbiers, saison, barleywine, milk stout, and Baltic porter, anchored by an 18-month Wild Turkey-barrel English barleywine at 11% ABV and a nitro milk stout back in cans after several years.
Beverage categories
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Beer
Fourteen taps cover pilsners, lagers, IPAs, witbiers, saison, milk stout, and Baltic porter. The barrel-aged English barleywine, nitro milk stout, and 11 can formats give the list range beyond a standard taproom lineup, though the strongest draws sit among a handful of pours.
Menu strengths
- — Fourteen beers on tap spanning lagers, pilsners, IPAs, witbiers, saison, barleywine, milk stout, and Baltic porter.
- — Worthless Liar is an 11% ABV English barleywine aged 18 months in Wild Turkey barrels.
- — Eleven can formats plus Little Black Book milk stout on nitro.
Standout selections
- — Worthless Liar Barleywine, an 11% ABV English barleywine aged 18 months in Wild Turkey barrels.
- — Wilderness of False Flowers, a 6.8% ABV New England IPA with Simcoe, Strata, and Elani hops.
- — Little Black Book milk stout on nitro, also back in cans for the first time in several years.
- — Sunnyside Dweller, a 5.1% ABV, 34 IBU German pilsner with Spalter Select hops.
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