Champagne Velvet
Upland Brewing Company in Bloomington, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.48
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In 1902, Walter Bruhn, the son of German immigrants, created a recipe for a new pilsener beer named Champagne Velvet. Over the next 50 years it grew to become one of Indiana’s most popular beers, a go-to for many of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It was “The Beer with the Million Dollar Flavor,” which wasn’t just marketing fluff; it was actually insured with a $1 million policy.
Industrial consolidation took down this regional favorite and the recipe went missing for many years until a fan rescued the hand-written recipe. Upland reformulated the recipe using that scrap of paper and proudly brings this Midwestern legend back to life. Champagne Velvet has a refreshingly light pilsener body with some sweet complexities given off by the corn malt used in this recipe, making this the perfect lager.
Industrial consolidation took down this regional favorite and the recipe went missing for many years until a fan rescued the hand-written recipe. Upland reformulated the recipe using that scrap of paper and proudly brings this Midwestern legend back to life. Champagne Velvet has a refreshingly light pilsener body with some sweet complexities given off by the corn malt used in this recipe, making this the perfect lager.
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7/10
I regret nothing
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
can - throwback to an old timer beer. Was decent - probably better than the OG if i had to guess - solid sipper
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2024
at 04:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from the guest room at Beer Under Glass. Another recreation of an old brand for which I've never had the original. Let's see. Pours a sudsy foam head over a very pale, clean yellow beer. Some bubbles still at work as I look this over. Light beer nose, though I can smell some of the alcohol made by the corn. Taste is… pretty OK. A bowling beer for sure: light malt, some corn sweetness that just edges out some German-type hops. Thin mouthfeel, but hops in the bubbles make them kind of prickly and ticklish. Wouldn't say no to another.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2022
at 03:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from a local bar we got to for the food. @Home. BB:101221. Guess that means it's old. Frozen head, clear, pale gold, sticky. Boring clean steel & grain nose. Taste is every so slightly malty, but straight clean after that. Twinge of metallic hops, then clean water. Super refreshing. Frothy, thin, somewhat slick. Great. Keep cold.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2022
at 21:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
US Pint can in the Red Dog, Pioneertown, California on 7th January 2022. Pale yellow, clear body, fast fading white head. Slightly sweet with a corn like flavour, not unpleasant, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2022
at 05:28
8/10
FLLN. Perfect beer flavored beer for those heavily adjuncted Berliner or gose or whatever nights.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Feb 2021
at 23:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can, from Malt & Mold (11/22/19). Pours clear pale yellow with large foamy white head, very faint malt aroma, high carbonation, mildly hopped sweet malty taste, thin body, abrupt finish. Not dry enough for a good pilsner.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2019
at 18:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma is little soggy grain not off putting. Taste is sweet grassy grain nice refreshing finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2019
at 21:33
6.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2019
at 16:39