Smartmouth Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Norfolk,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
Since 2012, Smartmouth Brewing Co. makes beer, thinks beer, talks beer and drinks beer. Family Friendly. Free Parking. Casual.
THE UNEXAMINED BEER IS NOT WORTH BREWING
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must ask himself – Should I continue working my steady and lucrative job or should I just quit and make beer? Well, for Norfolk-native Porter Hardy, the decision was a no-brainer. In 2012, the former home-brewer (and now former lawyer) traded his ties in for tap handles, and never looked back. With a stellar team around him, Porter entered un-fermented waters as one of the original craft breweries to set up shop in Hampton Roads.
THE UNEXAMINED BEER IS NOT WORTH BREWING
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must ask himself – Should I continue working my steady and lucrative job or should I just quit and make beer? Well, for Norfolk-native Porter Hardy, the decision was a no-brainer. In 2012, the former home-brewer (and now former lawyer) traded his ties in for tap handles, and never looked back. With a stellar team around him, Porter entered un-fermented waters as one of the original craft breweries to set up shop in Hampton Roads.
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$1.95 can, Wine Warehouse. Pours hazy orange with a soft off-white head. Aroma is brown leaves and brown grass, light caramel. Flavor is slightly sweet caramel malt, brown grasses, bread, light grain.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2018
at 18:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
4 month old can. ABV stated on can 4.8% A: Poured hard to only a short quickly falling head atop a mostly clear pale gold body.with busy bubbles. S: Sweet bready malts dominate with faint lemon and grass hops. A funky musty note also presents that I'm not sure I like. T: Bitter lemony and grassy hops at first, quickly joined by sweet bread or cake malts. Heavy biscuit as it warms. M: Soft carbonation and a medium light body with an oily finish. O: Good well balanced flavors despite an off note in the aroma, possibly due to age. Worthwhile pils.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2018
at 22:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Some florals and a little light lemon balm. Hazy orange pour with decent head and lacing. Smooth finish. Pleasant saison. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2018
at 00:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Pounder: Tangerine and lemongrass aroma. Cloudy orange, medium yellow head. Orange, pencil shavings, caramel. Full body, warm, moderate carbonation, somewhat resinous. Drinks a bit like a DIPA.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2018
at 01:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pear, cherries aroma. Opaque salmon, thin head. Tart apple, hay, cobweb. Medium body, easy carbonation. More fruit beer than tripel.
Tried
on 05 May 2018
at 19:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint can from Wine Warehouse. Pours apricot-golden with a soft off-white head. Aroma is juicy citrus and stone fruit. Flavor is bitter apricot, citrus including lemon, long piney finish. Bitter!
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2018
at 21:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes in Fairfax, VA Aroma: citrus, caramel Appearance: golden with an offwhite head Taste: medium sweet, medium bitter Palate: medium body, sticky feel, average carbonation, long finish Tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2018
at 21:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Sedona. Pours murky golden with a soft white head. Aroma is sweat, light citrus, funk. Flavor is funky red fruit including cherry, yeast, grass, soap, paper, glue, grapefruit flesh.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2018
at 22:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pounder: Dark roasted malt, coffee nose. Mahogany, thin tan head. Charcoal, raisin. Full body, easy carbonation, chalky, subtle prickly heat. Enjoyable, but perhaps a little timid. I expected a little bolder spice character.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2018
at 00:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Crisp, fairly hazy copper and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, relatively fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of very bright and tropical fruits with some light pine, a touch of grass and perfume and ending with some light sugars and a bit of guava and oranges. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive biscuity and grainy malt flavour at first with a heavy hand of amarillo and more earthy and grainy hop flavourswith a touch of grass near the end. Aftertaste shows the pure biscuit flavours, a bunch of yeast, a larger dose of more earthier, mushroomy and oatmealish malts with a high bitter quality from the hops without too much complex characteristics. Overall,a relatively potent and pungent APA with some nice tropical fruit notes and quite a big earthy quality that shows well. Nice enough to sample, but not worth going way out of the way for or trying to find. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Food Lion in Onley, Virginia on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 27-January-2018 for US$1,67 sampled at home in Washington on 30-January-2018 just three days later.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2018
at 08:17