Commonwealth Brewing Co was founded as the manifestation of one family’s love for making uncompromising, exceptional beer and sharing the experiences with friends. The spark of inspiration was ignited during a revelatory European brewery and beer hall tour while Jeramy was visiting Natalie, who was traveling (aka wandering) abroad for two years. But it wasn’t until 2013, after years of stove top excellence, beer geekery and a house too full of brewing equipment, that it was time to fully embrace the craft beer lifestyle.
Commonwealth opened Sept 6, 2015 as a result of next level commitment, mild insanity, family, friends and a profound sense of purpose. Since then, we’ve grown into a tight knit band of like minded people who believe beer should be adventurous, diverse, extremely drinkable, and defy boundaries. We honor farmhouse traditions, huge hop American styles, and the complex depths of wild fermentations.
Located inside a fully renovated, former fire and rescue station built in 1962 and nestled in a funky beach cottage community (flip flops mandatory) on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach, our facility is complete with a double garage bay tasting room, private event spaces, an outdoor beer garden, and a conditioned barrel cellar housing hundreds of barrels of mixed fermentations for long term aging.
Draft pour at Dominion Wine and Beer. Poured a dark, murky orange color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was big tart passionfruit, orange, tangerines. Flavor was similar, oranges, passion fruit.
Draft pour at Dominion Wine and Beer. Poured a pitch black color with a dark roast. Aroma was tropical fruit - coconut and banana. Weird. Light hazelnut, with light dried fruits. Moderate boozy finish.
Draft pour at Dominion Wine and Beer. Poured a cloudy orange color, looks like carrot juice. Flavor was carrot, some light spicy notes in the finish. Spicy carrot juice.
Wow, this really came together nice. Since commonwealth shares a near 10 year anniversary with Aslin and Ocelot, I was wondering how it would stack up. Not sure it was better than Ocelot's best anniversary beer, but it's better than some of their 6. Haven't tried Aslin's yet as that's in a couple weeks. Passionfruit, lots of grapefruit and lemon. Murky yellow pour with decent head. Great hops profile, but I'm a Nelson junky. Hop tang and bitter finish. Some tangerine. Awesome beer.
Seriously not sure how I feel about terpenes. Does this have diesel for real or am I imagining diesel fumes? Lemon, blueberry. Pours murky yellow with ok head. End is bitter grapefruit rind. Tap at brewery location in Fairfax.
A little sweet for my liking. Perhaps too much jasmine perfume. Pours clear golden with a little head. Light sweet rice finish, doesn't come off very crisp. Tap at brewery in Fairfax.