Commonwealth Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Virginia Beach,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
2444 Pleasure House Rd, Virginia Beach, VA, 23455, United States
Description
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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a sunset orange with some sticky, white head. Nose is OK, vanilla, herbs, halo halo, pineapple curd, some passion fruit. Flavor is OK, oily, some raspberry leaf tea, pineapple, herbs, vanilla, orange creamcicle. Finishes oily, bitter. Fine, but a little odd.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Oct 2018
at 01:21
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2018
at 21:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
10-1-22 CBC at Mathias, WV cabin Prev 4.0 Cans CBC 10-14-18
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2018
at 01:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft 10-13-18
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2018
at 01:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Ginger Man, 10/11/18.
Cloudy pink-to-red. Pink head to nothing. Intensely juicy fruity rich fruit. Watermelon cherry apple raspberry grape cranberry. No beer.
Cereal, sweet fruits. Low carbonation, a bit loose. Soft, biscuity, sugary texture, with lovely barley on end. Does dry out a bit on end but rather sweet. No salt. Clean, low acidity. More fruit beer than sour but good. Acidity and salinity emerging more with warming. Good cereal lingering.
Cloudy pink-to-red. Pink head to nothing. Intensely juicy fruity rich fruit. Watermelon cherry apple raspberry grape cranberry. No beer.
Cereal, sweet fruits. Low carbonation, a bit loose. Soft, biscuity, sugary texture, with lovely barley on end. Does dry out a bit on end but rather sweet. No salt. Clean, low acidity. More fruit beer than sour but good. Acidity and salinity emerging more with warming. Good cereal lingering.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2018
at 17:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Wonderful stuff. Roast and velvety dark chocolate. Black pour with good head and lacing. Some caramel. Bittersweet end.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2018
at 17:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz can pours a hazy gold with basically no head. Nose has plenty of raw guava, lemon, passionfruit, yogurt. Flavor has passionfruit, guava, yogurt, lemon, red grapefruit. A little salt at the end. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2018
at 20:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can. Poured a hazy yellow color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was juicy, fruity notes. Juicy citrus, orange. Light yeast. Juicy, creamy, really nice slightly funky notes. Really pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2018
at 16:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can drunk 8/30/18.
Heavily hazy-to-soupy, dull brass-golden. Off-white head atop steadily fades to a ring.
Soft, understated hops show are a bit timid initially, letting forth light pineapple, floral notes, hints of kiwi and passion fruit. Cracker and biscuit malts sit lightly in the background and the yeast is quite fruity, with very light, not-overdone, hints of bubble gum. No resin, pine, scallion, any of that sort of thing. Alcohol is well-concealed, as well.
In the mouth it begins with unripe pineapple, nectarine, lemon and tangerine, with a soft, malty, well-attenuated texture and perfect carbonation, as Commonwealth always has, impressively. As it warms, light-to-moderate citrus bitterness (lime zest, tangerine) emerges alongside juicy pineapple and mango with light floral hints and a near-perfect balance overall. No big malts, yet there's just enough honey-like sweetness and biscuit to provide depth to the palate. Really nice stuff. Warming and breathing really helped this one.
Heavily hazy-to-soupy, dull brass-golden. Off-white head atop steadily fades to a ring.
Soft, understated hops show are a bit timid initially, letting forth light pineapple, floral notes, hints of kiwi and passion fruit. Cracker and biscuit malts sit lightly in the background and the yeast is quite fruity, with very light, not-overdone, hints of bubble gum. No resin, pine, scallion, any of that sort of thing. Alcohol is well-concealed, as well.
In the mouth it begins with unripe pineapple, nectarine, lemon and tangerine, with a soft, malty, well-attenuated texture and perfect carbonation, as Commonwealth always has, impressively. As it warms, light-to-moderate citrus bitterness (lime zest, tangerine) emerges alongside juicy pineapple and mango with light floral hints and a near-perfect balance overall. No big malts, yet there's just enough honey-like sweetness and biscuit to provide depth to the palate. Really nice stuff. Warming and breathing really helped this one.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Sep 2018
at 20:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft sample at Dominion Wine & Beer. Clear yellow with off-white head. Aromas of corn, wheat, malt. Tastes of corn, wheat, malt. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2018
at 03:22