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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.
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7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
$4.50 pint can, Wine Warehouse. Pours murky golden orange with a soft, frothy white head. Citrus peel, pineapple, green hops in the nose. Flavor is tangy resin, apricot, citrus peel, tart pineapple juice, green hops, green grass - lots of green. Well this is interesting and unexpected.
Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2018 at 00:32

8.2/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
$4.70 can, Wine Warehouse. Pours murky orange with a large soft beige head. Aroma is juicy citrus, pineapple, light pine, light floral hops. Flavor is creamy pineapple, pine, orange peel, grapefruit zest, green leaf, resin, fennel. Nicely done... lots of flavor.
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2018 at 21:34

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
16oz can pours a pulpy orange with plenty of white head. Nose has tangerines and peaches and melon and orange, floral, mild vanilla, mild perfume. Flavor has drippy peach, apricot, drippy golden plum, vanilla, melon, grass, straw. Finishes chalky, full bodied. Nice. 8 4 8 4 16
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2018 at 19:57

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a muddy dark orange some sudsy white head. Nose has grist, orange, melon, herbs. Flavor has some paper, orange peel and fresh cut orange, grass, tangerine, rotted melon. Full bodied, bitter, chalky finish. 7 4 7 3 13
Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2018 at 19:52

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 oz can poured into a tulip. Hazy orange with off-white head. Aromas of grassy notes, citrus, floral, pine. Tastes of citrus, floral, tropical fruit, pine, grassy notes. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried from Can on 25 Aug 2018 at 04:53

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pint can, Wine Warehouse. Murky orangey-brown, an ugly color for sure. Aroma is green pepper, grapefruit peel, light floral notes. Flavor is syrupy citrus, green pepper, light resin. Strange but not bad.
Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2018 at 22:59

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pint can, Wine Warehouse. Pours hazy gold with a small white head. Aroma is salt, tart grapefruit, light hair tonic. Flavor is tart grapefruit, guava, pineapple acid, cracker.
Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2018 at 22:57

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Murky reddish with off white head - Tart rapberry and wood aroma - Malt body with tart, sour raspberry flavour with some wood as well - The fruity wood flavour with raspberry goes into a sour finish - This was good
Tried on 19 Aug 2018 at 17:21

7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Superior to most, but not quite ultra superior. Great pine and grapefruit aroma here, with a little booze and green onion. Pours hazy orange. Clean finish - too clean like the cause of allergies. A little more punch with this one would improve the beer, I'm thinking. Tall can.
Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2018 at 01:17

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 oz can shared. Slightly hazy golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of funk, lemon. Tastes of tart notes, lemon, stone fruit, tropical fruit. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried from Can on 15 Aug 2018 at 02:31