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
$5.00 pint can from Wine Warehouse. Pours hazy deep gold with a soft off-white head. Aroma is guava, bread, tropical fruit. Flavor is tart guava and other tropical fruit, bread, salt, crust, cereal.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2018
at 22:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can pours a basically opaque orange with some creamy white head. Nose is super juicy, huge stone fruit, fresh drippy peach and nectarines and apricot, melon, vanilla. Flavor has peach sorbet, melon, orange peach cocktail, apricot. Finishes full bodied and juicy sweet. Hard to tell you're drinking beer.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2018
at 13:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
16oz can pours a pulpy, nearly opaque orange with some cloudy white head. Nose has white berry, pineapple, perfume, honey, white pepper, melon, both white and orange melon. Flavor is malty, honey, perfume, oily like patchouli, mango, pineapple, mixed melon. Finishes full. When it was cold, it was super peppery. As it warmed, the harsh pepper faded into a pleasant full bodied character.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2018
at 13:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can purchased from Dominion Wine & Beer. Poured a hazy yellow orange color, with a medium sized, slightly off-white head. aroma was really nice juicy citrus notes. Some light floral character. Actually pretty refreshing, grapefruit bitterness, some light citrus. Hop petals. Nice!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2018
at 19:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can, no date legible, drunk 3/3/18.
Ugly bronze-mauve, moderately hazy with an off-white head fading steadily to a ring.
Lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, peach and pineapple. But mostly hops. Clean. No resin or alcohol. Juicy as all hell!
In the mouth it shows light fruit and great integration. Good leafy, lush, green spicy notes. Gotta be galaxy in here. Spice on the end seems to really suggest this. Peachy apricot lingering. Great texture, attenuation and carb. Clean, no resin. But enough bitterness. Really fuckin good stuff wow.
Ugly bronze-mauve, moderately hazy with an off-white head fading steadily to a ring.
Lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, peach and pineapple. But mostly hops. Clean. No resin or alcohol. Juicy as all hell!
In the mouth it shows light fruit and great integration. Good leafy, lush, green spicy notes. Gotta be galaxy in here. Spice on the end seems to really suggest this. Peachy apricot lingering. Great texture, attenuation and carb. Clean, no resin. But enough bitterness. Really fuckin good stuff wow.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2018
at 22:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can. Poured a mostly clear yellow color with a medium sized fizzy-head. Aroma was light floral hops, some earthy hop character, with some crisp malts. Flavor was crisp malt, grassy notes. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2018
at 18:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
$4.70 pint can, Wine Warehouse. Looks like orange juice when poured - thicker, murky as hell, small off-white head. Aroma is juicy citrus, mainly orange, along with some green vegetation and light pine. Flavor is pine, juicy orange, grapefruit peel and flesh. Finishes bitter. Lingers. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2018
at 22:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint can, Wine Warehouse. Pours clear very pale golden with a white head. Aroma is lemon, lime, honey, grass. Flavor is tangy lemon and lime, light sweet honey, salt. Not overly complex but very fresh tasting and good.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2018
at 23:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can purchased at Dominion Wine & Beer. Poured a very hazy orange color with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma was citrus, floral notes, with some light pine character. Flavor was similar, smooth, juicy orange juice citrus, light bitterness. Kind of sweet, but not in a sickly kind of way.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2018
at 04:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours a murky gold with some lacing, soapy white head. Nose is good, guava, mango, some vanilla, orange creamcicle, some honey, some sweetened oats. Flavor is better, orange, grapefruit, guava, mango, pineapple, vanillin, honey, oat milk. Finishes full bodied, bitter, creamy. Love Vic Secret.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2018
at 00:47