Commonwealth Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Virginia Beach,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
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.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Nectarine and passion fruit. Pours murky yellow with ok head. A little better for me than Xtra Fuggles. Light hop tang finish. Less sweet than Xtra Fuggles. Tap at Fairfax
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Citrus and light nectarine. Murky yellow pour with decent head. Some hop tang and caramel in the finish. Tap at Fairfax Commonwealth.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Light citrus and a little oak. Pours clear amber without much head retention. Light bitter end. Ok. Tap at Fairfax taproom.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
4 oz pour on draft. Dark cola brownish black with beige head. Aroma and taste has marshmallow, graham cracker, vanilla, roasty notes, honey. Medium body. Decent flavored stout, not their best.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
16.9 oz bottle poured into a snifter. Black body with quick fading tan ring of head. Aroma is dominated by bourbon up front followed by some dark chocolate, coffee, caramel. Taste has dark chocolate, bourbon, oak, roasted coffee, caramel, little bit of vanilla and coconut sweetness towards the end. Full body. Tasty, nicely balanced bourbon barrel espresso stout.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Après Life from Commonwealth Brewing Company 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
It's so refreshing to have a Commonwealth stout without banana for once. Barrel, coffee. Still not sure I like this as much as their IPAs and other beers. But it's still very good for a pastry. It gives me hope that they can brew banana-less stouts. Bittersweet finish with chocolate and caramel. Snally.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Tight white head on a hazy dull golden coloured body.
Light malt, citrus & well hopped aroma.
Medium to full bodied, foamy with a clean back.
Mango, tangerine, blueberries & tropical fruit tastes with a bitter earthy finish.
Good one.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Après Life from Commonwealth Brewing Company 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Pour at Snallygaster 2025. Poured a pitch black color, motor oil smooth black color with a wispy, brown head. Aroma was big cocoa, milk chocolate, coffee, toffee and caramel. Flavor was big candy bar - coconut, vanilla and espresso. Super smooth.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Mangonada from Commonwealth Brewing Company 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draft pour at Westover Beer Garden. Poured a cloudy orange, thick, like carrot juice, but not as orange. Aroma was huge mango, with some strawberries.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at home, 8th October 2025. Pours a clear light copper colour. Aroma is pine and resin, pith. Taste is caramel, resin and pine, marmalade. Quite old school and good