Reason Beer

Microbrewery in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Reason Beer - Out of business

Established in 2017

Closed in 2022

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1180 Seminole Trail, #290, Charlottesville, VA, 22901, United States
Description
OUR REASON

We are a 30-barrel production brewery and tasting room located in Charlottesville, VA.

Reason Beer was born of 20 years of friendship and more than a decade of brewing between founders J. Patrick Adair, Jeff Raileanu, and Mark Fulton.

Since leaving Charlottesville in the early 2000s to pursue their education and careers, Mark, Jeff, and Patrick stayed in constant contact through a shared passion for beer and love for their hometown.

In 2017, after three years of careful planning, recipe development, and design, we have reconvened in Charlottesville to create a world-class brewery.

Reason Beer was founded by three lifelong friends returning home on a mission to make the world’s greatest craft beer. We strive to create beers that exemplify balance, creativity, and flavor.

What’s your Reason?

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Bottles from CBC 3-9-18
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2018 at 01:55

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Sedona. Pours golden with a small white head. Aroma is cat piss and pine. Flavor is pine, light lemon zest, orange peel, caramel, glue, paper. A bit strange. My least favorite from this brewer so far, but it's not bad.
Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2018 at 22:31

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On tap at Rustico Alexandria, pours a nearly opaque black with some frothy, grey head. Nose is alright, malt, toast, roast, some pine, lightly vegetal. Flavor has more roast and more pine, soap, a big green vegetal note here. Dry and bitter on the finish.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jan 2018 at 21:03

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery. Hazy orange, thin creamy offwhite head, good retention. Aroma of pine, tropical fruit, pale malt, vanilla, papaya. Taste is grapefruit, papaya, pale malt, a bit of pine. Medium bodied, well balanced, lingering bitterness.
Tried on 31 Dec 2017 at 15:14

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Half liter bottle thanks to hershiser2. Hazy yellow, thin creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of bready malt, marzipan, apple, citrus. hay, spice. The taste is citrus, apple, spice, yeast, bready malt. Medium bodied, high carbonation. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2017 at 18:37

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Half liter bottle thanks to hershiser2. Black, large foamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of roast, fruity and floral hops, chocolate. The taste is chocolate, roast, nuts, soy, leather, herbal hops. Medium bodied, well balanced, tasty. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2017 at 22:18

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at the brewery. Murky orange with a beige head. Aroma is citrus, caramel malt, dark fruit. Flavor is slightly sweet orange, dark fruit, bitter green and brown leaves, light gum. Tasty.
Tried from Draft on 22 Dec 2017 at 16:45

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Keg at the brewery, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roast, chocolate, cream. Taste is bitter roast, dark chocolate, leather. Medium bodied, chewy, lingering bitterness. Nice and could be world class with a little tweaking.

Rerate 12.29.18. Had this beer several times including just now and it has been tweaked for the better. Roasty, chewy, dark, just how I like a porter. Hits the spot nicely and a very good beer Old score was 3.7.
Tried on 22 Dec 2017 at 16:20

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery. Murky orange red, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, mango, lime, pale malt. Taste is lime and Grapefruit zest, papaya, sugar, pale malt. Thin-medium bodied, crisp, well balanced.
Tried on 22 Dec 2017 at 16:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16 oz pour on draft at Liberty Barbecue. Shaker pint. Hazy orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes, herb. Tastes of citrus, floral notes, malt, herb. Medium body with a dry finish. Pretty solid.
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2017 at 19:37