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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.

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Susiedaisy33 (3439) reviewed
Perpetual Bloom from Reason Beer
6 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark gold pour with foamy white head. Citrus and hop nose. Grapefruit taste and wheat palate
Tried on 20 Nov 2019 at 00:42
obguthr (12695) reviewed
Perpetual Bloom from Reason Beer
6 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Mild gym sock aroma. Clear amber, thick head, excellent retention and lace. Grapefruit and marigold. Subtle biscuit finish. Light body, easy carbonation, crisp.
Tried on 26 Oct 2019 at 16:36
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Perpetual Bloom from Reason Beer
6 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
$3.75 Pint can, Vinosity.Pours slightly hazy golden with a soft white head. Aroma is very nice: pine, sweet floral hops, orange peel, dandelion. Flavor is well done: pine, orange peel, floral hops, light resin, grapefruit rind, caramel malt. Very tasty.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2019 at 00:16
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Hardly Working from Reason Beer
7 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. The name is fitting given how long its taking me to get this beer. Two customers in the place, one bartender who is ignoring me (playing with her phone). It’s going on 7 minutes as I type this that I’ve been empty. 9. spoke up at 10. Pours hazy gold with a small off-white head. Aroma is fresh citrus, funk. Flavor is soap, funk, orange peel, paper, wet sponge. I don’t think the service is influencing me here, but this beer is one of my least favorites from Reason. But that’s not saying it’s bad... it’s still above average.
Tried from Draft on 04 Sep 2019 at 20:21
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Wood Song (Red) from Reason Beer
7 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pour some medium red. Aroma is hair tonic, dried fruit, yeast, funk. Flavor is smooth red fruit - not sour, perhaps slightly tart with a sour kick at the end, green grasses, grape, light funk. Good flavor.
Tried from Draft on 04 Sep 2019 at 19:55
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Wood Song (Raspberry) from Reason Beer
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours pink with a small head. Aroma Is tart raspberry, light funk. Flavor is bitter real raspberry, barnyard, bread crust. Quite breadth in the finish.
Tried from Draft on 04 Sep 2019 at 19:43
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Other Window from Reason Beer
7 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours hazy orange with a very soft beige head. Aroma is lovely florals hops and Brett. Flavor is tart lemon peel, Brett, orange rind, dish soap, earth, barrel, dandelion, dust. Very nice.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2019 at 18:58
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Common from Reason Beer
7 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at the brewery. Pours hazy amber with a small beige head. Aroma is green and brown grasses. Flavor is quite malty, brown grass and leaf, light earth, black tea. Good flavor. Liking this even more as I go on.
Tried from Draft on 23 Jun 2019 at 18:47
radagast83 (13844) reviewed
Hoppy Blonde from Reason Beer
7 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured a mostly clear, slightly hazy yellow-orange color with a small white head. Aroma was floral, light funk. Nice bright hoppy notes. Really nice stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2019 at 22:37
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Inexorable (Bourbon Barrel) from Reason Beer
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with an inch of soft brown head. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, cocoa, earth. Flavor is wow. Slightly Smokey from the barrel, chocolate, cocoa, barrel, bourbon, ash, burnt toast, earth. Good flavor, especially right up front.
Tried from Draft on 25 Apr 2019 at 20:33