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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4-22-19
Tried on 23 Apr 2019 at 01:06

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Draft pour at The Salt Line, in DC. Poured a nice, mostly clear light amber-orang color with a small white head. Aroma was kind of a sweet fruity one. Light floral notes. Crisp, mild fruity, orange peel, pine, and some wheaty grain maybe? Really nice and tasty.
Tried from Draft on 19 Apr 2019 at 18:12

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Charred oak nose. Black, thin tan head. Charred oak, leather, subtle hint of elderberry, pine. Full body, easy carbonation.
Tried on 19 Mar 2019 at 00:55

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with pretty much no head. There are a handful of bubbles around the edges. Aroma is roasted malt, char, dark chocolate, light citrus, light pine. Flavor is chewy dark chocolate, orange peel, char, earth. Lots of char up front and some fruity lightness in the finish (though the char lingers, for sure). Served way too cold. Letting this one warm up a bit.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2019 at 22:29

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours hazy golden with a small beige head. Lovely aroma of red wine, light funk, earth, yeast, light spice, barrel, hay. Flavor is slightly tart hay, light funk, earth, barrel, hint or red wine, dandelion, light orange rind, glue. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2019 at 22:16

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted and roasted malt, citrus, pine. Flavor is smooth roasted malt, roasted crust, pine, orange peel. Smooth. Quite tasty.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2019 at 22:08

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$5.00 bottle from the brewery. Pours murky red with a small beige head. Aroma is orange (somewhat candied), floral hops, soap, perfume, caramel. Flavor is orange rind, earth, green grasses, soap, floral hops. Tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2018 at 22:54

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Half liter bottle from the brewery, bottled 8/24/18 and purchased earlier today. Hazy orange, large frothy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of lime, lemon, toasted malt. Taste is orange, grapefruit, pale malt, resin. Medium bodied lingering bitternesss, juicy. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2018 at 04:37

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Shared with Drake at the great Meaty Odd Tasting of 2018 at my house. Something like $13 bomber from the brewery. Pours murky gold with a dusting of a head. Aroma is soap, lemon, funk. Flavor is weird lemon, funk, wheat, earth,
Tried on 27 Dec 2018 at 03:05

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C&C 750 mL bottle shared by hershiser2. Hazy lemon-yellow, a bit orange. Aroma of brett, lemon. Taste is dry orange juice, lemon, bretty. Medium bodied, well balanced, delicate.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2018 at 03:04