Basic City Beer Company
Microbrewery
in
Waynesboro,
Virginia,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2016
Contact
Description
"Basic City Beer Co draws a brand from the smolderings and lore of a 'Lost Town'- Basic City, Virginia: Circa 1899- to reclaim the enduring American Spirit from this pre-prohibition, Industrial era & to Repurpose the Intoxicating Lure of the American Dream.
Oh! and we make damn good Craft Beer too!"
-Bart Lanman-The Mayor of Basic City
Oh! and we make damn good Craft Beer too!"
-Bart Lanman-The Mayor of Basic City
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Spicy Mexican style imperial stout. Xocolatl and chile. A little coffee. Black pour with decent head and lacing. Some caramel. Spice sticks with you for a while on finish. Some bitterness. Tap at Beer Run.
Tried
from Draft
from
Beer Run
on 02 Apr 2026
at 17:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange yellow pour not much head. Citrus pineapple, sugar. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2025
at 02:18
7/10
Canned - poured amber orange - nice floral hop bite, some dank and malts, pretty good
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:50
8/10
RB score 3.56
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2025
at 02:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Grapefruit, meringue nose. Golden, medium head. Meringue, lilly, grapefruit, new plastic. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 23:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Crowler from Beer Run, 4/6/24. Filled about 4 hours ago. Murky orange, thick looking pour. Medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of tangerine, melon, pale malt, hint of vanilla. Taste is tangerine, orange, vanilla, melon, passionfruit. Low bitterness, and no hint of the 9% ABV. Dangerous. Nice.
Tried
from Crowler
on 26 Dec 2024
at 02:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Beer Run, 4/6/24. Clear pale gold, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of pale malt and rice. Taste is rice, orange, citrus, pale malt. Crisp.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2024
at 02:08
9/10
Anyone who gives wit
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:47
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from one of the stores at SNP. Hazy gold. Nose is wheat, lemongrass. Flavor is wheat, banana, clove. A burning the watery side.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2024
at 22:50
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from one of the shops in SNP. Hazy pale gold. White head. Light citrus nose, grain. Cracker, grain, light citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2024
at 02:35