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
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at brewery. Pours a medium golden. No aroma, but at least it’s not offensive. Taste is grass, hose water, dish sponge, dirt.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 15:52
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at brewery. Pours pale golden. Aroma of wet dish sponge, floral hops. Taste is slightly tangy grasses and lemon zest, hose water... tangy.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 15:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at brewery. Pours brown. Aroma is coffee, but very light. Heavier coffee flavor, slightly dirty, slightly woody. Minor sourness to the back end.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 15:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at brewery. Pours fuckin red - I’ve never seen a beer this color before. No head. Aroma is slight sweat, leaves, and similar aroma to other Oktoberfests . Taste is slightly sour grasses, leaves. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 15:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at brewery. Pours hazy golden. Aroma of sweat, lemon, light floral hops. Taste is bitter lemon, heavy toasted crust, grasses. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 13:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at brewery. Listed as a DIPA rather than an IPA. Pours hazy orange. Aroma of sweat, orange, but mostly sweat. Taste is much better than the aroma. Definitely a DIPA flavor - heavy candies orange, slight sweat, pine, minor floral notes. Good offering. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 13:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at brewery. Listed as just an IPA rather than a double. Pours orange with a soft white head. Aroma of lemon zest, grapefruit, grass. Taste is honey, orange peel - heavily, lemon zest, mild earth. Best of the 6 I've tried so far. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 12:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at brewery. Hazy golden small white head. Aroma of skunk, poop (yea but not that strong), grass. Taste is better than aroma. Flavors of lemongrass, dirt, hose water, wet sponge. It's not as bad as I make it sound. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 12:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Nitro tap at brewery. Pours dark brown with a soft off white nitro head. Aroma is coffee, but again not strong. Taste is smooth, creamy coffee, slightly bitter, slight floral notes in there too. Good, not great. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 12:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at brewery. Pours dark brown light dusting of a head. Coffee aroma but it's quite light. Taste is raisin and coffee, minor earth. Decent. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 12:38