Basic City Beer Company

Microbrewery in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2016

Contact
1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, VA, 22980, United States
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

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Clear copper amber body medoum foamy off white head. Bready earthy aroma. Bready floral earthy flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3

Tried from Draft on 28 Jan 2024 at 17:36


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

straw and a little lemon peel. Golden, slightly hazy pour. Crisp, slightly bitter finish. Easy drinking and decent. Can.

Tried from Can on 15 Jan 2024 at 01:58


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Orange nose. Clear golden, medium head. Orange, lilly. Medium body, soft carbonation.

Tried on 30 Dec 2023 at 11:10


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Dark honey, dinner rolls aroma. Clear copper, thin tan head. Dark honey, dandelion, bread. Medium body, easy carbonation. Either I haven't a heller bock in awhile or this is a throwback to an earlier time. I'm sensing strong nostalgia with this one. Very nicely done.

Tried on 17 Dec 2023 at 00:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 ounce can from Beer Run, 9/23/23. Hazy orange, thin white head, average retention. Aroma of pineapple, mango, lemon. Taste is pineapple, mango, pale malt. Juicy, low bitterness. Solid.

Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2023 at 00:26


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz can. Poured a very hazy orange color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was orange, grapefruit. Zesty, herbal, with some pine and grapefruit orange. Really smooth, easy to drink. Liked this one quite a bit.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2023 at 02:21


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Mostly clear golden coloured body with a very large, four to five centimetre tall, off-white head that's quite soapy and leaving a funky lace on the sides and on top. Aroma of grass, hay, some flowers and a slight scent of the sugars and some rustic, biscuity earthy malts, especially at the end. Light-bodied; Relatively dry and grassy notes show at first with a soft but noticeable hop bitterness and some supportive malt notes and a light sweetness that seems to come from stone fruits of apricots with a nice balance throughout. Aftertaste shows a nice level of hop bitterness from the alpha acids here, some soft sugars that are enjoyable and relatively complex and a good malt backbone makes this quite robust and flavourful, especially for the low ABV. Overall, a nice IPA, near 'Light' status that has some good flavours, a light bitterness and some smooth sugars, but the balance is struck nicely here. Great to try just three days before heading BACK to Big Meadows - this time camping with my wife and three kids. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from The Big Meadows Wayside (of course!) on 19-June-2022 at Shenandoah National Park in 'Luray', Virginia for US$1,69, canned on 23-May-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 06-July-2022.

Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2023 at 16:44


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can from Beer Run, 7/31/23. Hazy golden yellow, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of wheat, coriander, lemon. Taste is wheat, spice, coriander, orange, lemon. Straightforward, but pretty nice.

Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2023 at 03:40


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pineapple and grapefruit. Hazy orange pour with ok head. Thin bodied NEIPA. Hop tang finish with some cloying peel. Can.

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2023 at 01:40


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Grapefruit and pine. Golden pour with decent head. Bitter finish. Medium body. Ok. Can.

Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2023 at 21:21