Lost Rhino Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Ashburn, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Lost Rhino Brewing Company

Established in 2011

Contact
21730 Red Rum Dr, #42, Ashburn, VA, 20147, United States
Description
Our story began back in 2009, Old Dominion Brewing Company had been brewing and serving craft beers in Loudoun County Virginia since ‘89 and was a beloved fixture in the county. However, in 2009 the company had been bought by AB InBev and later relocated their operation to Delaware, which of course left a large void in the local craft beer community. During this transition, Matt Hagerman, Lost Rhino’s founder, had managed to purchase some of Old Dominion’s brewing equipment, including its 25 barrel brewhouse and started getting together a business plan. By starting his own adventure in brewing, he would also help bring the spirit of craft beer back into Loudoun County. Since Matt had been a brewer at Old Dominion, and knew exactly what he needed to make this goal a reality. So he found his own space, set up the brewhouse, fermentors, brite tanks and not too long after in 2011, began brewing some of our first and most beloved brands: New River Pale Ale, Rhino Chasers Pilsner, and Face Plant India Pale Ale right here in Loudoun.

Nowadays, Lost Rhino has grown quite a bit since it’s founding, but we have never lost sight of our love for the craft. In the brew house, we take pride in bringing classic styles and local flavor in all of our beers. Everything we craft is personal; we thrive on choosing the scenic route, the tough challenge, the road less traveled.

It’s time to Get Lost!

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at the brewpub. Pours a hazy pink-orange color with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of tart grapes, berries, iodine, earth, olive, citrus. The taste is mildly tart grapes, earth, berries. Medium bodied. Odd.
Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2014 at 23:18

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Draft at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy red-brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of big spice notes including cardamom and anise, bready malts and mild roast. The taste is tart fruits, spice, herbal hops, nutty notes, bready malts. Medium bodied, lingering spice.
Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2014 at 23:15

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Can, labeled as simply Rhino Chasers Pilsner: Starfruit and lemon zest nose. Cloudy golden, thick lacy head. Very starfruity, mild lemon zest finish. Medium body. Sure to piss off the pils purists, but I found enjoyment in it.
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2014 at 18:34

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
32oz growler picked up at the brewery. Pours a hazy orange with some thin white head. Nose has a ton of fruit, apple, pear, some spice, a little caramel, a little butterscotch. Flavor is the same, lots of sweetness, butterscotch, baked pear, muscat grape, caramel, clove. Full, sticky finish. Decent.
Tried from Growler on 11 Jan 2014 at 20:05

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32oz growler from the brewery. Pours a murky, dark brown with some thin, eggshell head. Nose is raisin, prune, some brown sugar, bread crust, some dried pear, mild spice. Flavor is solid, sweet, brown sugar, malt, bread, raisin, baked apple. Clean finish. Solid beer.
Tried from Growler on 11 Jan 2014 at 17:44

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Draft at the source. Poured a medium, ruby brown color with a medium sized, foamy and fluffy off-white tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, some light spicy hops. Flavor was sweet, roasted notes, light sweet malts, pretty refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried from Draft on 09 Jan 2014 at 19:18

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The 12oz can doesn’t mention the word Pacific anywhere. Has a nice hazy yellow body, hint of green that really is true to style. Foamy white head. Straightforward session beer done right. A little heavy, but the taste and balance are really right on. The hops aren’t mesmerizing, but are certainly present. Can’t really hang at the pricepoint, but this is a great session beer..I’d drink growlers of this. Respectable offering for sure.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2014 at 00:28

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32oz growler pours a hazy brown with some cloudy, white head. Nose has some malt, spice, a little rye, clove, candy, cinnamon. Flavor is sweet, spicy, candy, herbs. Clean finish. Decent holiday ale.
Tried from Growler on 14 Dec 2013 at 07:52

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22oz bottle pours a hazy orange with some hazy white head. Nose has a ton of juicy mango, some citrus, pine, soap. Flavor has some instantaneous bracing bitterness followed by a strong tropical fruit sweetness, pine, grapefruit. Big, zesty, sticky finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2013 at 07:32

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Draft at the brewery. Poured a dark brown color with a touch of ruby edges. Some rye notes, some spice notes. Reminds me a bit of the the Rinoel they made a few years ago, but with a bit more spice.
Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2013 at 16:16