Cabinet Artisanal Brewhouse
Microbrewery in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Established in 2011
Closed in 2012
Brewery Announcement:
We are more-than-excited to announce the addition of our 5bbl Brewhouse in Alexandria, VA. Cabinet Artisanal Brewhouse is located in the same building as the former Shenandoah Brewery, just outside of Washington, D.C.
Terry Hawbaker, a 7 year veteran of Bullfrog Brewing, is our Brewmaster. With our special house yeast, will be focusing on making “primitive field” beers in our urban farmhouse brewery. A field beer can be defined as a grisettes, saisons, traditional lambics, etc… Terry has always had a fondness for reinventing European-style Farmhouse ales. Terry is by no means a traditional brewer, and he thrives by mixing up new and old brewing techniques. Barrel aging is certainly in the works, as this is an area where Terry has produced some of his most successful beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours dark wooden brown with a small brownish white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace. Smell is sweet and malty with dark bread, pine, flower nectar, toasted malts and orange zest. Taste is sweet and bitter with dark bread, roasted malts, pine, coffee, grapefruit juice, orange peal and subtle hints of blue cheese. Mouthfeel is round, slightly dry and medium bodied. Finish is bitter with coffee, pine and orange peal.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours clear golden with a small white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with plums, barnyard, dry soil, orange peal and hints of pine and yeasty esters. Taste is slightly sweet and bitter with tangerines, grass, orange peal, plums, grapes and hints of dry spoil and dill. Mouthfeel is round and light to medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with grass, orange peal and dill.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at CBC. Pours straw yellow with a big white head. Dry and almost as tart an unblended berliner weissen
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at CBC. Pours hazy gold with a small tan head. Aroma is funky, floral and fruity. Flavour salty and tart, citrus and unripe fruit. Not bad but the salty aspect is a little strange.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample from pitcher at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. ABV was said to be 4.4%. Deep golden colour, low head. Sourish aroma, hints of brut champagne and lemons. Medium sour flavour, lactic acid and lemons. Not bad, refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at CBC 2012. Beer in the glass deep golden, huge head. Salty-fruity aroma, notes of lemon and apricot. Starts very salty-dry. More and more fruity, a bit grasy-moldy. Finish quite salty. Quite drinkable and very interesting, although almost a bit too salty for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
tap at cbc, pitch dark, smooth beige head. aroma is herbal hoppy, roasted malts, mint, fresh hoppy. flavor is roasted malty, mint, fresh hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample @ Cbc. Strange mix of smoked sausage, currant seeds, chocolate and strawberries... That actually works!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
clear yellow, large white head. aroma is flowery mild, yellow fruity, faint bretty. flavor is fruity, mild bitter yeasty, dry, slightly bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
tap at cbc, Dark , smooth light brown head. mild aroma, mild roasted. Flavor is roasted matly, slightly boozy, pretty bitter woody, also smoked notes.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.99 |
| Beers | 16 |
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