About
With its conical corner tower and solid brick façade, you can feel our brewery’s history before you step through the doors.

Our founders have revitalized numerous buildings in Danville’s River District, and this 1891 warehouse immediately captivated them. After being empty for decades, they knew the building deserved a new life. Just as our building was once at the forefront of the tobacco industry, our goal is to bring it to the same prominence for craft beer.

So, today, you’ll find a 20-barrel, modern facility capable of brewing 10,000 barrels of beer each year. At Ballad, we’re breathing new life into our renovated warehouse by crafting sophisticated beers that will please the most discriminating palettes.

But we aren’t just making beer here — we’re inviting the whole community to share the experience with us. Our casual, family-friendly taproom is a place for locals and visitors to find new beers they love and connect over shared stories.
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6.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tart peach aroma. Hazy golden, headless. Tart peach. Light body, soft carbonation.
Tried on 14 Jun 2020 at 01:33

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
$4.04 pint can, TWSP. Dark brown, not quite black, with a small beige head. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, coffee nose. Thick coffee, dark chocolate, perhaps maple? Lightly bitter. Lingering dark chocolate finish.
Tried from Can on 18 May 2020 at 21:07

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
$2.24 can, twsp. Hazy medium gold with a small off-white head. Floral hops, grasses, bubblegum nose. Green grasses, brown leaf, light bubblegum and some sort of light fruit hints, light honeycomb. Decent.
Tried from Can on 17 May 2020 at 19:09

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
$3.40 pint can, WW. Murky golden-peach colored with a small white head. Tart stone fruit (not peach specifically), trash water, wheat aroma. Flavor is fresh tart peach, wheat... juicy, pulpy.
Tried from Can on 07 May 2020 at 20:59

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Raw barley and a hint of roast, but almost like sunroasted flavor. Let's say tanned. Pours hazy maroon with decent head. Crisp and light tang in finish. Easy drinking. Bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2020 at 21:02

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Perfeclty clear, lightly orange and peach tinted body with a beautiful glow, and a smooth, relatively small, single centimetre tall pure white head on top that stays afloat nicely. Aroma of pure tart and soured notes with the limes and citrus really showing through with a good dash of salt and brine as well as some softer sweetness from fruits, but of course the taste lingering near the end is the deep ginger that isn't freshly ground, but showing more of a 'plain', Canada Dry type note. Light-bodied; Strong soured flavour with a lot of tart fruits, having the limes and lemons being the strongest along with a light grassy and herbal flavour and a pungent dose of the ginger near the end - quite nice. Aftertaste is robust, full-of-flavour and most importantly, super easy-drinking with a lot of wheat and fresh yeast towards the end, but the citrus and especially the ginger remaining hitting hard, in a great way, with the flavour ranging from citrus juice to a soda - very nice and oddly, not 'typically beer-y'. Overall, a surprisingly refreshing and enjoyable beer that is quite light, but showing a ton of flavours and soured/tart notes in a great way. Overall, a nice beer to have, especially if you like either citrus notes or any form of ginger, but if you like both, this is a no-brainer for you to try to find, as you would probably like it that much! I sampled this stubby, twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington, Virginia on 03-April-2020 for US$1,79 sampled at home in Washington, a few blocks away, on 13-April-2020.
Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2020 at 06:45

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
$1.95 bottle, WW. Brown with a small beige head. Caramel malt, brown leaf in the nose. Flavor is nutty, brown leaf, caramel, light cocoa. Smooth, pretty tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2020 at 21:37

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Lots of lime here. Pours orange with decent head. Tangy finish with decent malt backbone. Decent and easy drinking. Not much bitterness, mostly citrus tang in finish.
Tried on 20 Mar 2020 at 01:34

6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Grainy tea nose. Hazy tea, medium tan head. Grain, biscuit. Light body, moderate carbonation.
Tried on 13 Mar 2020 at 16:33

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark pour. Bourbon nose. Sweet bourbon taste, like a mixed drink of coca cola and bourbon with a hop palate.
Tried on 30 Jan 2020 at 01:34