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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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from explosivedog: pours golden with white head. Mellow ambiguous fruitiness with light wheaty notes. Taste is lightly bitter. Sort of sweet. Lightly fruity. Soft body. Kind of meh.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2022
at 02:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can thanks to hershiser2! 9/4/22. Slightly hazy amber, thin fizzy white head, poor retention. Aroma of funk, wine, wood, apricot. Taste is apricot, dried apricot, lemon, funk, wood, vanilla. Bright, very sour. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2022
at 23:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can purchased in Charlottesville, drunk in Unterhaching while watching The Man in the High Castle. Super dark brown/black, small tan head. Nose is bready, roast notes, complex sugars coming to the fore. The flavor is a huge melange of goodness: bourbon notes, vanilla, caramel fudge, oak...I really wonder what they put into this blended stout+porter. Perfect balance, not too sweet, great earthy bitterness, I'm tempted to have my Dad buy more cans and bring them to Germany! G# d%mn.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2022
at 20:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint can thanks to hershiser2! 8/5/22. Hazy red, large tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, nuts, maple, cherry. Taste is cherry, toffee, maple, vanilla, hint of candied citrus. Slick. Decent balance. Nice brown ale.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2022
at 21:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint can from Total Wine Gainesville, VA, 7/25/22. Hazy orange, large tan head, good retention. Aroma of floral, leafy hops, pine, caramel, toast. Some lemon in there too. Taste is tangerine, melon, mango, dank, resin. Lingering bitterness, juicy. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2022
at 03:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$3.75 pint can, WW. Hazy orange with a small off-white head. Pine, orange peel, resin, nuts in the aroma. Flavor is lightly syrupy random fruit, orange hints, pine, resin. A little stale tasting, but it was canned 6 weeks ago. Boozy.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2022
at 23:49
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
$4.10 pint can, WW. Pours black with a soft and frothy tan head. Big bourbon barrel nose, with milk chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, coffee, caramel. Boozy! Bourbon barrel, caramel, vanilla, chocolate - both milk and dark, cocoa, roasted nuts. Really nice flavor - a bit sweet (not cloying), but also really boozy - I would think this is quite higher than 9.1% by taste alone. I kinda think I need to get more of these...
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2022
at 00:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Plastic aroma. Clear amber, thin head. Honeycomb, orange peel, flintstones vitamins. Medium body, easy carbonation. Very odd.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2022
at 11:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, courtesy of Max. Pours frosty copper. Banana, lemon, spice, grapefruit, biscuit. Medium body. Fine.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2022
at 01:59
6/10
Hazy gold pour. Apple spice flavor with allspice palate. Medium carbonation. Medium bodied. Slight apple finish
Tried
on 14 May 2022
at 16:04