The Virginia Beer Company
Microbrewery
in
Williamsburg,
Virginia,
United States πΊπΈ
Associated Venue: The Virginia Beer Company
Established in 2016
Contact
Description
The Virginia Beer Company is a brewery + taproom + beer garden in Williamsburg, VA. The brewery was founded in 2016 by two graduates of nearby William & Mary, who were joined by a brewmaster out of SweetWater Brewing in Atlanta. Four year-round beers are complemented by a boundary-pushing rotation of limited edition beers including Experimental IPA's, Barrel-Fermented Brett Saisons, and Barrel-Aged Imperial Stouts, among many other diverse styles.
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
$4.50 pint can, Total Wine - Short Pump. Pours hazy golden with a large off-white head. Aroma is orange peel and light juice, tropical flowers, tropical fruit, light melon. Flavor is bitter melon rind, orange peel, green grasses. Something off here in the flavor I'm not loving.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2019
at 00:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can. Jet black colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of cocoa, coffee, chocolate cookies. Taste is dry, roasty, dark malty, notes of coffee, cocoa, hints of dark chocolate, subtle sweetness, hints of chocolate cookies, a touch of liquorice; dry, minimally metallic finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2019
at 15:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep dark brown colour, small frothy tan head, dissipating slowly, good lacing. Aroma roasted malt, brown sugar, coffee, some cocoa. Taste medium sweet and bitter, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, light charcoal, brown sugar. Roasty sweetbitter aftertaste, light smokey touch, bit cardboard (which I don't find a problem with a stout). Medium body, watery to oily texture, average carbonation. Well-made and tasty stout, indeed really good.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2019
at 20:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Draft at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Fairly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, orange and caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 01 May 2019
at 14:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Straw yellow golden colour, a little hazy. Dense white head with good retention. Aroma's: fruit, juicy, dank. Retronasal: sweet fruit, lactose, dank hops. Flavour os light moderate sweet, a bit fruity sour and light bitter. Medium bodied. Light hopburn. Finishes somewhat hoppy sour and bitter, a bit dry.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 24 Apr 2019
at 14:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
$2.69 can from Total Wine, Gainesville. Pours black with an inch of dark brown head. Aroma is milk chocolate, roasted malt, coffee. Flavor is creamy milk chocolate, coffee, earth, roasted malt. Hint of char. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2019
at 22:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$2.24 can from Total Wine, S. Richmond. Pours hazy amber with an inch of beige head. Aroma is citrus peel -mostly grapefruit, some pine, rye. Flavor is rye, grapefruit peel, earth, light metal.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2019
at 00:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured a copper color with creamy off-white head. Aroma is fruit juice hops. Taste is fruity pineapple with malt balance, lots of yeast in this can.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2018
at 16:18
6/10
Tried
on 04 Sep 2018
at 20:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at the GBBF 2018 day 2 08/08/2018. A light hazed bright yellow straw coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is little pollen citrus, floral citrus, wheat, pine needles. Little old school. Flavour is composed of little toffee, asserting pine, oily, needle hop. Assertive pine hop. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2018
at 20:51