Champion Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Charlottesville,
Virginia,
United States πΊπΈ
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2012
Closed in 2023
Contact
324 6th St SE, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
Description
Champion brewing company is Virginia's most progressive brewery, producing a wide variety of ales in two locations: our downtown Charlottesville tap room and our Belmont production facility. Our production brewery known as the 'missile factory' produces our core and seasonal beers on a 30-barrel brewhouse, at a current operating capacity of 15,000 barrels per year. Our original tap room produces constantly changing and innovative seasonals, one-offs, and barrel-aged wild beers.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at the brewery. Golden with a small white head. Aroma is light citrus, mostly lemony, light grasses. Flavor is light citrus, again mainly lemon, light bread crust, hint of honey, green leaf. Kinda plain for Reason.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2019
at 20:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
17th February 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Tips for the can. Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, modestly sweet. Light pine. Tangy spicy citric peel. Modest fresher citrus. Just a whisper of tropical fruits. Light finish. Okay. Mosaic exoticness not too obvious here. Decent all the same.
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Tips for the can. Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth and semi dry palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth pale malts, modestly sweet. Light pine. Tangy spicy citric peel. Modest fresher citrus. Just a whisper of tropical fruits. Light finish. Okay. Mosaic exoticness not too obvious here. Decent all the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2019
at 09:56
7/10
Tried
on 17 Apr 2019
at 18:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, from City Hops. Pours clear golden with large foamy off-white head, resinous aroma, medium carbonation, bitter resinous taste with a bit of citrus, thin body, long finish. Decent brew.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2019
at 19:44
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Champion Brasserie Belgian India Pale Ale ].ABV: 7.0%. Unclear - hazy matt medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, pine, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, fruity hops citrus, grapefruit, zesty, medium dry, belgium yeast, pineapple - fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170808] 7-2-8-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2019
at 15:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$1.95 can from Wine Warehouse. Pours amber with a small beige head. Aroma is brown leaf, toasted malt, light caramel, brown grass, light spice. Flavor is bitter but rich caramel, brown leaf, pumpernickel bread. Dry. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2019
at 00:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz can. Filtered DDH huh...that is different. 3 weeks old. Pleasantly bitter, bug orange tone from the Mandarina. Kind of an old school PNW taste and bitterness from the Cascade. While it does have some solid hop depth, its more of a traditional US IPA than a new school juice bomb. Some burnt, oily tones.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2019
at 04:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pecan nose. Clear bronze, medium head. Brown bread, biscuit, grain, dry. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2019
at 22:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice and relatively fast-dying tan head. Aroma of pure oysters, brine, salt, mint, grain and a super strong pungent roasty and yeast scent - along with some alcohol on the edges. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasty and burnt malt flavours with a lot of licorice, pitted fruits, cherries and a whole lot of brine and oyster notes throughout with some lighter caramelised sugars and grain on the edges. Aftertaste shows the roast, but a smooth sweetness from the caramel along with some licorice and some lighter mint notes with sassafras and a touch of the brine and more robust oyster pungency with some extra body, but the yeast and alcohol show through just about everything, especially at the end. Overall, a decent Imperial-ish stout with some quite pungent flavours, but a more subdued and softer malt prospect and especially with the body, but the sugars, the complexity and the brine are all very noticeable. Nice enough after two years, but not worth keeping this around, taking up cellar space compared to some others. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 28-January-2017 for US$1,99 sampled almost exactly two years later on 31-January-2019 at my house here in Washington.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2019
at 08:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Can: Hazy, golden-amber with an off-white head. Scent is orange-peel, caramel. Orange malt, light caramel malt taste. Pretty hoppy.....like an American Pale Ale.... Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2019
at 21:31