Champion Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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.

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8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Pour Taproom. Crystal clear bright yellow color, solid white head. Wow big lemon aroma. Taste is bitter citrus. Extra points for the name
Tried from Draft on 08 Jan 2019 at 19:57

7/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at the brewery. Clear vibrant copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of grapefruit, lemon, resin, pale malt. Taste is resin, pine, pale malt. Medium bodied lingering bitterness.
Tried on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:40

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery. Pale gold, hazy, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of earthy hop, candied citrus, pale malt. Taste is earthy, floral, citrus hops, vanilla. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. A little weird, but good.
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:35

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap at the brewery. On the way to Drakes 15k. Can he do it today? Pours gold, soft white head. Aroma is sweet sticky orange, grapefruit, sweat. Flavor is chewy citrus, rye, orange peel, earth, floral hops, caramel. Really nice.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:33

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at the brewery. Clear dark red, large creamy tan head good retention. Aroma of toast, rye, cherry, toffee. Taste is toffee, rye, chocolate, earth. Medium bodied. Nice
Tried on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:29

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at the brewery. Pours golden with a white head. Nice aroma is sweet orange, grapefruit, cat piss, pine, mango, pineapple Flavor is juicy orange, pineapple, pine, light earth. Lots of good flavor here but ends quite abruptly.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:29

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery. Clear copper, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of lemony funk. Taste is tart lemon, lemon juice, pale malt, pepper. Hints of vanilla but the oak doesn't really come out. Decent.
Tried on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:26

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery. On the way to Drakes 15000 - can he do it today? Pours red with a dusting of a head. Aroma is rye, earth, roasted malt. Flavor is rye bread crust, slightly burnt, grass, sweet tea. Enjoyable at first and it faded after a few sips.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:25

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at Champion thanks to hershiser2. Slightly hazy gold, thin creamy white head good retention. Aroma of some weird shit... Funk, stone fruit, oak, comes across as cat piss. A little off-putting. Taste is tart cherries, intensely tart cherries, cherry life savers, oak. Medium bodied, lingering tartness. Odd, weird, but not bad.
Tried on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:23

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at the brewery. Pours clear golden. Aroma is sour fruit, barnyard. Flavor is barnyard, hay, lemon juice and zest, paper, Rather plain, kinda standard sour. unfortunately. Feel the heartburn.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:19