Champion Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
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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8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Keg at the brewery. Hazy orange, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of funk, peach, wine, oak, peach pits, earth. Taste is pale malt, funk, apricot, oak, plum. Medium bodied, lingering tartness, bright. Very nice.
Tried on 28 Dec 2017 at 15:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce can thanks to hershiser2. Hazy orange, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, agave, and pale malt with a bit of a buttery note. The taste is tropical fruit, pine, buttery pale malt, agave. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2017 at 20:57

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Clear golden, large creamy offwhite head, good retention. Aroma of bright citrus, dandelion, white bread. The taste is lemon, grapefruit, bready malt. Medium bodied, crisp.
Tried on 23 Dec 2017 at 14:50

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Draft at Spacebar. Poured a pitch black color with a small dark tan head. Aroma was roasted chocolate, bitter coffee. Light booze, roasted malts, chocolate. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2017 at 00:24

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz can. Poured a clear golden color with a small white head. Aroma was heavy citrus, touch of mango, tropical fruits, juicy hops. Pretty tasty, refreshing, grapefruit, agave notes.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2017 at 21:49

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours almost black with a beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, and mint notes. Taste is roasted malt, anise, more mintiness, dark chocolate. Okay.
Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2017 at 21:46

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
Tap. Pours clear golden, small off white head, good lacing. Aroma is light, orange, melon, pine, aspirin. Flavors is light pls sweet, medium bitter, orange rinds and Tylenol. Medium body. Hell.
Tried from Draft on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:26

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear hazel, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is roasty, toast, dark bread, toffee. Flavor is light pls sweet, light bitter. Medium body, low carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:22

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Tap. Pours clear Amber, small off white head, some lacing. Aroma is earthy, floral, field grass, caramel. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, a bit harsh, floral notes. Medium body, low carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:19

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Tap. Pours clear mahogany, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is pine, roast. Yep. Flanks is light sweet, medium bitter. Medium body. Light on the black, one dimensional on the India.
Tried from Draft on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:16