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.
7.3/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 1. A hazy bright pale golden beer with a small white head. Aroma citrus, peach, yeast. Taste of yeasty yellow fruits, peach, tropical fruits.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2017
at 06:46
7.8/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg. Hazy orange, large creamy tan head, decent retention. Aroma of spice, bready malt. Taste is bready malt, citrus, spice, stone fruit. Medium bodied, lingering spice.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:15
7.2/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg. Hazy orange, large fizzy white head, good retention. Aroma of citrus hops, bready malt, spice, apple skins. Taste is citrus, a bit of pine, pale bready malt. Medium bodied, lingering spice.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:10
7.8/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg. Hazy golden, large fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of funk, stone fruit, pepper, old socks, moldy books. Taste is pepper, citrus, stone fruit, spice, cherry, funk. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:04
7/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at brasserie saison. Pours clear golden. Getting nothing in the aroma but this place has quite strong aromas in it. Flavor is dank, yeasty, stone fruit, booze. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:01
7.4/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewpub. Clear copper, thin fizzy tan head good retention. Aroma of piney hops, yeast, pale malt. Taste is pine, resin, stone fruit. Thin, a bit of yeastiness.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:00
7/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at brasserie saison. Poured hazy golden orange. Nice fruity aroma of peach and yeast. Flavor is slight citrus peel, yeast, light gum.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2017
at 12:57
7.4/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brasserie Saison. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of bready malt, spice, dry citrus. Taste is bready malt, apple, spice. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 12:54
7.1/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Draft Taproom. Clear copper, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of pepper, grapefruit, citrus, mango. Taste is grapefruit, pine, mango, pale malt. Medium bodied, juicy.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Aug 2017
at 11:18
6.4/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2017. Hazy pale gold no head. Lemon sour hoppy aroma. Not so sour in the mouth . A touch of sherbet. Flattish carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2017
at 12:53