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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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Drake (22980) reviewed
Hogwaller Scramble from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Dark brown, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of strong chocolate, roast, nuts. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, nuts, cocoa. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:25
Drake (22980) reviewed
Group Hug from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Keg at Champion. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of lemongrass, ginger, pale malt. The taste is floral notes, lemongrass, spice, ginger, pale malt. Medium bodied, crisp, lingering spice.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:22
Drake (22980) reviewed
Larry's Dime Bag from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Keg at the brewery. Clear amber, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of strong rye, pithy citrus, pale malt. The taste is lemon, rye, pith, pale bready malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness. Nice beer.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:20
Drake (22980) reviewed
Ginger Can't Drink Beer from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the brewery. Clear pale amber, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of ginger and pale malt. The taste is ginger, lemon, pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering spice.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:19
Drake (22980) reviewed
Brasserie Saison Dubbel from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of dandelion, earth, toffee, caramel, hints of plum. The taste is toffee, caramel, plum, earth, herbal notes. Medium bodied, interesting.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:16
Drake (22980) reviewed
Four Horsemen from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Keg at the brewery. Hazy amber, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of oak, funk, lemon. The taste is lemon, apricot, papaya, funk, white grape, mild oak. Medium bodied, mild lingering tartness, well balanced.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 14:14
Drake (22980) reviewed
Tractor Beam from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Violet Crown, 12/21/16. Hazy orange, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of apricot, pineapple, bready malt. The taste is pale bready malt, apricot, mild spice. Medium bodied, nice.
Tried on 24 Dec 2016 at 13:03
tsd08460 (2438) reviewed
Hogwaller Scramble from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Can from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: roasty, coffee, chocolate, Appearance: black with a tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, creamy, average carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2016 at 20:17
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Hogwaller Scramble from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
$2.90 can from Wine Warehouse. Pours dark brown, nearly black, with a small tan head. To be honest, I want my imperial stouts black and thick with a brown head. So this already falls short for me. Aroma is coffee, some sweetness. Flavor is ashy coffee, chocolate, and little else. Gotta say this is a poor excuse for an imperial stout. Sorry Champion- you’ve hit the mark numerous times... just not this time.
Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2016 at 16:16
Hershiser2 (8228) reviewed
Santa's Cookies from Champion Brewing Company
9 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
$2.90 can from Wine Warehouse. Pours nearly black with an inch of tan head. Ginger overwhelms this aroma - all over the place, along with cinnamon and very light coffee. Flavor is also super ginger, along with cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, chocolate, and some coffee. It’s OK, but not well balanced. The spice is way too out front, but at least it’s not sickeningly sweet.
Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2016 at 15:45