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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6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12 ounce can thanks to hershiser2! 4/29/22. Clear gold. medium white head, good retention. Aroma of corn, grain, stone fruit. Taste is pale malt, stone fruit, dank hops. Crisp. lingering bitterness.
Tried from Can on 03 May 2022 at 02:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at the brewery, 4/29/22. Clear red, thin creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, raisin. Taste is toffee, caramel, pine, chocolate. Decent.
Tried on 03 May 2022 at 02:01

6/10
Light hazy amber body small foamy off white head. Spicy bready aroma. Bready spicy flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3
Tried from Can on 01 May 2022 at 17:38

5/10
Tried on 20 Feb 2022 at 16:33

3.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Mixasix @ Kroger: Buttered corn nose. Clear pale yellow, thin head. Corn, lemon, cane sugar, biscuit. Chemical finish. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2022 at 00:56

6/10
Clear gold pour. Nutty malt flavor with nice nut malt palate. Easy carbonation. Light bodied.
Tried on 05 Feb 2022 at 00:55

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can
Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2022 at 22:31

5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Wegmans can. Off-clear, a couple of hues away from sake. Tiny white head. Grasses and leaf, light citrus nose. Brown leaf, tonic water, lemon zest. Light carbonation, watery, thin. Inoffensive, but nothing to this. I'm going to toss some bitters into this thing and make it worth drinking.
Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2022 at 01:42

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Jet black with a decent beige head. Lots of chocolate and roast. Roast and dark chocolate with a hint of sweetness. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2021 at 02:13

7/10
Hazy gold pour. Citrus flavor. With zest and some pith. Light notes of lemongrass zesty palate medium carbonation.
Tried on 22 Dec 2021 at 02:27