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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery. Bytemesis told me to suck it, so I downed a pint! Pours a very dark brown color with red highlights. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, soft wheat. The taste is chocolate, roast, dark fruits, bitter hops and faint notes of clay and peanut butter. Medium bodied, high carbonation, nice balance. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2014
at 16:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Birch. Pours Pitch black, large creamy tan head, great lacing. Aroma is roasty, wet dog, chocolate. Taste is similar, peanuts, quite interesting, light sweet, light bitter, lingering bitter finish, roasty. Medium plus body, creamy mouthfeel. Hell, this is good! I am glad i tried it. Oh, and suck it Drake, i have tried one that you haven’t :)
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2014
at 16:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Whole Foods Charlottesville, Pours a hazy orange color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of citrus, rye, pale toasted malts, herbal notes in the finish. The taste is toasted malts, strong rye notes, citrus, mild bubblegum and a bitter finish. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, lingering bitterness,
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2014
at 18:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft the the brewery, 12/26/13. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized creamy brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, cherries in the finish. The taste is dark bitter roasted malts, tart cherries and strong cocoa in the finish. Medium bodied, a bit chewy, decent balance, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 19:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery, 12/21/13. Aged in 10 year Pappy barrels. Pours a hazy orange-brown color with a medium sized frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of big citrus hops, mild wood and bourbon notes. The taste is strong citrus hops, mild wood, whiskey and coconut. Medium bodied, strong lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 19:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewery, 12/12/13. Pours a hazy dark brown color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of heavy spices and toffee malts. The taste is heavy spice, tart berries, citrus, toffee. Medium bodied, lingering spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 18:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at the brewery, 12/5/13. Pours a hazy orange color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of big hop notes… spicy, citrus, candied citrus, tropical, lemongrass. The taste is intense citrus, earth, herbal, almost woody hops and caramel malts. Medium bodied, slightly hot. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 17:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery 12/5/13. Pours a dark brown color with a large creamy brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of strong fennel, chocolate, floral notes, cognac in the finish. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, fennel, mild cognac. Medium bodied, interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 17:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery, 12/5/13. Pours a slighty hazy amber color with a frothy amber head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, sweet potato, sweet lactose and mild spice. The taste is sweet potato, caramel and spice in the finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 17:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery, 11/21/13. Pours a hazy amber color with a large frothy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of big citrus hops, some pith, pale malts and mild toast. The taste is tropical and citrus hops, citrus zest, pale malts. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness, well balanced, very drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2014
at 16:36