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.
6/10
Hazy gold pour. Thin foam. Sweet nose of pink grapefruit. Bitter flavor of pith and celery. Celery palate
Tried
on 31 Mar 2021
at 23:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Strong pithy grapefruit and lemongrass nose. Cloudy golden, thin head. Grapefruit, clay, cocoa. Full body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2021
at 23:40
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
From a 12 oz can. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a white head. Aromas of bread dough. Flavors are crisp hops and sweet pale malts.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2021
at 18:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2021
at 05:34
8/10
Black pour. Sweet flavor of vanilla and brown sugar..like molasses cookies. Bittersweet chocolate molasses palate
Tried
on 16 Jan 2021
at 01:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nutmeg, clove nose. Black, thin tan head. Strong nutmeg, charred oak. Medium body, easy carbonation. Not my favorite
Tried
on 16 Jan 2021
at 00:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 1.8.20. Dark brown large creamy tan head good retention. Aroma of roast, carob, rye, chocolate. Taste is roast, cherry, rye, chocolate. Medium bodied low bitterness. Comes across more like black forest cake than pumpernickel, but its tasty.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2021
at 21:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 1.8.20. Dark brown large creamy tan head. Aroma of vinegar, funk, cherry, pepper. Taste is tart cherry, vinegar, funk, pepper. Medium bodied well balanced. Nice.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2021
at 21:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2020
at 23:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home happy to find the style Lovely dark pot and head sits up nice to enjoy. Nose is dark roast and coffee. Tastes of coffee, chocolate, earth, cherry, licorice. Smooth palate. Hides the 10%.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2020
at 05:10