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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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 8
Can at home. Fine dark pour and few fingers of beige head. Nose is Christmas spicing. Tastes of chocolate, nutmeg, vanilla, cookie, earth, char. Thinner bodied.
Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2020 at 04:03

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
$3.95 pint can, WW. Hazy gold with a soft off-white head. Nose is fresh apricot, mango, grasses. Flavor is apricot juice and skin, lemon zest, light mango, wheat, grasses. Flavor is light.
Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2020 at 00:20

7/10
Clear golden body small foamy white head. Floral citrus aroma. Floral citrus flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/4/15 3.7
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2020 at 19:46

7/10
Hazy gold pour. Thin foam. Fruit nose. Sour fruit and light carbonation. Wheat and fruit palate.
Tried on 10 Oct 2020 at 00:44

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tart peach aroma. Cloudy orange, thin head. Tart peach and lemon. Light body, easy carbonation.
Tried on 10 Oct 2020 at 00:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Very clear deep copper and even orange coloured body with a nice three to four centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat for a while. Aroma of deep spice notes with a ton of lemongrass, ginger, grapefruit, citrus and floral notes without much malt or alcohol coming through at all. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy, herbal and floral hop bitterness cuts through and leaves a nice dryness with some very small malt components and almost no sweetness at all. Mild and relatively easy-drinking at first. Aftertaste shows a dry, very herbal and slightly spicey hop kick showing some lemongrass and floral, almost sorrel or spinach flavoured with a lot of bitterness, especially at the end. Overall, a relatively robust IPA with a nice bitterness and dry profile, but the malt, complexity and especially the sweetness are off kilter here with not enough of all of those noticeable throughout in this beer, but still, not a bad option. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 21-August-2020 for US$2,24 sampled at my house here in Washington on  11-September-2020, Patriot Day, here especially a few feet from the Pentagon. 
Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2020 at 06:47

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pint can from WW. Hazy to murky orange with a soft off-white head. Cat piss, orange peel, grapefruit, pine, honeydew, floral hops. Thick melon, orange peel, pineapple, mango, pine. Juicy, enjoyable. Would like to try the regular ICBM along side this, though my score on this one seems like it'll be much higher.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2020 at 23:16

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 9.15.20. Black (and beautiful), large creamy tan head good retention. Aroma of roast, dark chocolate, mint. Taste is roast, cherry, dark chocolate. Medium bodied lingering bitterness. Well balanced. Goes to bail funds which is awesome.
Tried on 16 Sep 2020 at 02:07

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the brewery, 9.15.20. Clear gold, large creamy tan head good retention. Aroma of bready malt, sweet, floral hops. Taste is doughy malt, stone fruit, earth. Medium bodied.
Tried on 16 Sep 2020 at 01:27

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
KEG at the brewery, 9.15.20. Hazy pale gold, large creamy tan head good retention. Aroma of bready malt, floral, stone fruit. Taste is stone fruit, melon, marzipan, brett. Medium bodied low carb.
Tried on 16 Sep 2020 at 01:15