Rockfish Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2019

Contact
201 W Main St, Charlottesville, VA, 22902, United States
Description
An intimate and unique nano brewery located in the heart of Charlottesville, Va offering hand crafted small batch beers ranging from contemporary, seasonal and new styles.

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Dasha: pours light amber with beige head. Aroma is caramel and light graininess. Taste is lightly bitter. Nice caramelly sweetness. Rather pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 19:44


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Dasha: pours pale gold with white head. Aroma is grainy, bready. Taste is sweetish, lightly grainy. Low bitterness. Tastes a little rough around the edges. Not quite a macro but an unrefined craft.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2025 at 21:21


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bomber from Dasha: pours gold with white head. Aroma is lightly citrusy, spicy, some herbs, lots of crackery malty, slight herbal. Taste is fairly spicy and herbal and works fairly well with the pale malts. Enjoyable, even as I drank the entire bomber by myself.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2025 at 13:10


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Light rye, some light caramel. Reddish pour with ok head. Clean finish. Bottle at DC beer tasting. 636312

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2023 at 18:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22oz bottle (someone still has these?).  Pours a dark tea color, thin off white head. Good.  Malty chewy.  Cream soda and grains.  Dark tea.  Flavors same.  Medium bodied.  7 4 7 4 14

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2023 at 13:36


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at the brewery with Mika, 4/29/23. Clear gold, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma of floral, leafy, earthy hop. Taste is grapefruit, tropical fruit. Bright, juicy, low bitterness.

Tried on 06 May 2023 at 01:27


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the brewery with Mika, 4/29/23. Hazy pale gold, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of rice, pale malt, lemon. Taste is lemon, rice, pale malt. Crisp, lingering bitterness.

Tried on 06 May 2023 at 01:24


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at the downtown mall location, 4/29/22. Dark brown medium creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of sweet chocolate, coconut, vanilla. Taste is roast, coconut, chocolate, booze. Full bodied, lingering bitterness.

Tried on 03 May 2022 at 01:59


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at the dowtown mall location, 4/29/22. Clear copper large creamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, cherry, caramel, hint of pine. Taste is resin, toffee, stone fruit, pine. Full bodied, lingering bitterness. Nice.

Tried on 03 May 2022 at 01:57


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the dowtown mall location, 4/29/22. Murky orange, large creamy white head, good retention. Aroma of floral hop, melon, sweet lime. Taste is dank, lime, resin, tropical fruit. Low bitterness.

Tried on 03 May 2022 at 01:54


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