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Born in a Charlottesville music hall in 1999, Starr Hill is an independent, regional craft brewery founded out of a passion for great beer and live music. In response to the growing demand, Starr Hill moved in the summer of 2005 from to a larger facility in the town of Crozet. It was here where Starr Hill became the first production craft brewery in Virginia, focused on bottling and packaging beer to ship to around Virginia and beyond. The brewery and Tap Room are still based there today, nestled in the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at the Dairy Market, with Drake. Hazy orange. Pot, orange, pine nose. Orange juice, light dankness (very light). Really nice.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2024 at 23:30

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the Dairy Market, with Drake. Lightly hazy orange. Aroma is so weak I went to smell another beer to see if my sense of smell suddenly disappeared (it hadn't). Flavor is yeast, berry, grasses. Nice flavor.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2024 at 23:28

5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
On tap at the Dairy Market, with Drake. Oddly colored murky brownish. Chocolate berry nose. Flavor is tart raspberry, green leaf, chocolate candy. Not my jam.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2024 at 23:25

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the Dairy Market. Sunday beers with Drake. Gold, orange aroma. Orang oil, green leaf, grasses. Fine.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2024 at 23:23

7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the source, Sunday beers with Drake. Gold. Smoked peat and grasses in the nose. Flavor is smoked peat, grasses. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2024 at 23:21

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
s: fruit punch (duh!) - syrup - light hops a: crisp golden body - large white head t: resin - alcohol - caster sugar p: grass - alpha acids - juice o: pungent - still bitter - astringent 16 ounce can - Trader Joe's (grocery): Centreville, Virginia - 08-March-2024 - US$3,50 - Canned: 29-January-2024 - sampled: 23-March-2024
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2024 at 18:09

8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
s: tea | lemons | floral throughout (duh!)
a: nice copper body | thinnish off-white head
t: honey | earl grey | citrus
p: thick malts | sweet throughout | hay at end
o: complex profile | great balance | easy-ish drinking

16 ounce can | Total Wine: Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia | 13-November-2022 | US$4,29 | Canned: 01-June-2022 | sampled: 17-December-2023 as Beer #16 of my 2023 Advent Calendar
Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Alexandria on 17 Dec 2023 at 07:50

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear golden colour, minimal creamy white head; aroma and taste of grapefruit, pine resiny, pomelo, some floral and biscuity notes; good IPA
Tried on 15 Nov 2023 at 21:05

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Ever so slightly hazy deep copper and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall off-white head that's fairly large bubbled. Aroma of grain, fairly astringent and crisp hop notes that seem to have a lot of alpha acid bitterness, but also pack a lot of stone fruit scents - nice! Medium to Full-bodied; Pretty rich grainy and earthy malt notes show at first with a pungent apricot and plum flavour that also gives off a little sweetness along with a pretty nice and assertive bitterness that is pretty floral and a touch grassy. Aftertaste is pretty crisp throughout with an excellent balance of malt and hops, both showing very strong, with only a sliver of sweetness, but much more astringency and pungent, dry notes. Overall, a pretty nice, crisp and assertive IPA that does show Imperial Status from the rich malt and hops, but isn't cloying nor too extreme. Nice to try locally and very fresh, worth trying if readily available, like it was for me! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Harris Teeter in Arlington (Pentagon Row), Virginia on 28-June-2022 for US$1,87 (part of a mixed six pack), packaged on 11-April-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 11-July-2022.
Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2023 at 15:06

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12 ounce can thanks to hershiser2! 7/27/23. Hazy yellow, thin off-white head, average retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt. Mild aroma. Taste is pineapple, tropical fruit. Slick.
Tried from Can on 19 Aug 2023 at 02:56