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notalush

Richmond, VA, United States 🇺🇸 Member

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - this beer is pretty much everything I wanted it to be / sometimes you’ve had a day and you just want a hop punch to the face and enough alcohol to make you forget your troubles - this beer delivers on that on every regard - fuck your low bitterness hazy ipa - the bitterness in this beer will take you back to the days when beer drinkers weren’t afraid of such things - tangy and bitter and herbal and dank as fuck - the alcohol is well masked, but it’s presence is felt - bittersweet finish and lingering hop character - super bitter without being abrasive - kicks it old school and succeeds.
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2026 at 23:44

7.4/10 Setting 8 Selection 6 Service 8 Food 8 Value 8 Overall 7
Large brewery space with a massive outdoor patio - lots of merch and to-go beer - they have a pizza kitchen inside that makes some pretty great personal pizzas - they have quite a bit on tap, but most of it is stuff you can find in cans and bottles in most stores in the region (I think maybe two non-standard products on my last visit, one Belgian single and a BA stout) - enough to keep it interesting, though, and some visits yield more interesting things than others - in a rapidly redeveloping old industrial area that now has the brewery surrounded by new brick apartment buildings (which was not the case just a few years ago) - really family-friendly, which is a bonus for me - there are better breweries to visit in RVA, but you would not regret a stop here - plus it is close to all the breweries in Scott’s Addition, so this is easy to add to an RVA brewery crawl - plus they are one of the OG Richmond breweries.
Visited on 07 Jul 2026 at 20:42

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - hazy light gold - what I appreciate about what Grimm is doing in the hazy ipas I have tried from them so far is that they are not losing sight of what an ipa should be - bitter - we want complex hop flavor, sure, but so much of the hazy trend has tried to squash bitterness - not the case here - loads of citric and herbal bitterness on the tail end - soft body, creamy texture - lots of tropical notes on this one - finishing spicy and herbal - white pepper - alcohol is well-masked - it’s nice!
Tried from Can on 07 Jul 2026 at 20:34

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - quite a nice and zesty one, this - a lot of peppery hoppiness, grassy and herbal notes, followed by lingering citrus - for a hazy, it has a nice, crisp bitterness to it - quite dry and nicely balanced - currently on sale at my local Whole Foods, so I may need to stock up for this heat wave.
Tried on 06 Jul 2026 at 03:02

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle - lightly hazy amber - fairly dry and mellow for the style - it has a creaky texture and a full body, with just enough warming alcohol to force a moderate pace - warming in the chest on the back end - there is honestly not a lot going on in the flavor - dry-ish, earthy malt, light dark fruit, moderate bitterness, slightly bready in the finish - not offensive and no obvious flaws - it’s just boring.
Tried from Bottle from Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market on 01 Jun 2026 at 23:10

notalush added a new beer Wheatwine by Fine Creek Brewing Company
2 months ago


7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce at Scott’s Addition location - inky black with a moderate tan lace - nose is heavy on chocolate, coffee, and moderate bourbon barrel character - a nice blend of young and aged stout - coffee leads, followed by chocolate, whiskey, oak, toffee - overall impression is like an espresso truffle - finish is lightly a Racine but otherwise it is solid.
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Scott's Addition on 01 Jun 2026 at 18:44

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Bottle - no batch number or bottling date despite there being a space for one on the label - clear dark amber - thick lace - very rough American-style barleywine - medium bitter, strong alcohol warmth, caramelized sugars, slight dark fruit and raisin, theme cherry - finish is warming to hot and moderately bitter - rough and in your face, without substantial complexity - but it gets the job done.
Tried from Bottle from Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market on 19 May 2026 at 22:43

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle purchased from Ellwood Thompson’s in Richmond, VA - dark ruby pour - moderate, soapy lace - nose is deep red wine, rich oak, light acetic character, mild funk, light smoke and maple - complex and inviting - flavor is super dry and deeply tannic, with moderate acetic character and light lacto tartness - lots of red wine oak in the finish - smoke is basically absent in the flavor, though, which is disappointing - still, a solid, gentle, and nuanced sour, which is indeed a rare commodity these days - I did not read the bottling date when purchases, but I am looking at it now and it appears to be from 10/28/20, and if so, it is aging quite gracefully, especially if it had been sitting under the fluorescent lights of Ellwood Thompsons for the last 6 years.
Tried from Bottle from Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market on 19 May 2026 at 20:55

7.8/10 Setting 8 Selection 8 Service 8 Food 8 Value 7 Overall 8
I recently moved into Woodland Heights, so I am very close to this location - very similar stylistically and thematically to the Scott's Addition location - imagine you took the space of that location and then just made it s two-story building - part of a larger commercial development that includes a Blanchard's Coffee and Stella's Grocery, so you know this neighborhood has "made it" - much like their Scott's Addition location, they partner with a food vendor, which at the time of this writing is Y Tu Mama Tacos, which is friggin' delicious (and I say this having just moved from Denver, where we have some dang good tacos) - draft list is about as extensive as their flagship location, but the to-go beer is a little more limited - they are always slammed, but they have a good system in place that moves the line fast - my one gripe is that on weekdays they do not open until 4, but this seems to be typically of most breweries in Richmond - coming from Colorado, I was used to a lot of places being open for folks to have "liquid lunch," but you can't really do that here unless you go to the Veil's flagship location, which opens at 11 AM, and consequently, that location gets pretty busy on weekdays - good service and solid selection and Veil beers are always solid, IMO - recently, Vassen also opened a location right across he street, so between the two breweries, coffee, and yuppie grocery, you've got quite the bougie white people corridor here if you include Janet's bakery and Outpost (bikes, beer, and wine) right down the street - I won't complain, as I am a boudge white person - I'd say if you are visiting from out of town, hit the flagship location, especially because of how many other breweries are within walking distance from there - but if you happen to be on the south side, this is an oasis not to be missed.
Visited on 19 May 2026 at 17:18