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3.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 3 Overall 4
This stuff sucks - it’s basically hop water and it kind of even fails at being that - get yourself some Athletic Free Wave and steer clear of this garbage water.
Tried on 30 Jul 2026 at 20:44

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can - you can taste the fucking lactose in this big time - and the hop bitterness is low, which makes the sweetness that much more obvious - tastes grainy and muddled, with indistinct hop character and apparent alcohol - although I have to say I enjoy the rusticity of the spelt here, even if the overall flavor is muddled - ditch the lactose and ferment this with a Belgian and saison yeast and you might have a winner - meh.
Tried on 29 Jul 2026 at 02:04

6.6/10 Setting 6 Selection 6 Service 8 Food 6 Value 7 Overall 6
It’s a brewery in a beach town - if you’ve ever been to one, you know exactly what you are getting yourself into, so I will spare the details - I will say, though, that they have a lot of outdoor seating and do a good job making a comfortable outdoor space for hanging - inside not so much and they allow dogs inside, which is gross - I don’t think there is a single thing on the food menu that is not deep fried, but the beer battered onion rings are delicious - beer is meh - their farmhouse ale was overly sweet and abrasively phenolic - counter service was fine, as were prices - it’s the only brewery in town, so drink up, nerds!
Visited on 23 Jul 2026 at 02:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
For being alcohol free, I think this is a great rendition of bitburger pils - clean and crisp, with a lot of fresh grassy hoppiness - malt structure is lightly sweet and bready, becoming crisp and dry in the finish - definitely a go-to for summer NA needs.
Tried on 22 Jul 2026 at 22:01

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Four pack randomly found on the floor at a Richmond bodega (yes, Richmond has bodegas if you look in the right neighborhoods; I am as surprised as you) - pours a cloudy dark gold - tastes worty, with really apparent alcohol flavor - watery texture - herbal hope profile - lingering burn - it’s not good, but perhaps the bodega floor had something to do with that.
Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2026 at 02:24

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