Blue Mountain Brewery
 The pils malt grain silo behind the brewery. | |
| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 2007 |
| Headquarters | Afton, Virginia, USA |
| Products | Beer |
Production output | 2012 capacity, 2,800 barrels/year |
| Owner | Taylor and Mandi Smack, Matt Nucci, 31 other shareholders |
The Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia is a brewery that is part of Virginia's Brew Ridge Trail along with Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Starr Hill Brewery, and others in the area.[1] Blue Mountain was the first microbrewery to open in Nelson County.[2] They cultivate 1/3 acre of mainly Cascade-variety hops[3] and have had a focus on the industry's agricultural traditions since they opened.[4][5] One of their seasonal beers, Blue Reserve, took home the first-ever medal (Silver) for a beer hopped solely with Virginia hops at the world's largest beer competition, the Great American Beer Festival, in 2011 for the American-Belgo Ale category.[6][7]
References
- ^ "BrewRidgeTrail.com | trail map". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Afton : Nelson's First Brewery Opened Wednesday : Blue Mountain Brewery!". Blue Ridge Life Magazine. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Sparhawk, Andy (23 August 2013). "Virginia's Blue Mountain Brewery Turns Into "Little Yakima"". CraftBeer.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Wiegand, Elizabeth (23 April 2010). New Blue Ridge Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from Virginia's Highlands to North Carolina's Mountains. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-7627-6301-6. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Graves, Lee (2 October 2018). Virginia Beer: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft's Golden Age. University of Virginia Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8139-4172-1. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "11 Award-Winning Virginia Craft Breweries". Virginia's Travel Blog. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Blue Mountain Brewery Brings Home Gold & Silver : Devils Backbone A Silver". Blue Ridge Life. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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