Blue Mountain Brewery Explained

Blue Mountain Brewery
Location:Afton, Virginia, USA
Owner:Taylor and Mandi Smack, Matt Nucci, 31 other shareholders
Foundation:October 2007
Production:2012 capacity, 2,800 barrels/year
Industry:Alcoholic beverage
Products:Beer

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BrewRidgeTrail.com | trail map . 2009-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110422225444/http://brewridgetrail.com/destinations/ . 2011-04-22 . dead .
  2. News: Afton : Nelson's First Brewery Opened Wednesday : Blue Mountain Brewery! . 8 March 2021 . Blue Ridge Life Magazine . 24 October 2007.
  3. News: Sparhawk . Andy . Virginia's Blue Mountain Brewery Turns Into "Little Yakima" . 8 March 2021 . CraftBeer.com . 23 August 2013.
  4. Book: Wiegand . Elizabeth . New Blue Ridge Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from Virginia's Highlands to North Carolina's Mountains . 23 April 2010 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-7627-6301-6 . 258 . 8 March 2021 . en.
  5. Book: Graves . Lee . Virginia Beer: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft's Golden Age . 2 October 2018 . University of Virginia Press . 978-0-8139-4172-1 . 34 . 8 March 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: 11 Award-Winning Virginia Craft Breweries . Virginia's Travel Blog . 8 March 2021 . 13 August 2014.
  7. News: Blue Mountain Brewery Brings Home Gold & Silver : Devils Backbone A Silver . 8 March 2021 . Blue Ridge Life . 10 October 2011.

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