Blue Mountain Brewery
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
FoundedOctober 2007
HeadquartersAfton, Virginia, USA
ProductsBeer
Production output
2012 capacity, 2,800 barrels/year
OwnerTaylor 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

  1. ↑ "BrewRidgeTrail.com | trail map". Archived from the original on 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Afton : Nelson's First Brewery Opened Wednesday : Blue Mountain Brewery!". Blue Ridge Life Magazine. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Sparhawk, Andy (23 August 2013). "Virginia's Blue Mountain Brewery Turns Into "Little Yakima"". CraftBeer.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "11 Award-Winning Virginia Craft Breweries". Virginia's Travel Blog. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "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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