The Blue Mountain Brewery in
Afton, Virginia
Afton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313.
Geography
It is located in the foothi ...
is a
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
that is part of Virginia's Brew Ridge Trail along with
Devils Backbone Brewing Company,
Starr Hill Brewery, and others in the area.
Blue Mountain was the first microbrewery to open in
Nelson County.
They cultivate 1/3 acre of mainly Cascade-variety hops
and have had a focus on the industry's agricultural traditions since they opened.
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
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is an annual beer festival hosted by the Brewers Association, held in Denver, Colorado. Typically held in late September or early October, the event is currently held at Denver's Colorado Convention Cente ...
, in 2011 for the American-Belgo Ale category.
References
External links
Blue Mountain Brewery
Beer brewing companies based in Virginia
Nelson County, Virginia
American companies established in 2007
Food and drink companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Virginia
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