Starr Hill Brewery was founded in 1999 in the city of
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat, seat of government of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County, which surrounds the ...
, by Mark Thompson, his wife Kristin Dolan, and music executive
Coran Capshaw. The
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 ...
takes its name from the neighborhood where it was originally located. In 2005, the brewery moved to nearby
Crozet, Virginia. After Thompson retired in early 2015, brand and recipe development leader Robbie O'Cain was tapped as Brewmaster.
In September 2017, Starr Hill opened the Pilot Brewery & Side Stage in
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke ( ) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It lies in Southwest Virginia, along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanok ...
.
Starr Hill brews 28,000 barrels per year in Crozet and Roanoke.
Starr Hill beer can be found throughout the southeast United States.
The brewery has won several awards for its beer, in particular the Dark Starr Stout, which was in 2006 called the most decorated Dry Irish stout in the American craft brewing scene.
Along with
South Street Brewery,
Blue Mountain Brewery,
Wild Wolf Brewing Company and
Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Starr Hill forms the Brew Ridge Trail. Starr Hill also helped create th
Virginia Brewers Guild a coalition of independent, small, commercial breweries dedicated to growing the craft beer industry in the Commonwealth. Starr Hill's founder was Chair of the Guild in 2014.
References
External links
Official website
1999 establishments in Virginia
Beer brewing companies based in Virginia
Food and drink companies established in 1999
Crozet, Virginia
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