From Old Trail’s management transition to Bold Rock Cidery’s bottling to the Fourth of July Parade and Fireworks (it’s June 30) this month’s Crozet Gazette is chock-full of great stories.
Blue Mountain Brewery Gets Bigger
Press release after the jump. I’m just happy they’re going to keep making awesome beer.
Blue Mountain Brewery’s Lights Out is Out
From friends at Blue Mountain Brewery:
Today is the release of our tasty Lights Out Holiday Ale. Available on draft & in six-packs here at the brewery. Today is also the first Thursday of the month which means it is Steal the Glass day, all day long. Buy a beer for $5 and you keep the logo glass it comes in, no limit on glass purchases.
Sweet.
Blue Mountain Brewery Doubling Capacity
Thanks to Nelson County Life for the heads-up.
It’s been a busy week already for the folks at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton. They have been in the process of offloading a new tank that will double their draft and bottled beer distribution in stores and restaurants. “We just recently got to the momentous mark of having our draft and bottled beer in over 100 restaurants and stores across Virginia. This new tank is going to help us double that within a year,†Mandi Smack, co-owner of BMB tells us.
I have made no secret about my appreciation for this beer; friends from around the state and country are jealous that this brewery is only 12 minutes from Downtown Crozet (and my house)!
Washington Post Notices Our Beer
Of course, readers of RealCrozetVa already knew about our fine breweries in Western Albemarle and Nelson. Read the Post’s take.
Nelson County’s Newest Brewery
You’ve heard of (and probably had) Starr Hill – Crozet
Hopefully you’ve been to Blue Mountain Brewery – 12-13 minutes west of Crozet in Afton.
Introducing Devils’ Backbone Brewery – Google says they’re 52 minutes away … I might make the trip this weekend – for journalistic purposes, of course.
Read more at C-Ville and cVillain.
Could this dream come to fruition? (from the C-Ville article)
Devil’s’ General Manager Chris Trotter tells us that Crandall and friends granted a portion of the site back to Nelson County for the possible purpose of building a skate park. “The plan is to make this area the Virginia Jackson Hole,†says Trotter, who is referring, of course, to über cool resort town Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which is beloved almost as much for its dining, entertaining and non-skiing recreations as it is for its amazing slopes and powder.