February 1, 2012
ShareNelson County, Virginia Flattered to say the least! Recently Nelson County Life Magazine and Publisher Yvette Stafford, along with Blue Mountain Brewery and other great locations in Nelson were featured in a video produced by Nest Realty Company about the county. Check it out for yourself in the player down below! But those of us [...]
November 18, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Most know how yummy wine pairings can be with food, but beer is too! This past Thursday night Taylor Smack hosted the 1st Fall Beer Dinner at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton. In short, it was incredible! The entire room was packed with people wanting to experience some of the custom [...]
October 20, 2011
ShareColleen Nelson County, Virginia Blue Mountain Brewery, Nelson’s first microbrewery established back in October of 2007 is expanding once again. This is just weeks after opening their new addition to the existing brewery and restaurant in Afton. It roughly doubled in size with the expansion. Blue Mountain Barrel House and Organic Brewery is a 10,000 [...]
September 14, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia In a matter of hours Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia doubled in size! Though it took months and months of construction to get to that point. Earlier this week the crew at BMB had a couple of soft openings to give everything a dry run before opening to the public [...]
August 31, 2011
ShareNelson County, Virginia It’s no secret that Nelson County is the place to be on the east coast if you are in the business of making wine, beer, and now cider! Bold Rock Cidery started construction a few weeks ago on the site owned by John Washburn. It’s on the left about 2 miles south [...]
August 28, 2011
ShareRoseland/Afton Nelson County, Virginia In spite of threatening skies lots of people still weathered the rain and took past in several of the events going on in Nelson County this past weekend. Devils Backbone held their Mountain Cross this past Saturday morning. It’s was a 66 mile race across the hills of Nelson County. Labor [...]
August 5, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia For the 2nd year in a row people packed the deck at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton to help separate the hops from the 2011 harvest! Not to worry, if you volunteered for just 2 hours, lunch was on the house! Back in April of this year they were stringing up [...]
April 29, 2011
ShareAfton, Nelson County, Virginia Blue Mountain Brewery has selected the Colleen Business Park in Nelson County as the home for its two new production brewery projects. During the year-long site selection process, the Colleen location emerged as the best fit for the projects, allowing Blue Mountain to expand its brewery operations in Nelson County. Blue [...]
April 25, 2011
Share Afton Nelson County, Virginia Bring a pair of good yard scissors and help Blue Mountain Brewery string, trim and train their Cascade and Centennial hops! On Tuesday, April 26th · 3:00pm – 6:00pm Give them an hour of good work and they’ll hook you up with a “hop-hand” sandwich–carnivore or vegetarian style–and a side. [...]
April 22, 2011
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia The folks over at Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton just keep turning out the new brews. Just in time for Easter Weekend Taylor Smack, co-founder and brewmaster at BMB, has released Afton Amber. Here’s what Taylor has to say about it: A classic East-Coast amber ale, with attention to balance and [...]