Starr Hill Brewery

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Starr Hill Brewery
Founded1999
HeadquartersCrozet, Virginia
United States
ProductsBeer

Starr Hill Brewery was founded in 1999[1] in the town of Charlottesville, Virginia, by Mark Thompson[2] and Kristin Dolan.[3] The brewery takes its name from the neighborhood where it was originally located. In 2005, the brewery moved to nearby Crozet, Virginia.[4] After Thompson retired in early 2015, brand and recipe development leader Robbie O'Cain was tapped as Brewmaster.[5] In September 2017, Starr Hill opened the Pilot Brewery & Side Stage in Roanoke, Virginia.[6]

Starr Hill brews 28,000 barrels per year in Crozet and Roanoke.[7]

Starr Hill beer can be found throughout the southeast United States.[5] 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.[8]

Along with , Blue Mountain Brewery, and Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Starr Hill forms the Brew Ridge Trail.[9] Starr Hill also helped create the 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.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Starr Hill Brewery". Starr Hill Brewery. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. ^ "Mark Thompson, Cofounder of Starr Hill Brewery". www.cvilletomorrow.org. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  3. ^ RVABeerguy@gmail.com, Lee Graves. "The Beer Guy: Starr Hill attains position as Virginia's largest craft brewery". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  4. ^ Greg Kitsock, A Brewer With Hope in the Hereafter, The Washington Post, 16 January 2008
  5. ^ a b "Our Story". Starr Hill Brewery. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  6. ^ "Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage Coming to Star City: Roanoke, VA". Starr Hill Brewery. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  7. ^ Tourism, LYH-Lynchburg. "Starr Hill on Main Brewery". LYH – Lynchburg Tourism. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  8. ^ "Aiming for high mark; Virginia's Starr Hill Brewers hope to go nationwide within the next 10 years", Richmond Times-Dispatch, 30 June 2006
  9. ^ http://brewridgetrail.com/destinations/[dead link]
  10. ^ "VA Craft Pioneer". Starr Hill Brewery. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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