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Devils Backbone Brewing Company
LocationRoseland, Virginia, US
Opened2008
Annual production volume84,000 US beer barrels (99,000 hl)[1]
Owned byAnheuser-Busch InBev
Devils Backbone Brewing Company

The Devils Backbone Brewing Company is a brewpub located in Roseland, Virginia, owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev. It was established in 2008 by Steven Crandall. In 2012, a 15,000 square foot production facility and tap room, referred to as "The Outpost", was established near Lexington, Virginia. In 2016, the company was purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev,[2] meaning that Devils Backbone Brewing Company would no longer meet the Brewers Association definition of a "craft brewery", since ownership by Anheuser-Busch InBev exceeds the definition's 25% maximum ownership by a non-craft brewery.[3]

History[edit]

Steven and Heidi Crandall founded the Devils Backbone Brewery Company in 2008.[4] The brewing facility was built on a 100-acre (40 ha) property surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains.[5] The brewery takes its name from the ridge named by Thomas Jefferson's father, who surveyed the Blue Ridge Mountains.[6]

In 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev acquired Devils Backbone Brewing Company.[7]

Locations[edit]

Devils Backbone operates two main breweries in Virginia: The Outpost Brewery & Tap Room, located in Lexington, Virginia, and Basecamp, located in Roseland, Virginia.

Select brews can also be found in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware.[8] Since the purchase by Anheuser-Busch, the company has expanded into the markets of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee.[9]

Beers[edit]

Devils Backbone produces approximately 128 different beers.[10] In 2015, the company produced close to 62,000 barrels of beer.[6] The following year, 75,000 barrels were produced.[9] The beer is produced with a traditional German-style brewing system.[11] Since 2016, the company began to release both the Vienna Lager and the Eight Point IPA in 12-ounce cans.[12]

Vienna Lager[edit]

One of the most notable beers brewed by the company, Vienna Lager, was included in Men's Journal "Best 100 Beers in the World,"[13] and by Food & Wine "50 Best American Lagers."[13] The lager took up nearly 60% of the company's volume in 2015.

Awards[edit]

  • 2015 Great American Beer Festival - Gold[14]
  • 2012 Great American Beer Festival - Gold[14]
  • 2014 World Beer Cup Silver[14]
  • 2014 Virginia Craft Brewers Fest Gold[14]

Eight Point IPA[edit]

The Eight Point IPA was the first beer that was brewed at Devils Backbone.[12] The beer is among the company's Backbone Basecamp Favorites lineup.[12]

Danzig[edit]

The Baltic-style porter has been brewed since 2009.[15] It is one of the most popular beers in Devils Backbone Trail Blazers series.[15] The porter has earned several awards.

Awards[edit]
  • 2013 Great American Beer Festival - Bronze[15]
  • 2012 Great American Beer Festival - Silver[15]
  • 2010 World Beer Cup - Gold[15]
  • 2009 Great American Beer Festival - Silver[15]

List of beers brewed[edit]

Name[10] Style ABV
16 Point American Double/ Imperial IPA 9.1
1887 Stout American Stout 7.2
319 Hebron Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 5.1
8.5 Barrel Stout American Stout 5.9
Advantageous Weizenbock Weizenbock 6.8
Agave Double Pils American Double / Imperial Pilsner 7.0
Ale of Fergus English Dark Mild Ale 4.0
Ale of Fergus Version 6.5 Scottish Ale 6.5
Ale of Fergus Winter Warmer Scottish Ale 6.7
Alpen Bock Bock 6.9
Apple-achian Pie Stout Herbed / Spiced Beer 8.0
Apricot Weiss Hefeweizen 5.3
Auster Brau Kolsch 5.0
Aviator American Amber / Red Lager 5.5
Azreal Belgium Strong Pale Ale 7.0
Back Packin American Brown Ale 6.2
Baltic Coffee Baltic Porter 8.0
Baracus American Strong Ale 9.6
Barclay's London Dark Lager Euro Dark Lager 5.8
Bavarian Dark Lager Munich Dunkel Lager 5.7
Belgian Witbier Witbier 5.1
Berliner Metro Weiss Berliner Weissbier 3.8
Beta Max American Double / Imperial IPA 7.7
Beyond All Raisins American Barleywine 10.6
Bier De Noel Belgian Dark Ale 6.2
Black Lager Schwarzbier 5.1
Black Rock Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal Stout 4.5
Blue Ridge Hope Revival Ale American Brown Ale 6.0
Bravo Four Point Session IPA American IPA 4.4
Cafe De Manana American Porter 6.7
Catty Wompus Belgian IPA 7.5
Cocoa Bear American Double / Imperial Stout 11.0
Cocoa Danzig Baltic Porter 6.7
Cocoa Schwartz Schwartzbier 5.1
Crab Gose Gose 4.0
Craic Stout Irish Dry Stout 4.6
Cranberry Gose Gose 4.0
Cross Eyed Stranger American IPA 7.8
Cru Noir Saison / Farmhouse Ale 6.0
Crystall Brett Saison / Farmhouse Ale 5.5
Czech 10 American Pale Lager 4.3
Danzig Baltic Porter Baltic Porter 8.0
Dark Abby Dubbel 7.5
Dead Bear Imperial Stout American Double / Imperial Stout 11.0
Earned Run Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 4.2
Eight Point IPA American IPA 6.2
Five Apostles Saison Saison / Farmhouse Ale 6.9
Flor De Luna Belgian Pale Ale 5.9
Four Point Pale Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 4.0
Ginger Brau Euro Pale Lager 4.5
Glitter Bomb American Wild Ale 5.0
Gold Leaf Lager Munich Helles Lager 4.5
Granát Polotmavé / Czech Half-dark Lager 6.9
Grill Marks Kolsch 3.0
Hoopla Baltic Porter 9.5
Ichabod Crandall Pumpkin Ale 5.1
India Pale Lager American Pale Lager 6.1
Inspirado Saison / Farmhouse Ale 7.3
IPA (Wetherspoons) American IPA 5.5
IPA Plus American Double / Imperial IPA 6.2
Jarilo IPA American IPA 6.5
Juniper IPA American IPA 8.2
Just Joshin Kolsch 4.5
Kabong American Double / Imperial IPA 11.1
Kash's Kavern American Stout American Stout 5.6
Kilt Flasher Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 8.0
Kung Pow! Enter The Hop American IPA 6.8
Lemon-Ada American Pale Ale (APA) 5.2
Mailbock Mailbock / Helles Bock 7.0
March Forth American Brown Ale 4.6
Meadow Bier German Pilsener 5.0
Montpelier's Best Ambition Ale American Amber / Red Ale 5.4
Morana Tmavé/Czech Dark Lager 5.6
Morning Bear American Stout 11.0
Morning Bear Imperial Coffee Stout American Double / Imperial Stout 10.5
Neapolitans Stout American Stout 7.0
New Fest Marzen / Oktoberfest 5.9
No Problemo Euro Dark Lager 5.7
O'Fest Marzen / Oktoberfest 5.8
Old Glen American Brown Ale 7.8
Oma's Apricot Jam Dunkelweizen 5.6
Outpost Ale English Brown Ale 5.5
Pear Lager Fruit / Vegetable Beer 4.4
Pilot Brew Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 5.9
Piwo Gwarski Rauchbier 3.6
Pub Ale English Pale Mild Ale 4.8
Pumpkin Hunter Pumpkin Ale 5.1
Ramsey's Draft Stout Irish Red Ale 5.5
Ramsey's Export Stout Foreign / Export Stout 6.8
Reilly's Red Ale Irish Red Ale 5.5
Reilly's Rye Ale Rye Beer 5.8
Revenge Of The Mariner American Barleywine 13.1
Shroomback Lager American Pale Lager 7.7
Single Hop IPA American IPA 7.9
Single Hop Strongpale Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 6.4
Sixteen Point Imperial IPA American Double / Imperial IPA 9.1
Sixth Circle (collab W Parkway Brewing) American IPA 5.7
Skull Crushing Ape Weizenbock 8.0
Smokehaus Rauchbier Rauchbier 5.3
Smokehouse Porter Smoked Beer 5.7
Space Fruit Pale Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 4.6
Spider Bite American Black Ale 4.2
Stringduster American Pale Ale (APA) 4.4
Striped Bass Pale Ale American Pale Ale (APA) 5.0
Sugar Plum Fruit / Vegetable Beer 7.8
Summer Haze Herbed / Spiced Beer 4.4
Tag Out IPL American Pale Lager 4.2
Tectonic Barleywine American Barleywine 11.6
Ten Point IPA American Double / Imperial IPA 7.8
The Keeler American Blonde Ale 4.2
Three Ridges Belgian Style Triple Tripel 8.5
Tides De Mars Biere de Garde 6.1
Tommy Two Fists Dortmunder / Export Lager 5.7
Trail Angel Weiss Hefeweizen 4.7
Trail Angel Weissbier Hefeweizen 4.7
Trailblazer Imperial IPA 9.1
Treadwell IPLA American Pale Lager 7.5
Tropical Thunder Kristalweizen 5.3
Trukker Pils Czech Pilsener 5.0
Turbo Cougar Mailbock / Helles Bock 6.8
Twelve Point IPA American Double / Imperial IPA 8.3
Tye Porter American Porter 6.0
UK IPA English India Pale Ale (IPA) 6.7
Vienna Lager Vienna Lager 5.2
Vision Quest Southwest Lager American Pale Lager 7.1
Wintergreen Weiss Hefeweizen 4.7
Wood Aged Dark Abby Dubbel 6.8
Wood Aged Kilt Flasher Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 7.6
Yakima Hop Fight American Double / Imperial IPA 8.4

Awards[edit]

Since opening in 2008, the company has won 28 medals at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado.[16]

National Titles[edit]

The Great American Beer Festival[edit]

  • 2014 Great American Beer Festival Mid-Size Brewery & Brewery Team[17]
  • 2013 Small Brewing Company & Small Brewing Company Team[17]
  • 2012 Small Brewpub & Small Brewpub Brewer[17]
  • 2010 World Beer Cup Champion Brewery[17]
  • Virginia Craft Brewers Fest Best of Show Medals: 2015, 2014, 2013 & 2012[17]

World Beer Cup[edit]

  • 2016 Won a Gold Award in the German-Style Schwarzbier category[18]
  • 2016 Won a Gold Award in the Irish-Style Red Ale[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brown, Lisa. "A-B acquiring Virginia craft brewer Devils Backbone". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Hahn, Fritz (August 13, 2016). "Amid deal with Anheuser-Busch, craft brewery gets kicked out of its own festival". Retrieved January 11, 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. ^ "Craft Brewer Defined". brewersassociation.org.
  4. ^ "Our Story". Devil's Backbone Brewing Company. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Craft Beer Club". craftbeerclub.com. 2017.
  6. ^ a b Times-Dispatch, John Reid Blackwell Richmond. "Anheuser-Busch to buy Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Nelson County". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "Anheuser-Busch to acquire Devils Backbone Brewing Co". All About Beer. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "New in the Philly Market: Devils Backbone Brewing Company | Philly Beer Scene". www.beerscenemag.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Schkloven, Emma. "Rest of the Story: Anheuser-Busch purchase of Devils Backbone brings expansion to Nelson brewery". NewsAdvance.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Devils Backbone Brewing Company | Roseland, VA | Beers". BeerAdvocate. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  11. ^ "Devils Backbone Brewing Company : BreweryDB.com". www.brewerydb.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  12. ^ a b c "Devils Backbone Begins Canning Vienna Lager & Eight Point IPA • thefullpint.com". The Full Pint - Craft Beer News. March 8, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Devils Backbone Brewing Company Releases Vienna Lager and Eight Point IPA Cans - All About Beer". All About Beer. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  14. ^ a b c d "Vienna Lager : Devils Backbone Brewing Company : BreweryDB.com". www.brewerydb.com. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Devils Backbone Kicks Off Trail Blazer Series with Danzig Baltic Porter | Brewbound.com". Brewbound.com. January 12, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  16. ^ Noel, Josh. "Anheuser-Busch buys Devils Backbone, its 8th craft brewery". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  17. ^ a b c d e Anheuser-Busch. "Devils Backbone Brewing Company Partners With Anheuser-Busch". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Devils Backbone earns gold awards at World Beer Cup". NewsAdvance.com. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

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