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Blue Mountain Brewery

Logo: bluemountainbrewery.com3

American company based in Afton, founded in 20071

The Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia is a brewery that is part of Virginia's Brew Ridge Trail along with Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Starr Hill Brewery, and others in the area. Blue Mountain was the first microbrewery to open in Nelson County. They cultivate 1/3 acre of mainly Cascade-variety hops and have had a focus on the industry's agricultural traditions since they opened.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 2007Founded1

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Blue Mountain Brewery beer fermentation tank
Photo: Schwars1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia is a brewery that is part of Virginia's Brew Ridge Trail along with Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Starr Hill Brewery, and others in the area. Blue Mountain was the first microbrewery to open in Nelson County. They cultivate 1/3 acre of mainly Cascade-variety hops and have had a focus on the industry's agricultural traditions since they opened. One of their seasonal beers, Blue Reserve, took home the first-ever medal (Silver) for a beer hopped solely with Virginia hops at the world's largest beer competition, the Great American Beer Festival, in 2011 for the American-Belgo Ale category.2

Products and brands

  • beer

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 2007Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.4M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $1.4M in all. PPP loans $1.4M.$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2020 · PPP loans: $534.7K20202021 · PPP loans: $815.7K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$815.7K$815.7K
2020$534.7K$534.7K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 4, 2020$534.7K PPP loan (first draw) from Bank of the James5To BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY, INC., Afton VA; $541.7K forgiven Jul 22, 2021
  2. Jan 20, 2021$815.7K PPP loan (second draw) from Bank of the James5To BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY INC, Afton VA; $826.5K forgiven May 12, 2022

Sources

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