Nelson Breweries Win In 2010 World Beer Cup Competition : 4.11.10

Chicago
Nelson County continues to prove we not only know how to do wine, but beer! Both of Nelson’s microbreweries won medals or cups at this year’s 2010 World Beer Cup Competition held in Chicago this past weekend. They went up against breweries from all over. Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton took home a silver medal for it’s Rockfish Wheat in a competition against 15 other entries.

Devils Backbone Brewing Company came home with a biggie, the Champion Brewery and Brewmaster in the small brewpub category. David Turley over at Musings Over A Pint has a breakout list of other wins for DBBC:

Category 7: Coffee Flavored Beer (47 Entries)
Bronze Medal: Morning Bear
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
Roseland, VA

Category 30: German-Style Schwarzbier (38 Entries)
Bronze Medal: Schwartz Bier
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
Roseland, VA

Category 31: Traditional German-Style Bock (25 Entries)
Bronze Medal: Kollaborator
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
Roseland, VA

Category 40: Baltic-Style Porter (28 Entries)
Gold Medal: Danzig
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
Roseland, VA

Congrats to both Blue Mountain and Devils Backbone.

Way to go!!