Roseland
Nelson County, Virginia
What a gorgeous day for sipping brews and listening to a funky brass band at Devil’s Backbone! 60 breweries, including two hard cideries, from our sweet Virginia, arcades, food trucks, live music, giant jenga, corn hole, and so many more wonderful things.
Awards were given to breweries with The Answer coming in first!
Scroll below to see all of the winners in their respective categories.
The 2015 Virginia Craft Brewers Cup winners are as follows:
Best of Show
Gold – The Answer – Larceny
Silver – O’Connor Brewing Company – Backyard Bonfire Smoked IPA
Bronze – Devils Backbone Brewing Company Outpost – Schwartz Bier
Light Lager
Gold – Seven Arrows Brewing Company – Skyline Lager
Silver – Bull and Bones Brewhaus – All Night Light
Bronze – Devils Backbone Brewing Company Outpost – Turbo Cougar
Pilsner
Gold – Hardywood Park Craft Brewery – Pils
Silver – Port City Brewing Company – Downright Pilsner
Bronze – Extra Billy’s Smokehouse and Brewery – ForeCzech
Amber and Dark Lager
Gold – Devils Backbone Brewing Company Outpost – Schwartz Bier
Silver – Devils Backbone Brewing Company Outpost – Vienna Lager
Bronze – Starr Hill Brewery – Jomo
Light American Ale
Gold – Beer Hound Brewery – Olde Yella
Silver – Sunken City Brewing Company – Crooked Road Cream
Bronze – Old 690 Brewing Company – Old 690 Blonde Ale
Kolsch and Altbier
Gold – Midnight Brewery – New Beginning
Silver – Wolf Hills Brewing – Altbier
Bronze – Blue Mountain Barrel House – Kolsch 151
British Bitter
Gold – Brothers Craft Brewing – Ordinary Bitter
Silver – Capitol City Brewing Company – English Summer Ale
Bronze – Triple Crossing Brewing Co. – Element 79
Scottish and Irish Amber Ale
Gold – Midnight Brewery – Rockville Red
Silver – Three Notch’d Brewing – Hydraulion Red
Bronze – Capitol City Brewing Company – Canny Lass
American Amber and Brown Ale
Gold – Rusty Beaver Brewery – Roy’s Big Bad Brown Ale
Silver – Wolf Hills Brewing – Creeper Trail Amber ale
Bronze – O’Connor Brewing Company – Red Nun Red Ale
English Mild and Brown Ale
Gold – Three Notch’d Brewing – No Veto Brown
Silver – Midnight Brewery – Not My Job
Bronze – Garden Grove Brewing Company – Broke Down Soldier
American Pale Ale
Gold – Redbeard Brewing Company – Pennyroyal Pale Ale
Silver – Alewerks Brewing Company – Shorty Time
Bronze – Three Notch’d Brewing – Ghost of the 43rd
IPA
Gold – The Answer – Larceny
Silver – Extra Billy’s Smokehouse and Brewery – Citra Ass Down
Bronze – Young Veterans Brewing Company – Semper Fi. PA
Imperial IPA
Gold – Parkway Brewing Company – 4 Damn Fights to a Pint
Silver – O’Connor Brewing Company – Heavy Footer DIPA
Bronze – The Answer – Hard In The Paint
Porter
Gold – Devils Backbone Brewing Company Basecamp – Danzig
Silver – Big Ugly Brewing – Ghost Rider Porter
Bronze – Parkway Brewing Company – Raven’s Roost Baltic Porter
Stout
Gold – Apocalypse Ale Works – 6th Seal
Silver – O’Connor Brewing Company – ODIS
Bronze – Spencer Devon Brewing – Rocko’s Milk Stout
Russian Imperial Stout
Gold – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery – Virginia Black Bear
Silver – Extra Billy’s Smokehouse and Brewery – Sin Bin
Bronze – St George Brewing Company – Imperial Stout
Strong Ale
Gold – Heritage Brewing Company – Kings Mountain
Silver – Mad Fox Brewing Company – Wee Heavy Ale
Bronze – Lickinghole Creek Brewery – Nuclear Nugget
German Wheat Beer
Gold – James River Brewery – Fluvanna Fluss
Silver – Sunken City Brewing Company – Nachthexen
Bronze – Lost Rhino Brewing – Final Glide HefeWeizen
Belgian Session Ales
Gold – Smartmouth Brewing Company – Alter Ego
Silver – Brothers Craft Brewing – Grisette
Bronze – Strangeways Brewing – Martian Spring
Belgian Strong Ales
Gold – Chaos Mountain Brewing – Agents of Chaos
Silver – Pleasure House Brewing – Glo
Bronze – James River Brewery – Green Eyed Lady
Sour Ale
Gold – Alewerks Brewing Company – Lover’s Greed
Silver – Reaver Beach Brewing – Jolie Rogue
Bronze – Hardywood Park Craft Brewery – Berliner Weisse
Smoked and Wood Aged Beer
Gold – O’Connor Brewing Company – Backyard Bonfire Smoked IPA
Silver – Adroit Theory Brewing Company – Devil Made Me – Bourbon Aged
Bronze – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery – Li
Herb, Spice, and Vegetable Beer
Gold – St George Brewing Company – Pumpkinfest
Silver – Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery – Heir Apparent
Bronze – Blue Mountain Barrel House – Spooky
Fruit Beer
Gold – River Company Brewery – Peachicot Blonde Ale
Silver – Hardywood Park Craft Brewery – Raspberry Stout
Bronze – Alewerks Brewing Company – Pumpkin Ale
Specialty
Gold – Port City Brewing Company – Ways & Means IPA
Silver – Parkway Brewing Company – Gose Both Ways
Bronze – Lost Rhino Brewing – Tmavy
