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]

Devils Backbone Brewing Company

Location	Roseland, Virginia, US
Opened	2008
Annual production volume	84,000 US beer barrels (99,000 hl)[1]
Owned by	Anheuser-Busch InBev

Devils Backbone Brewing Company

History

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

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

• 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

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

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

National Titles

The Great American Beer Festival

• 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

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