Lost Rhino Brewing Company

The Lost Rhino Brewing Company is an alcoholic beverage company located in Ashburn, Virginia. The company produces beer and root beer at the same time.^[1]

Lost Rhino Brewing Company

Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Ashburn, Virginia
Products	Beer
Production output	Less than 5,000 bbl per year
Owner	Matt Hagerman

History

Lost Rhino Brewing Company was founded by Matt Hagerman and Favio Garcia, two former brewers from Old Dominion Brewing Company in Loudoun County.^[2] The company name comes from a surfing term, "rhino chaser," which is defined as "someone out to find the best waves, the biggest waves—an adventurer."^[3]

In May 2011, Lost Rhino opened, with their products using locally sourced ingredients from Virginia farms.

In 2013, using malt and hops grown in state, local water and yeast cultured at the brewery, Garcia and Jasper Akerboom brewed "Native Son," the first "all Virginia beer" in modern history.^[4] Using techniques for isolating ancient yeast strains in an academic setting, the brewers have developed several beers from wild yeasts with interesting fermentation properties.^[5]

Great American Beer Festival

2013: Gold - Rhinofest (German Style Marzen Category)^[6]

2016: Silver - Face Plant IPA (English-Style India Pale Ale)^{[citation needed]}