Central Virginia craft breweries announce collaborative beer for Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival: Brew Ridge Collaboration Ale

(San Francisco, CA) – (July 26, 2010) – Four national and world acclaimed breweries that line the Virginia Brew Ridge Trail: Blue Mountain Brewery, South Street Brewery, Starr Hill Brewery and Devils Backbone Brewing Co. have announced the creation of a collaborative Black IPA, Brew Ridge Collaboration Ale, for the upcoming Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival. The unveiling of Brew Ridge Collaboration Ale will take place on August 8 when it goes on tap at Starr Hill Brewery, with several opportunities to sample the beer before the main event on Aug 21 (full tasting/event schedule below). Jason Oliver, brewmaster of Devils Backbone Brewing Co., the 2010 World Beer Cup Champion for Brewery and Brewmaster for a small brewpub, says “The Brew Ridge Trail Collaborative Ale is brewed to be a Black India Pale Ale (IPA). This is an emerging style of beer which is one reason why we decided to make it, we wanted to do something new. It’s made with five types of malt and four types of hops and will be a full bodied dark beer with assertive hop flavor. I can hardly wait to try it when it’s done.”

Brew Ridge Collaboration Ale event schedule:
**Please note that discounted tix for Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival will be available for purchase at each of these events.**
Sun, Aug 8, Noon-5pm: Debut at Starr Hill Brewery – Crozet, VA
Tues, Aug 10, 6pm-8pm: Debut at Blue Mountain Brewery – Afton, VA
Sun, Aug 15, 5pm-7pm: Debut at Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Roseland, VA
Wed, Aug 18, 7pm-9pm: Beer Run presents the “Beer Summit” – Brew Ridge Collaboration Ale on tap, plus all four breweries and their brewmasters will be onsite tasting two additional beers – Charlottesville, VA
Wed, Aug 18, 9pm-until: Starr Hill Brewery presents “The Brew Ridge Trail Head Jam” at Rapture in Charlottesville, featuring local artists scheduled to perform at the Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival including William Walter, Tucker Rogers, Adrian Duke, Jesse Chong, and more.

The catalyst for the collaborative beer is the second annual Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival, an all ages event featuring top musical artists and sixteen local beers on tap. Scheduled for Sat, August 21 at the Concert Grounds at Devils Backbone (Nelson County, VA, 45 miles from Charlottesville), Cerberus Productions, 106.1 “The Corner” and the Brew Ridge Trail members are thrilled that this year’s festival will be headlined by Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk. Additional confirmed acts include Devon Allman’s Honeytribe and William Walter & Co. Click here for the full artist line-up.

Tickets are $25 for general admission and $35 for the ‘Taphouse Tent’ package which includes admission to the festival plus 8 tasting tickets. Additional beer tickets are $1.25/tasting, $5/full pour. Tickets for children ages 5-13 are $10, kids under 4 get in free. For overnight accommodations, visit www.wintergreenresort.com.

Gates open at noon, rain or shine. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit http://brewridgetrailmusicfestival.com/.