The Outpost is a modern production brewery outside of Lexington. Basecamp, which opened in 2008, is the company’s original brewpub and restaurant in Nelson County. The Company operates two breweries in central Virginia. “We’re confident that our beer will be well tended to.”ĭevils Backbone Brewing Company, the largest craft brewery in Virginia, is the current and two time Great American Beer Festival Small Brewing Company of the Year. “We visited quite a few Wetherspoon pubs and I was struck by the number of options offered to consumers, even in the country pubs, and by the knowledgeable managers we met who really cared about the quality of the beverages they were serving,” explained Chief Operating Officer Hayes Humphreys. Devils Backbone was impressed with their new retail partner’s commitment to selection and freshness. The beer will be offered on draft, rather than as a cask, which improves the sharpness of the hop flavors. They’re tangible, alive and something I haven’t experienced in a long time.”ĭevils Backbone American IPA will be served exclusively at all Wetherspoon locations throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. You can smell them, almost hear them slowly churning, and all but touch them. The experience left Oliver nostalgic for the early days of his brewing career: “I started out at an English inspired brewery in Baltimore, and brewing at Banks’s really took me back, especially seeing the open fermentations. The beer is made using a single-infusion mash of Pale Ale malt and fermented in open vats, which is significantly different from Devils Backbone’s traditionally Germanic approach at home in the US. Working at Banks’s allowed Oliver to try some different brewing methods. The English hop varieties, East Kent Goldings and Admiral, provide the underlying bitterness and flavor while the American varieties, added late in the process, fill out the flavor profile and give the beer a West Coast style citrus-pine nose. The beer features a mix of English and classic American hops which give it a bright, snappy, hop character. The inaugural batch was crafted by Devils Backbone Brewmaster Jason Oliver at Banks’s Brewery in Wolverhampton, England and will release on tap at 930-plus Wetherspoon pub locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 1st. The beer is an original Devils Backbone recipe showcasing American hops and brewed especially for the English palate. London, England – Devils Backbone Brewing Company today announced the launch of American IPA, the first of the brewery’s beers to be sold outside of the United States. In that arrangement, St-Feuillien will produce, bottle and ship Green Flash’s West Coast IPA for broader distribution throughout Europe.Īdditional information on the partnership between Devils Backbone and Wetherspoon is included in the press release below. comes less than two month after San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing announced a similar contract brewing and licensing agreement with Belgium’s St-Feuillien.
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