Virginia’s Nelson County region is quickly becoming a revered destination for drinkers of all stripes due to its numerous vineyards and burgeoning craft-beer scene. Blue Mountain Brewery stands apart from the region’s other contenders thanks in part to its revival of a lost British brewing technique called parti-gyle, where a single mash is split to create two different varieties of one beer. Add barrel-aging to the equation (including Maker’s Mark bourbon barrels) and you have masterpieces like the Barrel House Local Species—a spicy, bottle-fermented pale ale fusing Belgian yeast with American hops.—AS
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