Blue Mountain Brewery and Hops Farm

Founders Taylor Smack and Matt Nucci opened Blue Mountain Brewery in 2007, with a vision to bring the brewery experience out of the normal hustle and bustle of an urban environment. With a relaxed vibe and stunning views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, we invite you to enjoy our varied range of beers and farm-to-table food in Nelson County, where life is a little slower and a lot more fun.
Taylor Smack began his brewing career interning at South Street Brewery in late 1999 before moving to Chicago and attending the Siebel Institute of Technology, the country’s oldest school for brewing. He became the head brewer for the Goose Island brewpubs in Chicago and eventually moved back home to Virginia to man the helm as head brewer of South Street, where he stayed for five years before leaving to found Blue Mountain.
Along with being a homebrewing compatriot of Taylor in the late 90’s, Matt Nucci joined the founding team of Blue Mountain after several years with Greenberry’s Coffee and Tea Company. Matt ran the roasting warehouse and became the go-to guy for setting up new Greenberry’s franchise locations in the mid-2000s.
For over a decade, the team at Blue Mountain Brewery has invited everyone from near and far to come out and enjoy the relaxed setting of our rural brewery. As the Blue Mountain family has grown to over 120 wonderful people, it takes the collective passion and energy of all of us to keep our dream alive. We invite you to join us for a pint or two with your friends and family sometime soon!

Author: Caroline Porsiel