The only way to brew great beer is to have great people working together.
Meet our team is full of passionate beer lovers who help share Starr Hill with the world.
Double Platinum and Spinach & Ricotta Pizza
Otis Redding
Road trip to Smooth Ambler in West Virginia to pick up bourbon barrels.
The Love and Fried Chicken
Laredo by Band of Horses
Widespread Panic at LOCKN'.
Grateful Pale Ale and Fish Tacos
"Fat Lip" by Sum 41
Road trippin’ to Smooth Ambler Spirits in WV in the sleet and snow with Robbie. We got a private tour of the distillery and awesome cocktails with John and Nik, then loaded up a trailer with 20 empty bourbon barrels to bring back to Crozet.
Oysters on the half shell and Dark Starr Stout
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Still makin' 'em.
Whiter Shade with Mexican or Thai food.
Coheed & Cambria
Enjoying my first pint in the new Tap Room.
Northern Lights with a burger (preferably Jack Brown’s) & sweet potato fries
Avett Brothers
Any outing with the crew, my first Bonnaroo experience, birthday celebrations & working Floydfest, bringing Starr Hill to Front Porch Fest, and the list continues….
There’s too many! Double Platinum and pizza, Soul Shine and anything BBQ, Dark Starr with (and in) brownies.
Depending on the day, you can hear old school hip-hop, orchestral, today’s pop music, punk rock, 80’s rock or a variety of other genres coming out of the lab. Music is awesome, and I love it all!
My first week here was during the World Cup. We had a packed tap room for one of the USA games. It was a lot of fun getting to know all the people that work here.
Little Red RooStarr Coffee Cream Stout + homemade waffles
Fiona Apple, LCD Soundsystem, Jungle
GABF 2017 in Denver with the crew!
Front Row Golden Ale and Hot Wings
Mutemath, IAMDYNAMITE, Eagle of Death Metal, Katy Perry, Pearl Jam, Run the Jewels
Going to GABF in Denver for the first time with the Marketing and Brewing team.
Northern Lights and tacos of any kind, preferably spicy!
Bruce Springsteen, Avett Brothers, Love Canon, Queen, HAIM, Amos Lee
I have many more to make, but I've loved getting to know the awesome people that work here!
Dark Starr and Carolina Barbecue
George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Bluegrass
Catching a snake in the brewery.
Chicken wings and any cold beer--like Pale Ale or Northern Lights
"There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" by B.B. King
Getting to work with Trey McCoy and Skip every day.
The Love with a spicy Thai or Indian curry
"Career Opportunities" by The Clash
My favorite experiences at Starr Hill have been hearing all the great, enthusiastic responses from our customers and fans at beer festivals and special events.
Starr Pils and Sushi
Anything from Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Budos Band, Charles Bradley...most of the Daptones label.
I was on summer vacation with my family the day that Brian called me and offered the job as a brewer at Starr Hill. When you believe in yourself and take risks, your dreams become reality.
Brats and beer is always a great pairing!
Classic Rock
Judging a home brew competition down at the new Roanoke taproom
Cream cheese and lox on an everything bagel with rauchbier.
Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Motörhead, and The Sonics.
Defending our fried chicken stash from UVA kids at the Starr Hill plot at Foxfield.
Soul Shine and Mexican Food
"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead
Kegging all the beer for LOCKN' Festival.
Dark Starr Stout and Gorilla Tots
Zac Brown Band, Lindsey Stirling, Skrillex
Stumbling to the Starr Hill tent at FoxField, watching Dio chase a mouse, and befriending and then trapping Ricky the Raccoon
Boxcarr with Porter Cheesecake (great job Black Bear Bistro)
Right now I am really feeling some Zac Brown Band
The first time I went to the brewery on West Main Street, back when I was in college living behind The Corner. I never knew seeing that local band live there and drinking my first Starr Hill Jomo was going to change me so much! But that is what Starr Hill is all about. As Mark would say, his hope is that everyone tries a Starr Hill for the first time listening to a local band, and that is exactly how my journey started. I am sure that there will be many more to come, and I look forward to seeing several others try their first Starr Hill beer the same way!
Pizza and Northern Lights
Susan Tedeschi
The fact that I have a job that supports my love for live music is amazing, every show I get to see is my favorite...
Reviver Red IPA with Massaman Curry.
"Blue Umbrella" by John Prine
Learning that Jason Porter (our Quality Assurance Manager) worked with my craft beer hero, Charles Bamforth (the “Pope of Foam”), at UC Davis. It was like meeting Michael Jackson’s best friend.
Looking Glass and hot chicken tacos OR The Hook and fish tacos... any beer and tacos.
Fun. and Cole Swindell
Happy Hour with the Starr Hill ladies in NC!
The Love with wok-fried Calamari in garlic with Sichuan peppercorns
Wilco, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Janes Addiction, Old Crow, Sturgill Simpson, Nina Simone
Seeing Dead & Co at LOCKN’ my first week with Starr Hill!
Front Row and grilled chicken Alfredo pasta
Country
I’m sure there will be many to come, but I loved getting to know everyone at the brewery within my first week.
Little Red Roostarr and Tiramisu!! Yummmm!
Frank Turner, Will Varley, any 90s Pop
The big Grand Opening at the Pilot Brewery!
Whiter Shade and Pork Tacos
Aesop Rock.. and many more.
Winning a medal at the Chili Cookoff for Reviver Red IPA with Habañero.
Grateful and spicy Thai food
Ryan Adams, Jason Isbell, American Aquarium, and so so many more!
Getting to attend my first LOCKN' as a member of the Starr Hill family.
Double Platinum and a burger
Phish
LOCKN’ 2014
The Hook and Blue Crab from Hatteras, NC.
Nathaniel Ratliff and the Night Sweats, Dave Matthews (duh), and The Sheepdogs
Dancing to Phish at Lockn' 2016 with the ultimate Phish fan, Henry Young.