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THIS YEAR'S VARIANTS
Info:
This year, to help make this a safe, fun, day for everyone, there will be
TWO TICKETED SESSIONS - 12:00-3:00 and 3:30-6:30.
**DOORS OPEN 11:00AM, SESSION 1 TICKET HOLDERS MAY ARRIVE ANY TIME AFTER 11:00**
**BLUE MOUNTAIN BARREL HOUSE AND THE SMOKIN' BARREL WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 8PM, SESSION 2 TICKET HOLDERS MAY STAY UNTIL 8:00.**
Admission is $5 and tickets may be purchased here starting Friday, October 16th at 11AM.
**Face coverings are required when not at your table.**
The Blue Mountain Barrel House taproom and Smokin' Barrel Restaurant will be open throughout the event to customers who have purchased a ticket.
No ticket is needed to purchase bottles. Bottle sales will be available while supplies last and will take place outside of the ticketed area beginning at 11AM. Also, this year we are offering a limited amount of ONLINE ORDERING FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP!
Our online ordering site will be live beginning at 10AM Friday, November 27.
The online store will remain open until the curbside allotment is sold out or until noon on Wednesday, December 2.
All bottles purchased online for curbside pickup MUST be picked up at the Barrel House between 11AM and 6PM on Saturday, December 5.
Purchase rules will still apply for all online orders.
Purchasing Rules:
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Each patron is limited to purchasing up to 12 individual bottles of 2020 Concealed Darkness.
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When at least 3 bottles of 2020 Concealed Darkness are purchased, you may then qualify to purchase a 3-pack of the 2020 CD Variants.
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Each patron is limited to purchasing only (2) 3-packs of CD Variants regardless of how many bottles of Concealed Darkness are purchased.
Prices:
2020 Concealed Darkness: $16.99
2020 Concealed Darkness 3-pack: $50.97
2020 CD Variant 3-Pack: $62.97
A limited-edition 2020 Concealed Darkness glass will be included with 3 bottle purchase! Only one complimentary glass will be given to each customer regardless of total bottles purchased, but additional glasses may be purchased separately.
Schedule:
Session 1 Schedule
**DOORS OPEN 11:00AM, SESSION 1 TICKET HOLDERS MAY ARRIVE ANY TIME AFTER 11:00**
Live Music with Jon Spear Band - 12:30-2:30
Special Tappings:
12:15: 2020 Variant #1: Chocolate Hazelnut & 2018 Variant #2: The Dark Manhattan
1:15: 2020 Variant #2: Orange Cream & Cherry Sour Devil
2:15: 2020 Variant #3: Maple Graham & 2017 Variant #2: Boysenberry Stout
Session 2 Schedule
**BLUE MOUNTAIN BARREL HOUSE AND THE SMOKIN' BARREL WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 8PM, SESSION 2 TICKET HOLDERS MAY STAY UNTIL 8:00.**
Live Music with Eli Cook - 4:00-6:00
Special Tappings:
3:45: 2020 Variant #1 Chocolate Hazelnut & Barrel-Aged Peanut Butter Soft-Serv
4:45: 2020 Variant #2: Orange Cream & 2018 CD Hieland Stout
5:45: 2020 Variant #3: Maple Graham & 2019 CD Loire
**10 additional beers will be on tap inside the tasting room, and 6 more outside in the tent at the Tiki Bar. Pig Roast and additional food options from the Smokin' Barrel Restaurant will be available for purchase throughout both sessions.**
The Blue Mountain Barrel House taproom and Smokin' Barrel Restaurant will be open throughout the day ONLY to customers who have purchased a ticket.
DRAFT LIST - BARREL HOUSE TASTING ROOM
Kolsch 151
South Street Brewery's Virginia Lager
Full Nelson
A Hopwork Orange
Cheer Beer
Lights Out
Marsedon Quad
Tree Day
2020 Concealed Darkness
Snow Day
DRAFT LIST - TIKI BAR
Classic Lager
South Street Brewery's Virginia Lager
Full Nelson
South Street Brewery's Barhopper
South Street Brewery's Satan's Pony
Lights Out
2020 Concealed Darkness
Snow Day
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FOOD
PROVIDED BY:
The Smokin' Barrel
ALL DAY!
The Smokin' Barrel is an extension of The Barrel House Brewery and will showcase a delicious and diverse menu from 11AM-8PM, featuring a variety of meats smoked by our very own, Ruby Mitchell.
Full menu can be found at www.bluemountainbrewery.com/barrelhouse
A Pig Roast Plate will also be available from 12PM-6PM for $18 (Please note - this is not a buffet this year, but portions will be generous!)
Choice of:
Whole roasted local Virginia Pig OR Grilled Chicken Quarter & a variety of sauces
Choice of 3 Sides:
Potato Salad
Baked Beans
Macaroni & Cheese
Collard Greens & Kale
Red Beans & Rice
Cole Slaw
All plates are served with Corn Bread or Roll.
LIVE MUSIC
BY:
Jon
Spear Band
FROM 12:30-2:30
"The Jon Spear Band is a collaboration of some of Central Virginia's finest blues musicians including Dara James (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Jon Spear (guitar and vocals), Andy Burdetsky (bass) and John Stubblefield (drums)."
LOCATION
PHOTOS FROM INSTAGRAM
2020 CONCEALED DARKNESS
THE MYSTERY OF GREAT BEER challenges the spirit of adventure in all who seek a higher level to this ancient brew. Dark Hollow blends the miracle of two crafts—brewing and distillation—to create a work greater than the sum of its parts.
Our once-a-year Reserve edition of this hallowed imperial stout has been aged in barrels from Buffalo Trace Distillery for a full year, changing and mellowing with the roll of the seasons.
Enjoy the best of 2020: Dark Hollow brewed with double the roast barley, double the chocolate malt, and double the oats, and then concealed in the darkness at the back of the barrel room, waiting to emerge on December 5th.
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VARIANT #2
ORANGE CREAM
Now entice your senses with our 6th annual Variant Series from Concealed Darkness. Variant #2 was aged solely in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels and dosed with natural orange citrus and cream flavorings throughout its year-long slumber at the back of our barrel-aging cellar.
Orange and cream are a classic fit, but opening up these flavor notes to the substantial depth and strength of our reserve Imperial Stout brings something unexpected and wonderful to the normally simple "creamsicle" experience. Enjoy this limited edition take on the best of 2020.
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VARIANT #1
CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT
Now entice your senses with our 6th annual Variant Series from Concealed Darkness. Variant #1 was aged solely in bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill Distillery, with the addition of cacao nibs soaked in a natural hazelnut flavoring.
The natural pairing of raw chocolate and nut flavors--the hazelnut being the acme of this marriage--plays with the deep chocolate malt, oak, and natural vanilla flavors from the beer and the barrel. Enjoy this limited edition take on the best of 2020.
VARIANT #3
MAPLE GRAHAM
Now entice your senses with our 6th annual Variant Series from Concealed Darkness. Variant #3 was aged solely in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels and given a special winter kick from the extreme Northeast with Vermont Grade A Organic Dark Amber Maple syrup and graham cracker flavoring.
If the crackle of a fire on a cold night in deep woods could be turned into a drink, it would taste like this. Enjoy our special limited edition take on the best of 2020.
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