Virginia’s two largest craft breweries just became one.
Richmond-based Hardywood Park Craft Brewery acquired Starr Hill Brewery in an all-equity deal that closed October 1, with Hardywood pledging to keep Starr Hill’s “ownership, leadership, team, and brand identity fully intact.”
Founded as Starr Hill Brewery and Music Hall by Charlottesville native Mark Thompson, wife Kristin Dolan and music executive Coran Capshaw in 1999, Starr Hill moved to the old ConAgra plant building in 2005 and became Virginia’s first production craft brewery…