People would camp on the property for a weekend of brews and music. The brewpub hosted festivals and music concerts, from country and bluegrass to rock and roll. They flocked to the 6,500 square foot pub, with its outdoor beer garden, large enough to seat 400, its bar and grill, and the tasty lagers and other craft beers sold under the Devils Backbone label. People loved the building’s rustic charm and idyllic setting, surrounded by national forest in a designated wilderness area. From its opening 2008, the brewpub quickly became a popular destination for locals and out-of-state tourists alike. The Crandalls needn’t have worried about whether Devils Backbone Brewing Company would attract visitors. “But a funny thing happened the beer took off. The feeling you get is coming in is like entering a ski lodge.”Īfter the market went south, our dream of developing the property went south with it,” Crandall said. The project used a lot of recycled materials antique wood for the tables and flooring, old tin metal off old roofs on some of the walls, three stone fireplaces, big stone columns, animal mounts. “There are rough-sawn saw marks on the wood. “It’s a timber frame building with glulam posts and beams and dimensional timbers,” Crandall said. With property values so low, it made sense for them to keep the land and develop it rather than selling it off for cents on the dollar.ĭrawing on his years of experience as a builder, Crandall put a great deal of thought into the look and feel of the pub. Sure, it was a beautiful location, but would anyone make the trek to visit? The Crandalls felt, however, that they had little to lose. It was a bit of a gamble: The country was in the throes of a recession, and the property itself was located in remote central Virginia. The Crandalls decided to turn part of the property into a brewpub, using premium Lindal-sourced materials and a Lindal-engineered design. “But a funny thing happened the beer took off.” “After the market went south, our dream of developing the property went south with it,” Crandall said. They sold four lots before the Great Recession hit. In 2005, he and his wife Heidi bought a 100-acre piece of property in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with the intent to divide it into six commercial and twelve residential lots.
It was actually a business setback that triggered Crandall’s entry into the craft beer market. The hugely popular brewpub is a striking Lindal lodge, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains resort area. At the time, he never dreamt that his job designing and building custom Lindal homes would lead to a second career as the owner of Devils Backbone Brewing Company. Twenty years ago, Steve Crandall opened Tectonics, a Lindal dealership located in central Virgina. Click here to enter.Turning Dirt into Gold at Devils Backbone Brewery Hoop house gardening experience where you’ll learn to grow ingredients used in some of Devils Backbone’s experimental beers.Devils Backbone Brewpub gift card (to stock up the Airstream).One-month stay in the Airstream (WiFi included).Contestants must upload a 60-second video to Devils Backbone website that explains or shows why they would want to live “Slow by Nature” for a month. The contest is open to anyone 21 years old or older. "Devils Backbone is looking for someone who wants to slow down, spend more time in nature, and try new things!" a spokesperson wrote in an email that explained the contest. The Virginia-based brewery has offered a prize valued at $10,000 to a winner interested in living in an Airstream. If your office has reopened and you're still not ready to go back to work, Devils Backbone brewery has a contest that will interest you.
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