<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Vv7pF_1GpuZbIP00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Vv7pF_1GpuZbIP00" width="1200" height="750" ><figcaption>Starr Hill Brewery in Crozet. Photo: Malcolm Andrews</figcaption></figure>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.It has added taprooms in Richmond, Lynchburg, and Tysons Corner, along with a pilot brewery/taproom in Roanoke. In 2021, Starr Hill made its return to Charlottesville, opening a taproom in the Dairy Market that expanded earlier this year.Last June, Starr Hill and Hardywood formed a strategic partnership that brought production of Starr Hill’s wholesale beer to Hardywood’s West Creek location, a 55,000-square-foot facility on 24 acres.“This partnership is a first-to-market collaborative approach within Virginia’s craft beverage community, providing new approach opportunities to navigate a changing industry,” Josh Cromwell, vice president of Starr Hill, said then.Last year, 344 craft breweries called Virginia home, according to the Brewers Association, good enough for 11th in the country, with $1.41 billion in economic impact.However statewide beer and malt beverage sales by volume fell 17.7% between 2020 and 2025, according to Virginia ABC data, consistent with waning consumption nationally and the rise of hard seltzer, ready-to-drink cocktails and cannabis beverages.</div></body>

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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...

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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 

Starr Hill Joins Forces With Hardywood

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