First in Virginia.
Rooted ever since.
Backroom Brewery began as a back room — literally — on a working herb farm at the northern gateway to the Shenandoah Valley. It became Virginia's first farm brewery, and it never stopped being a farm.
Hops in the ground
Sunflower Cottage Herb Farm plants its first hop bines — a bet that a farm could grow its own beer.
Virginia's first farm brewery
The doors open. The bet pays off. The back room gives the brewery its name.
The barn goes up, the medals come in
The timber-framed Big Barn rises, hundreds of weddings and gatherings follow, and Virginia Craft Beer Magazine sends three gold medals to Middletown.
A new chapter, the same ground
New stewards carry the farm forward — with plans growing as steadily as the hops. Same fields, same barn, same welcome.
New taps, live music,
and special offers — first.
Seasonal brews, taproom happenings, special offers, and open dates at the Big Barn — straight from the farm. No spam, ever.