Halifax Courier

Stod Fold Brewing Company have some big

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ANGUS WOOD, Founder of Stod Fold Brewing Co, said: “When the pandemic first hit, we made the hard choices early and decided if we could keep our staff safe, we’d keep working, so we developed our delivery/takeaway service for food and drinks.

“As we pressed on through each lockdown, there were some days when we questioned our commitment, and there’s no doubt we’ve emerged a little poorer on paper, but we find ourselves richer in all other measures. It seems that by cracking on, we retained the best people and added some great new talent to our team. Across the business it’s the highest quality and most motivated team I have ever known. What price can we put on that? Our goals have never been clearer or our focus keener. Our vision is for our business to be 100 per cent hand crafted in Halifax - from the drinks we make to the food we serve. At the brewery, we have been busy planting orchards to produce our first ciders and in a major developmen­t we hope to install a distillery to make our own brandies, whiskeys, rums, gins – you name it! We’re also partnering with Exley Hall

Farm in Halifax to produce the brewery’s grain. As far as we know, barley has not been grown in Halifax since 1988, but was for generation­s previously, so we have high hopes for a good crop up on the hill.

“Our decision to invest exclusivel­y in Halifax led us to sell Stod Fold London, and buy out our partners at Dean Clough. This year we plan to make Stod Fold Dean Clough an

 ??  ?? BIG PLANS: The team at Stod Fold Brewing Co
BIG PLANS: The team at Stod Fold Brewing Co

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