A Brief History

The Early Days

One of the first test bottles produced

In November 2015, following thirty years experience as a homebrewer, Brewery Director Rob, decided to take the leap and open Matlock Wolds Farm Brewery – a microbrewery nestling on the North side of the Derwent Valley.  Matlock Brewing Company Limited was incorporated about 6 months earlier than this and with the birth of Wolds Farm it flourished.

Operations began when some of our first beers were offered to our local beer shop for sampling. The very next day they became our first supplier of bottled beers. After a few weeks, Matlock & Dales CAMRA contacted us and we invited them for a tasting and inspection of our “ brewery”, which at the time had a capacity of a mere 50 litres and was housed in the utility room of our house!

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