The Stag Public House, Stotfold

Information taken from Stotfold Pubs and Publicans by Bert Hyde. 

The Stag Public House: 35 Brook Street, Stotfold

The Stag opened in 1833 and is located at 35 Brook Street. It was home to a microbrewery in the 1990s called Abel Brown's brewerty. The brewery was a 5 barrel plant founded by landlord Ray Rudzki and Dave Plant on the 3 June 1995. The name for the brewery was taken from one of the old landlords. Dave Calori joined the brewery in 1997, brewing ceased that year. 

The pub remains open.

Licensees: note that this is not a complete list and that dates in italics are not necessarily beginning or end dates, merely the first/last date which can be confirmed from sources such as directories and deeds.

List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives: 

• Z1255/1/16 – Photo of street from the south side, showing Stag public house in the centre, 2006.
• Z1255/1/17 – Photo of The Stag public house from the west, 2006

• Stotfold Pubs and Publicans by Bert Hyde
• Bedfordshire Barrells: A Directory of Commercial Breweries in the County by Keith Osbourne