The Fresh Standard Brew Co, established November 2020, saw local investment in January of this year are now upping its productivity with more storage space and a new apprentice, increasing production capacity by 400% and opening the taproom on more days of the week. The small brewery owned by husband and wife team, Richard and Charlotte Taylor, and based in Woodchester, Stroud and has seen steady growth since it started during covid. Initially cuckoo brewing out of Artisan Ales up at Aston Down, they moved into their own premises February last year and started brewing on their own 1.5 barrel brewhouse. The tap room which is open on a Friday and Saturday, 2-9pm, and has a variety of food pop ups proved so successful with the locals last year that they kept running out of beer. This led to enthusiastic regulars wanting to help out and invest. Charlotte says:…