Valhalla Brewery

[1] It was opened by the husband and wife team Sonny and Silvia Priest in December 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-12), and originally based in a large shed in Baltasound, in the centre of Unst.

In 2012 the brewery moved to a building at the former RAF Saxa Vord radar station, near Haroldswick.

[2] The Brewery was named after Valhalla, the Hall of the Norse god Odin, where all fallen Viking warriors are met with a horn filled with good ale.

[3] The brewery closed in spring 2017 (8 years ago) (2017) due to the ill-health of the owners.

In 2018 (7 years ago) (2018), the brewery was opened under new management in the former Olnafirth Primary School, Voe.