Rod Stahl is the owner and founder of Blue Stripe Brewing, LLC which owns a production brewery and taproom located in Bellefonte PA doing business as Axemann Brewery.  His interest in craft beer began as a homebrewer in 1993 while working as a civil engineer in Harrisburg PA. In 2006 Mr. Stahl founded an engineering firm headquartered in State College Pa and began a company brew club with several employees who enjoyed homebrewing. This ultimately led to the creation of the production brewery in early 2020. Mr. Stahl is a 1990 graduate of Penn State and lives in Boalsburg Pa with his wife, Dorothea. They are the parents of three children.