Keltek, meaning ‘Celtic’ in the Cornish language was chosen as the brewery’s name by founder and head brewer Stuart Heath. Established in 1997, our award-winning ales are brewed by hand with care and craftsmanship, using whole hop flowers and British malts. After winning gold for his very first brew, demand for his beers grew tremendously and expansion was needed. The first move was to a larger unit in Lostwithiel where the brewery’s capacity increased five-fold. In 2007 Keltek expanded again, moving to its current home in Redruth. We now have the capacity to brew over 250 brewer’s barrels a week. In addition, we have our own fully automated bottling line which filters, carbonates, fills, labels and caps the beer. Everything’s done in-house.
Keltek remains a family owned brewery that adheres to the age old traditions of brewing by hand with care and craftsmanship using the finest whole hop flowers, British malts and hand-pitched yeast.
500ml Bottle: shared between four at the second ever Shrewsbury Bottle Share on 24th Feb 2014, cheers Luc for bringing it. This is my fourth beer from these guys and they have all been better than OK so far, this didn’t hurt their reputation either. Pours a pleasant light amber colour with head that is almost white, if a little thin in places. A slightly more malty nose than hoppy, some subtle fruitiness with a caramel undertone to the aromas. The taste is also leaning towards the malty side although there is a drying finish to each sip. Semi-sweet biscuity feel to the flavour with some caramel loitering about as well. Touches of a citrus nature calm the malts down and help to balance the beer somewhat, an easy drinking brew that helped the evening to flow nicely.
Shared 500ml bottle (4 of us) at the 1st Shrewsbury bottle swap on 27th Jan 2014, cheers Luc. Nice light session ale. Poured a pale amber, the head an off white wisp. Mixed bag of aromas and flavours: the nose being both fruity and slightly nutty, the taste a little malty and fruity with a gentle bitterness. Nothing special, but more than pleasant and it calmed down our palates in between some big hitters at the bottle swap.
Bottle courtesy of Luc at the 1st Shrewsbury Bottle Share Jan 14. A nicely hopped, fruity bitter with an apricot / dried fruits influence. A pleasant beer after a couple of particularly strong numbers.
Cask at the Black Horse, Barnet on 18 January 2014. Poured a hazy golden colour with a scummy white head. Sweet aroma of honey, soft fruit and lemon zest. Thin malty initial flavour with notes of honeycomb and corn. Finish was slightly metallic with some grain and sweets.
Bottle from B&M Bargains; cloudy amber pour with thin off white head, sour aroma not sure if its intentional, mild bitter taste only 99p can’t complain.
15th July 2011 Clear red - amber beer. Residual pale tan head. Light dry palate with very modest carbonation. Sweetish malt. Minor orange hop fruit. Not that bitter. Trace of estery banana. Semi dry finish. Okay.
8th July 2011 Hazy darkish amber beer, small off white head. Light dry palate. Lightly caramel malt. A little minerals. Mild bubblegum and banana esters. Dry finish. A bit clunky.