Kelham Island Brewery
Commissioner
in Sheffield,
South Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Fat Cat (Kelham Island)
Established in 1990
In Spring 2022 the brewery was on the verge of being closed. But Sheffield’s oldest independent brewery, has been saved from closure by a group from Sheffield.
The brewery’s rescue is a collaboration between Tramlines co-founder and Sheffield venue owner James O’Hara, his brother and financial analyst Tom O’Hara, Simon Webster and Jim Harrison of renowned Thornbridge Brewery, Peter Donohoe, founder of Sheffield based creative studio Peter and Paul and Ben Rymer marketing manager from beer festival organisers, We Are Beer.
Yes Smokey almost ham like. Some chocolate malt.
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Easy Rider from Kelham Island Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Very pale straw yellow with a soft lemony cereal malt aroma. Light bodied, mellow lemon biscuits flavour, some floral hops with a dry bitter finish.
Olut (21769) reviewed Brooklyn Smoked Porter from Kelham Island Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Very dark coloured, smoothish smoked porter, although the grittiness of its smokiness does negate the former to an extent. It's a good smokiness though, mild ham notes, open-fire inhalation comparisons. Interesting without a wow factor. .
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle from The Offie in Leicester. Pours clear pale golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of tangy orange, citrus, raisins, hops & malt. Medium body. Smooth light bitter finish.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Pale Rider from Kelham Island Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Haymarket, some time back now, so a memory banks rate for sure. Poured clear gold, foamy white head. Light aromas of tropical fruit, light dusty pale malt. Taste was light bitter, more fruit, bitter finish. Very enjoyable, hope to see it again.
Re-rate at Ryrie's 2025. Although I think it's brewed somewhere else now? Better than I remembered. +0.3
mart (27297) ticked Gold Label from Kelham Island Brewery 5 months ago
Magus, linnaseline, puuviljane, suhkrune, nats mõrudust, kerge alks, aga ei miskit hullu. Hea.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the Thornbridge online shop. Nose is lemon marmalade, clementine, apricot jam, grapefruit. Taste is all of the above. Quite dry. Zesty bitter citrus led finish.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Easy Rider from Kelham Island Brewery 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Sutton arms, a pale golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet orange rind, tangerine, juicy. Palate is semi sweet, melow carbonation. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, bready grains, nutty earthy, straw,. Juicy oranre and mango. Not bad.
RichTheVillan (12489) ticked Gold Label from Kelham Island Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From the cask at the Flowerpot on my Derby visit in Dec 2019. Pours dark brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of hazelnuts, chocolate, ginger, coffee & malt. Moderate body. Sweet nutty finish