Kelham Island Brewery

Commissioner in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Fat Cat (Kelham Island)

Established in 1990

Contact
Unit 1A, 2 Kelham Square, Sheffield, S3 8SD, England
Description
Kelham Island Brewery was built in 1990 in the Beer Garden of the Fat Cat in Alma Street. The first brew was in September, making Kelham Island Brewery the first new independent brewery in Sheffield in almost 100 years. Using equipment purchased from the recently closed Oxford Brewery this allowed for full mash brewing of around 10 brewers barrels every week. As demand increased the decision was taken to move to new premises and a purpose built brewery was constructed a short distance from the original brewhouse. The original brewhouse was converted to a visitors centre and in March 1999 the new brewery opened with a five fold increase in capacity to 50 brewers barrels.

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.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap dorata limpida leggero fruttato agrumato amro medio discreta secchezza non molto fragrante

Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2024 at 11:47


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, from Thornbridge online, 10/08/24. Had a few pints of this back in the day but pre-rating. Clear golden blonde with a big old lasting white cap. Nose is mellow citric flesh, melon, floral notes, grass, soft malts. Taste comprises citric sherbets, tangerine, grass, pale malts, light breads, perfume. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with grassy come lightly juicy hop bitterness. Tidy refreshing pale/golde ... deserves more than the 3.11 average it sits on as I rate!

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2024 at 17:28


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Kitty's, 20240530) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had earth, fruitiness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were earth, fruitiness, grass, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was earthy, fruity and bitter. A tasty and balanced brew with fruity notes.

Tried from Cask on 30 May 2024 at 16:24


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0,5l from cask @ Kitty's. Pours pale yellow with a medium head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity malts. Flavor is sweet and fruity malts with some hops. Quite good.

Tried from Cask on 30 May 2024 at 16:21


7

Tramp Juice 👍🏻

Tried from Draft on 04 May 2024 at 16:06


8

keg at the Great Exhibition ...golden thin white lacing ..soft sweet floral fruit nose ..juicy sweet oily orange juicy fruit . soft sweet orange

Tried on 03 May 2024 at 21:07


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

10th April 2024
And another beer I would have swore I've had. Almost clear gold beer, with a small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light smooth palate, very mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, traces of malt cream and grain. The hoppage is smooth pine into juicy citrus with a pleasing bright edge. Some hay notes on the back end. Really like the hop edge on this one, for the style I mean, really enlivens this one into a very good potential sessioner.

Tried on 10 Apr 2024 at 18:23


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

10th April 2024
Yet another one of these beers you think you've had and haven't! Bright clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light pale malts, whisper of grain, not unpleasant in this brew. Light pine, reasonably crisp. Light citrus, again fairly bright. Light and semi dry finish. A clean and decent beer. In some ways old fashioned, a proper berry beer, but delivered clean and bright. Goes down quite easy.

Tried on 10 Apr 2024 at 18:13


6

Easy --- Beer merged from original tick of Kelham Island Easy Rider on 29 Mar 2024 at 21:31 - Score: 6. Original review text: Grainy, barley, light, mild hops, nice

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2024 at 18:39


7

Magus, mõru, kreemine, humalane, tsitrus. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 21:31