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
+44 (0)114 2494804
tom.c@kelhambrewery.co.uk
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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eurosoba
eurosoba (18570) ticked American Stars & Bars from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

30/08/2010. WHITE HORSE, 42 Shophouse Road, Twerton, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England

Tried on 19 Dec 2022 at 07:46

eurosoba
eurosoba (18570) ticked Stockwell Rocker from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

05/11/2015. BRUNSWICK INN, 1 Railway Terrace, DERBY, Derbyshire, England (EVERARDS)

Tried on 18 Dec 2022 at 11:28

eurosoba
eurosoba (18570) ticked Sheffield Cathedral from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

Historic check-in

Tried on 18 Dec 2022 at 11:26

eurosoba
eurosoba (18570) ticked Rock Me Amadeus from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

19/08/2017. STRUGGLERS, 83 Westgate, LINCOLN, Lincolnshire, England (PUNCH)

Tried on 18 Dec 2022 at 11:17

Deanso

6
Deanso (15673) ticked Kelham Islander from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

Half pint on cask at the red lion JDW. Medium creamy white head. Hazy pale golden pour. Light bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 04 May 2022 at 16:07

Kolemkoukolem

6.6
Kolemkoukolem (4663) reviewed Pale Rider from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

# 2897; 4/2022. Malty, grapefruit, mango. Clear straw body, persistant white head. Mango, grapefruit, biscuit. Very fruity ale. Pint, hand-pulled, pub, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

Tried on 25 Apr 2022 at 16:16

reidyboy

7.2
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Night Shift from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Near black with a frothy tan head and a milky coffee and slightly fruity aroma. It’s semi-creamy, nice roasted malt backbone with chocolate, dark fruit and coffee notes coming through and a dry, slightly bitter finish

Tried on 29 Mar 2022 at 18:16

WingmanWillis

6
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Night Shift from Kelham Island Brewery 3 years ago

Tried on 18 Mar 2022 at 20:41

Cheeseboard

3.2
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Night Shift from Kelham Island Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

Cask at The Fat Cat, Kelham Island, Sheffield. Pours deep brown with a cream head. Aroma: oats, coffee. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, toasted malts, coffee, chocolate. Medium bpody with soft carbonation. All melds together quite nicely.

Tried from Cask on 08 Mar 2022 at 22:50

Mr_Pink_152

6.8
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Night Shift from Kelham Island Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the strugglers inn Lincoln. Almost black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted malty and coffee. Smooth sweet body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 05 Mar 2022 at 14:37

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