After years of searching for premises a suitable building was found.
In December 2005 building work began. Since finding the premises we have found out that this site is the site of the oldest brewery known to have been in Keswick – ‘The Keswick Brewery Company’.
The brewery is a 10 barrel brew length (Equivalent to 40 – 9 gallon casks , 1600 litres or 2880 pints). Our first trial brew was exhibited at the Cumbria Life Food and Drink Festival in Spring 2006 and at the Dog and Gun in Keswick. The first production beers were launched at the Dog and Gun and the Keswick Beer Festival in June 2006. The first beer we made was Thirst Run, a Golden Pale Ale – 4.2%, this then became one of our best sellers. The use of ‘Thirst’ for our beer range came from this first beer.
With the brewery’s success and many awards, the brewery was running out of space. In October 2019 we finished building work to create extra brew capacity and a new bar so we can offer our bar, tours and shop throughout the year. The creation of The Fox Tap also means we can now offer brewery events such as Brewery Socials.
saxo (29778) reviewed Cumbrian Challenge from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grain, bread, malt, hops, fruits and has a malty finish.
martin00sr (12451) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle @Højbjerg Tasting. Clear golden, offwhite head. Malty, slightly hoppy aroma. Malty flavour, mild bitterness, sweetish and rather light. Light fruity notes.
saxo (29778) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grain, malt, hops, fruits and bread. Sweet malty finish.
martin00sr (12451) reviewed Dark Horse from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @Højbjerg Tasting. Clear dark amber, offwhite head. Malty, light roasted aroma. Sweetish flavour, malt, caramel, mild roast.
saxo (29778) reviewed Dark Horse from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops and nuts. Sweet finish.
Idiosynkrasie (18028) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot for this special edition!]. Clear, orangey, dark golden colour with small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral, citrusy fruity and minimally piney, hoppy aroma, biscuity, pale malty background, notes of lemon, lemon tea, a touch of grapefruit and chamomile. Taste is moderately bitter, citrusy fruity and slightly floral hoppy, minmally sweet, biscuity pale malty, notes of lemon, lemon tea, a touch of grapefruit and chamomile. Very refreshing, quite meaty for its low abv. Very nice.
Olut (22183) reviewed Thirst Celebration from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. Dark amber with no head, but has a small glow. Sticky-sweet, there's a fair strength about it, with a malt-hop aroma and taste.
deyholla (22839) reviewed K12 from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Dog & Gun. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has a good amount of straw and hay with some earthy citrus backing. Flavor has grass and hay with earth grains and musty citrus.
Olut (22183) reviewed Cumbrian Challenge from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Sheep-ish, Keswick. Golden with a head. Has a fairly high bitterness factor to what is otherwise a blandish hoppy ale.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Thirst Light from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Last Zebra, 6 Lowther Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, England CA3 8DA. [ As Keswick Thirst Light ].Clear medium amber yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, light caramel, light hay - grass, light hoppy, light grass - hay. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, light grass - hay. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180724] 6-3-6-3-11