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.
MarcoDL (7855) reviewed Thirst Run from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask. Aroma of citrus, bready malt and hops. Taste has smooth citrus, bready malt and creamy bread. Allright.
Olut (22183) reviewed Taverners Ale from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Bank Tavern, Keswick. Golden with a thin head. Has a light berry-sweet nose and a floral-hoppy taste.
Tommann (7675) reviewed Bitter from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Red Lion, Hawkshead. Pours dark brown with a small head. Aroma is chocolate and bread. Taste has bready malt and watery chocolate.
Olut (22183) reviewed Thirst Gold from Keswick Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Churchill Inn, Ambleside, as Keswick Gold. Golden with a glow, clear, and a small head. Has a floral nose with a hoppy-floral taste.
Mr_Pink_152 (17449) reviewed Thirst Quencher from Keswick Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Tried at The Dog Beck JDW, Penrith. Golden colour with a white head. Light fruity sweet aroma and taste. Light body
jjsint (8701) reviewed Thirst Hop from Keswick Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Wainwright, Keswick. Golden, clear with a small almost-white head. Light aroma of hay and notes of butterscotch. Taste is sweet with a pronounced malty note and some leafy hop in the finish. Notes of light grain and toffee in the aftertaste. Very English, and very good for what it is.
McCash (16153) reviewed Bitter from Keswick Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On cask at Alexanders, Kendal. Appearance - amber with a nice lacy head. Nose - burnt bread and light toffee. Taste - more toffee this time. Crunchy dry biscuit finish. Palate - close to medium bodied. Dry crunchy finish. Overall - decent example of the style.
McCash (16153) reviewed Thirst Quencher from Keswick Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On cask at Alexanders, Kendal. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - mainly honey. Taste - caramel and syrup. Light biscuit. Palate - light to medium bodied. Generally sweet and cloying for the remainder. Overall - a bit sweet.
McCash (16153) reviewed Thirst Fall from Keswick Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Red chinks. Nose - strawberry, but mostly toffee. Taste - mostly toffee again. Subtle shortbread underneath but toffee dominant. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long tangy though quite sweet finish Overall - rich but I’d like a bit of biscuit bitterness.
McCash (16153) reviewed Thirst Celebration from Keswick Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a nice fluffy head. Nose - peaches, light medicinal. Taste - oh, loads of orange. Somewhere between concentrated orange squash and an orange liqueur spirit. Then there’s a layer of toffee over it. Palate - medium bodied. Tangy texture through the middle part. Tangy but slightly sweet on the finish. Overall - this kind of falls between an IPA and an English Strong Ale.