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.
Nisse666 (17918) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle thx to Grumbo 2020-05-10 Göteborg AR: bready,, sweet sponge, AP: hazy coppery, white head F: bready,, sweet sponge, citrus zest
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Thirst Fall from Keswick Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
7/5/2020. Bottle as K.S.B. bought direct from the brewery. It’s sweet, malty, fruity, caramel, biscuit and lightly nutty. A traditional special bitter.
SHIG (13887) reviewed Cumbrian Challenge from Keswick Brewing Co. 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a golden with a bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet malts, butter, grass, and caramel. Taste is wet, thin, light zest, malts, and grain.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Cumbrian Challenge from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
26/4/2020. Can from the brewery. Pours bright golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is buttery, caramel, citrus, malt, grass and hops. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation.
SHIG (13887) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a coppery with finger and half off white frothy head. Aroma is floral, sweet malts, fruity. Taste is bitter hops forward, biscuit, malty, wet, bit sweet finish.
Nisse666 (17918) reviewed Bitter from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample thx to Grumbo 2020-04-12 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, wee soy, wee bakers chocolate AP: dark mahogany, wee beige rim F: sour dark rye bread, roasted malt, wee glue
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Jazz Session from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
6/4/2020. Bottle direct from the brewery. Pours golden with a modest white head. Aroma of sweet malt, fruit, grain, hop, flowers, light biscuit, plus a touch of honey and nut. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, quite oily, bit watery, average carbonation. Nice bitter bite to finish. It's quite drinkable.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Thirst Quencher from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
26/3/2020. Bottle bought directly from the brewery. Pours clear deep golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, citrus, hop, straw, biscuit and a little corn flour. Medium to medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery and oily, average carbonation. Not bad, but so far the least enjoyable of the beers I got from this brewery.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Bitter from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
20/3/2020. Bottle bought direct from the brewery. Pours dark amber bronze with a modest off-white head. Nice aroma of malt, biscuit, caramel, hops, a touch of bread and nutty chocolate. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Body is a little thin and watery but at 3.7% it's ok. Quite a drinkable sessionable bitter.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Thirst Run from Keswick Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
7/3/2020. Bottle at my Birthday bottle share, bought direct from the brewery. Pours clear pale amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops and a touch of fruit and spice. Moderate sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Easy drinking sessionable golden ale.