The Kelham Island Brewery was a small independent brewery based in the Kelham Island Quarter area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It closed down in May 2022.[1]

Sign on the Building
Brewery Building

However, the brewery was saved from closure in September, 2022, by a group led by the co-founder of the city's Tramlines festival, James O'Hara, who was joined by his brother, financial analyst Tom, Simon Webster and Jim Harrison from Thornbridge Brewery, creative agency founder Peter Donohoe and Ben Rymer from beer festival organiser We Are Beer.[citation needed]

Fat Cat public house

In 1990 the brewery was opened (the first for 100 years to open in Sheffield) on purpose-built premises on Alma Street by the owner of the Fat Cat public house, Dave Wickett.[2] As well as the Fat Cat, the brewery owns a British-styled pub in Rochester, New York (United States), named the Old Toad.[2]

Its beer Pale Rider won the "Champion Beer of Britain" award at the 2004 Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) organised Great British Beer Festival.[3]

The brewery is situated next to the Kelham Island Industrial Museum.

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References

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  1. ^ "Kelham Island Brewery". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b University of Sheffield 29 July 2011 Sheffield's Dave Wickett honoured by university
  3. ^ Champion Beer of Britain Archived 2008-06-27 at the Wayback Machine list on CAMRA site
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