Brewing no more
The Kelham Island brewery closed recently and the likes of Pale and Easy Rider will no longer be available. With the Fat Cat in the background the brewery one of the first Sheffield independents will be missed.
Kelham Island Brewery opened in 1990 in the beer garden of the Fat Cat in Alma Sreet, and at the time was the city's first independent brewery in almost a century. The original site was later converted to a visitor centre and a new brewhouse opened in 1999.
By the end of the 1990s Sheffield's other main independent brewers had all shut (Wards, Stones and Whitbread among them), leaving Kelham Island as the oldest. The reason cited for closure was cashflow issues following covid. Fortunately the Fat Cat remains open.
Brewing no more
The Kelham Island brewery closed recently and the likes of Pale and Easy Rider will no longer be available. With the Fat Cat in the background the brewery one of the first Sheffield independents will be missed.
Kelham Island Brewery opened in 1990 in the beer garden of the Fat Cat in Alma Sreet, and at the time was the city's first independent brewery in almost a century. The original site was later converted to a visitor centre and a new brewhouse opened in 1999.
By the end of the 1990s Sheffield's other main independent brewers had all shut (Wards, Stones and Whitbread among them), leaving Kelham Island as the oldest. The reason cited for closure was cashflow issues following covid. Fortunately the Fat Cat remains open.