Sheffield’s Best Brands - Kelham Island Brewery

The Kelham Island Brewery was purpose built in 1990 on land adjoining the renowned Fat Cat Pub in Alma Street. The first brew was in September 1990 and it meant that The Kelham Island Brewery was the first independent brewery in Sheffield.

The Fat Cat was voted by the Sheffield branch of the Campaign for Real Ale as its first pub of the year. In 1992 it won the award for the second time.

Due to its success in its early years the brewery moved into new, purpose built premises at Kelham Island, very close to the original brewery, in March 1999. The old brewery building has been converted to a Visitor Centre.