The Kelham Island Brewery was purpose built in 1990 on land adjoining the renowned Fat Cat in Alma Street. The area is known as Kelham Island as the land is on an island formed by a mill race, leaving then running back into the River Don.

The brewing equipment was purchased from the Oxford Brewery and Bakehouse and allowed for full mash brewing of approximately twenty barrels a week. The first brew was in September 1990 and it meant that The Kelham Island Brewery was the first new independent brewery in Sheffield this century.

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 new premises has five times the capacity of the original premises. The original brewhouse has been converted into a visitor centre (which can be hired for private events)

Since The Kelham Island Brewery opened, all four of Sheffield's large breweries have closed. First was Whitbread's old Tennants brewery on Bridge Street followed by Bass' Hope & Anchor Brewery. Within the last year Bass' Stones brewery and Ward's have closed leaving The Kelham Island Brewery as Sheffield's largest brewery.

The Kelham Island Brewery is a full mash pure beer brewery which brews beers using only the finest malted barley and wheat, hops, yeast and water. No sugar is used or anything that might compromise the quality of the finished product. It is the policy of the company not to ape the commercially led practices of modern brewing, the sole aim is to produce beers of the highest quality from pure brewing ingredients.

The range of beers brewed by the brewery has grown considerably from the early Bitter and Celebration beers. We currently have five beers always available . These are Pale Rider, Easy Rider, Kelham Gold , Kelham Bitter and Pride of Sheffield . We also brew a seasonal special and a brand new beer every month!!!