Fat Cat Brewery

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Fat Cat Brewery
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Location Norwich, Norfolk, England
Coordinates 52°38′36″N1°18′01″E / 52.6434°N 1.3003°E / 52.6434; 1.3003 Coordinates: 52°38′36″N1°18′01″E / 52.6434°N 1.3003°E / 52.6434; 1.3003
Opened2005
Owned byColin Keatley
Website www.fatcatbrewery.co.uk
Active beers
NameType
Norwich Bitter Bitter
Tom Cat India pale ale
Wild CatExtra pale ale
Marmilade CatStrong bitter
Honey AleHoney beer

The Fat Cat Brewery is a brewery located at the Fat Cat Brewery Tap , Lawson Road, Norwich in the English county of Norfolk. The brewery is owned by Colin Keatley landlord of the Fat Cat public house twice winner of the CAMRA National Pub of the Year. [1]

History

The brewery is based at the Fat Cat Brewery Tap The Cidershed public house - geograph.org.uk - 706157.jpg
The brewery is based at the Fat Cat Brewery Tap

In 2004, Keatley acquired the 1970s built Wherry public house [2] with the ultimate aim of creating a brewery on the premises. After renaming the pub The Shed [3] and later the Cider Shed [4] following a legal dispute. The brewery was opened in September 2005 by Roger Protz editor of the Good Beer Guide. Today 2011, the brewery supplies beer under the guidance of former Woodforde's brewer Ray Ashworth to its sister-pubs the Fat Cat and the Fat Cat and Canary, and also to other wholesale and retail outlets. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Fat Cat Brewery Archived 2011-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 May 2011
  2. The Wherry public house Retrieved 25 May 2011
  3. The Shed public house Retrieved 25 May 2011
  4. The Cider Shed public house Archived 2011-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 May 2011