Private company

Fat Cat Brewery

Logo: fatcatbrewery.co.uk3

Brewery in Norwich, England

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Cidershed public house - geograph.org.uk - 706157
Photo: Ian Bostle, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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.2

The story

In 2004, Keatley acquired the 1970s built Wherry public house with the ultimate aim of creating a brewery on the premises. After renaming the pub The Shed and later the Cider Shed 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fat Cat Brewery, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • beer

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2005Founded Founded1

Sources

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