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.