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11-01-2011, 08:16
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One of the breweries that is often overlooked on 'A Swift One' is Salamander of Bradford. Admittedly they are not easy to find around Huddersfield, but are becoming more regular at the Rat & Ratchet and sometimes make an appearance at The Kings Head, and the Cherry Tree, but in my opinion are a brewery well worth searching out.

The brewery started about 10 years ago in an old pie factory (an old factory, not a factory that made old pies !!) in the Bradford suburb of Dudley Hill. In my previous life I worked just down the road and it was great to go out for a break and smell the brewery in action.


They brew 4 core beers, 'Axelotl' at 3.8%, 'Mudpuppy' at 4.2%, and 'Golden Salamander' at 4.5% all named after salamanders, and 'Stout' at 4.5% which obviously is not. The first 3 are lightish, my favourite being the 'Axelotl' - an uncomplicated, hoppy offering.


Checking up before writing this, I discovered they have brewed in excess of 400 other beers as well, a quite phenomenal amount to keep up with. They used be very good at brewing very light beers and very dark beers, the former usually 3.8% ish and the latter 4.8% ish but very rarely did I find anything in between, either colourwise or in strength.


More recently their range seems to have encompassed all sorts or strengths and styles and although I have not been as impressed by their attempts at brown beers, the light and dark go from strength to strength. The problem is that there is little on their pump clips to suggest what colour or style the beer is, so it is often pot luck as to what sort you may be getting. To try to recommend any of such a massive range is pointless as they very rarely brew the same beer twice except for their 4 regulars, but all I can say is if you see one, give it a go. I always do, and am rarely let down.
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