Salt Granary Wharf, Leeds

SALT Craft & Felafel it says above the door, and though I didn't check out the felafels, it's definitely "craft", with a large number of keg taps, plus draft cocktails on the bar back. But there are two hand pumps, with two beers mentioned on the blackboard but just Ossett White Rat available at the time of my Wednesday afternoon visit. But who needs choice when the beer is this good (NBSS 3.5, maybe 4), though £4.70 a pint is more than I would normally pay for a 4% beer. Still, it was very enjoyable, the service was friendly and helpful, and I felt well rewarded for my cycle ride from Skipton via the canal towpath.

One of the three Ossett/Salt bars in the Granary Wharf development, this one being a modern glass and steel construction in the base of a residential block. Perhaps it feels better at night, but in daylight it all seemed a bit spartan. The seating outside by the canal is ok though. The bar has a good selection of Salt craft keg, with Ossett Blond and White Rat on handpump. My only gripe is that without exception they were all of the IPA/golden variety. Food is provided by a felafel kitchen at the back.

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Rather crafty bar on the ground floor of the Candle Tower, obviously the room and counter are semicircular, the counter front is finished in green patterned but Victorian looking tiles. There’s money been spent on the interior with high quality slate flooring. A rack of taps with Salt beers at one end and a mix of more or less interesting ones at the other. Two hand pulls to keep up the cask side but just a White Rat on which I didn’t dare risk, it’s just not that kind of place. Inside it’s low benches and tables with some higher tables and stools to complement. There’s a food ordering hatch near the back opposite the facilities and it has a reasonable amount of canalside terrace.