# Swan Walters & Son — Ludlow, Shropshire

> Swan Walters & Son in Ludlow, Shropshire, England scores 3.00 out of 5 — Poor, #5 in Shropshire. 6 beers tracked, mostly Stout / Porter.

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Swan Walters & Son is a brewery in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.00 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #5 in Shropshire. Of the 6 beers we track, 44% are Stout / Porter and 37% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.00 out of 5
- Grade: Poor 😐 — Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
- Ranked: #5 in Shropshire · #778 in England · #16,020 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 6

## About

Swan Walters & Son is owned and operated by Jon Saxon of Son of Saxon (the Son bit) which owns two pubs: (The Dog Hangs Well parlour pub at 14 Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1DA, and The Blood Bay Victorian pub: 13 High Street, Ludlow, SY8 1BS). Son of Saxon is also the publisher of Doghouse – the British pub magazine.

Aside from the India Pale, all of the beers are trial brewed by Jimmy Swan (the Swan bit) on a pilot 300-pint plant at Swan Brewery, Leominster, before being scaled up on their 10BBL kit.

Gary Walters (the Walters bit) brews the India Pale on Ludlow Brewing Co's 20BBL kit.

## What they brew

- Stout / Porter — 44% of the beers we track
- IPA — 37% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 16% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Ludlow, Shropshire, England
- Coordinates: 52.367749, -2.7139129

## Breweries nearby

- [Ludlow Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/ludlow-brewing-company-15442.md) — 2.97, Limited — Ludlow, Shropshire — 0.3 mi away
- [Hobsons Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/hobsons-brewery-8160.md) — 3.03, Limited — Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire — 9.6 mi away
- [Simpson's Fine Ales](https://finding.beer/brewery/simpsons-fine-ales-15768.md) — 3.13, Poor — Leominster, Herefordshire — 12 mi away
- [Spilsbury & Jones](https://finding.beer/brewery/spilsbury-jones-22267.md) — 3.01, Limited — Worcester, Worcestershire — 13 mi away
- [Clun Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/clun-brewery-10233.md) — 3.04, Limited — Craven Arms, Shropshire — 14 mi away
- [Three Tuns Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/three-tuns-brewery-15088.md) — 3.51, Poor — Bishops Castle, Shropshire — 15 mi away
- [Nothing Bound Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/nothing-bound-brewing-co-18808.md) — 4.23, Great — Bewdley, Worcestershire — 16 mi away
- [The Weobley Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/the-weobley-brewing-co-23525.md) — 3.05, Limited — Hereford, Herefordshire — 16 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england.md)

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