Slater's Ales
Microbrewery
in
Stafford,
Staffordshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1995
Closed in 2022
Contact
St Albans Road Industrial Estate, Stafford, ST16 3DR, England
Description
When a long held dream becomes a reality.
From the early 70’s when Ged Slater first saw a small brew pub in Lancashire he knew it was something he always wanted to do.
Fast forward to 1995 and the realisation of that dream. From our 10 barrel plant shoehorned into out buildings at The George to todays 30 barrel plant at our Stafford site the dream Ged had of brewing his own high quality beer using the best ingredients remains the same. The plant might be bigger, the pubs we deliver to may be further away, but the principles of using the best ingredients we can and brewing to the best that we can will always remain true.
Whilst the brewery has grown our principles have remained, we have used the same suppliers since we started.
Over the years we’ve won numerous awards awarded to us from CAMRA, SIBA and the National Honey Awards. Whilst we don’t brew to win awards the ones we do win are always special, its always nice to be recognised for the beers we produce.
The first beer produced was Premium a staple of the core range to this day, a 4.4% English malt, English hopped beer this is a traditional malty beer that is ruby red and has a sweetness to it that makes it incredibly moreish. Quiz fact on this beer it was the first beer produced, the last beer brewed at the Eccleshall plant and the first beer brewed on the Stafford plant.
From the early 70’s when Ged Slater first saw a small brew pub in Lancashire he knew it was something he always wanted to do.
Fast forward to 1995 and the realisation of that dream. From our 10 barrel plant shoehorned into out buildings at The George to todays 30 barrel plant at our Stafford site the dream Ged had of brewing his own high quality beer using the best ingredients remains the same. The plant might be bigger, the pubs we deliver to may be further away, but the principles of using the best ingredients we can and brewing to the best that we can will always remain true.
Whilst the brewery has grown our principles have remained, we have used the same suppliers since we started.
Over the years we’ve won numerous awards awarded to us from CAMRA, SIBA and the National Honey Awards. Whilst we don’t brew to win awards the ones we do win are always special, its always nice to be recognised for the beers we produce.
The first beer produced was Premium a staple of the core range to this day, a 4.4% English malt, English hopped beer this is a traditional malty beer that is ruby red and has a sweetness to it that makes it incredibly moreish. Quiz fact on this beer it was the first beer produced, the last beer brewed at the Eccleshall plant and the first beer brewed on the Stafford plant.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light raspberries. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 07:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, citrus and hops. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 07:31
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and lught bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 07:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, lime and citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 07:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt and hops. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 07:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Picture House, Stafford. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 04:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Picture House, Stafford. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, fruits, little hops and has a nice fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 04:37
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy weak buttery aroma. Fruity malty weak spicy hoppy buttery flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy weak buttery finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2017
at 12:00
3/10
Awful
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2017
at 22:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ New Oxford, Manchester. Golden-blonde and mainly a hoppy ale, but a few malts are apparent.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2017
at 07:09