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.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma orange Opal Fruits (Starburst). Taste sweetish, thin body.
Tried on 14 Apr 2017 at 11:18

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Witham Real Ale Festival 2015. Poured pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy, caramel, light floral and fruity notes. Moderate seeetness and bitterness. Toward medium body, average to soft carbonation. Was one of the better ones at festival.
Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2017 at 14:07

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
On cask at Cloisters. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - orange and biscuit. Taste - more of the same. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - solid.
Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2017 at 06:29

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is grainy, toffee, light lemon, taste is sweet, light fruit, grassy
Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2017 at 13:42

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at cloisters... Copper... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft floral fruit.. Light sweet toffee
Tried from Cask on 06 Mar 2017 at 10:27

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Fra fat på John Baird, Muswell Hill: klar gylden med fint skum. Forsiktig aroma men tydeligere ipa-smak (i pøsesegmentet) hvor rugsyrligheten bidrar og gir en fin balanse sammen med litt ananas og andre sydfrukter. Tørr og god bitterhet i ettersmaken. Håndpumpet.
Tried on 01 Mar 2017 at 11:45

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury. Pours a deep amber, small off-white head. Aroma is soft malts, lightly sweet. Taste is rather light with just enough caramel malt to make it drinkable. Not great.
Tried from Cask on 21 Feb 2017 at 12:49

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2017. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Aroma of diacetyl . Yes some passionfruit and mango later on but i cant drink this .
Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2017 at 11:54

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Thrived at the Three Horseshoes. Waddington. Amber colour with a white head. Grainy and light malty caramel aroma and taste. Grainy body makes it a bit heavy to drink.
Tried on 01 Feb 2017 at 12:51

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap from the three horseshoes Waddington. Golden beer with a white head. Weird musty berry aroma. Taste grainy sweet. Medium.
Tried from Draft on 25 Nov 2016 at 14:56