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.

     Show


5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at the Horse and jockey. Waddington. A bearish colour with a white head. A dull and unintesting beer with a touch of spice.
Tried from Draft on 25 Nov 2016 at 14:32

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th August 2016
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, sweetish. Nice floral mid. Trace of caramel and rye tang. Modest fruits. Light semi dry finish. Hangs together well enough.
Tried from Cask on 02 Oct 2016 at 05:18

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF ’16, day Juan, 09/08/16. Golden blonde with a modern off White head. Nose is vanilla, bread dough, straw, pale malts. Taste comprises melon, straw, light floral strains, pale malts, bread dough. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Average at best.
Tried from Cask on 24 Sep 2016 at 04:01

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear golden color, medium ized white head. Smell and taste some malts, butter, moderately bitter. Meh, don’t like it.
Tried on 15 Aug 2016 at 08:59

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
On tap at the horse and jockey, Waddington. hazy golden colour with a thick white head. Lemon and malty aroma and taste, with a light sweet finish.
Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2016 at 14:47

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask @ Monty’s, Shrewsbury. Perhaps a resurrected recipe. Re-designed pump-clip, labelled as an American Bitter if there is such a thing. Not supreme anyway, but it does tick all the boxes for a bitter. Not much else to say.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2016 at 14:18

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst.- enjoyed in the garden, with just the deer grazing in the neighbouring field for company Straw in colour with a tight cream head; aroma of sour grains and some orchard fruit; firm fruity body with a trace of honey, then an unusual zesty bitterness with some tangerine peel; before a dry finish with biscuit and apricot kernels. Surprisingly complex.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2016 at 08:32

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Slater’s, Wolverhampton. Pours clear gold with white head. Taste is floral citrus with lightly sweet grapefruit shades. Ok but a bit lacklustre.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2016 at 15:27

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Slaters, Wolverhampton. Pours amber with white head. Taste is lightly sweet malt, lightly bitter hops, but not getting a lot else from this.
Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2016 at 13:27

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Golden colour with a white head and lacing. Aroma is light pine, citrus zest. Taste light bitter, and tropical fruit.
Tried on 19 Apr 2016 at 12:14