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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6/10
Tried on 26 Mar 2015 at 13:01

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Spring Festival at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst. Dark chestnut in colour with a thin beige head; lightly smoked aroma; more pronounced smoky taste; with some dry spicy hops to finish. Very pleasant.
Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2015 at 10:05

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
9th March 2015: hand-pulled cask pint in my local Wetherspoons. True black colour with a full and lasting off-white cap. Malty molasses rule this semi-sweet brew, the hops providing a slight bitterness towards the finish. Mild chocolate notes from the malts, decent but not very hoppy for an IPA, black or not.
Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2015 at 05:00

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Coach and Horses, Shrewsbury [280115]
Very dark brown, dense thin oatmeal head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet dark malts, soft toffee, some odd dark fruits, slightly sour
Taste of soft dark malts, quite smoky, some soft dark toffee, dab of dark fruits, tad sour though, flavour not that great
Palate - Thin body, soft sweet then bitter roast. Finish has more smoked malt, fairly smoky linger, dry, long bitter linger. Finish isn’t good either
Overall - A bit thin, beer seems old and not in great condition. Not enjoying this.
Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2015 at 21:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Asda. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma is malty, the taste caramel with a slight bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2015 at 15:48

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Home Bargains. Slightly deeper amber colour with a very thin head. There’s a fair mix of tastes and flavours here - certainly some caramel and malt, but there’s some fruit here to which is a touch stewed. Quite light and easy drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2015 at 17:32

6/10
Tried on 17 Jan 2015 at 10:50

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Asda. Golden colour with thick white head. Aroma has citrus and honey. Taste has a slight sweetness, with a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2015 at 15:24

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at the Wellington; clear golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, skunk and citrus on the aroma, taste has butterscotch, sweet malts, tiny hint of citrus certainly doesn’t match Brewers website description.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jan 2015 at 04:45

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Part of my 2013 backlog, and tried at the 2013 peterborough beer festival. Golden colour with a thinnish white head. Aroma has raspberries and so does the taste, with some caramel sweetness.
Tried on 01 Jan 2015 at 10:13