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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear chestnut brown pour with a frothy beige head, light smoke and roast malt aroma, hint of smoke on the taste with some caramel action, slight bitter fnish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2014
at 07:43
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
From cask. Pours dark orange to hazzlenut brown with a small white head. Aroma is toffee, butterish and herbal hoppy. Bitter, butterish and dry malty. Herbal. Bitter and dry into the far finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2014
at 18:05
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Simply Fresh Boldmere; clear amber pour with a frothy off white head, malt and butterscotch aroma, taste has butter, bit of diacetyl in here, pale malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 06:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Simply Fresh Boldmere; clear amber pour with s big frothy white head, sweet malt aroma, taste has malt, sweet honey, hay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2014
at 11:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington; clear amber pour with a frothy off white head, pine and tangerine aroma, taste has sticky sweet caramel, grapefruit, sweet malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2014
at 05:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the hackers arms.. Golden amber... Big white head... Soft sweet toffee malts.. Soft fruits.. Juicy sweet fruits.. Soft toffee
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2014
at 10:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from SarkyNorthener drunk on first class train back to London. Thanks Martin. Black dark brown beer lasting beige head. Decent slightly exciting initial flavour. Promises dark choc and dark cherry liquer. Some light ashtray smoke. But this is about the lovely dark choc and the fantastic dark fruits. Very dry on the finish. I mean it is excellent. Racy. Listening to Bryan Ferry these foolish things this beer this slightly delayed first class train carriage. Perfect match. Thanks to Martin, Rich and Jim Green for such a great day. Good beer. Put a smile on my face.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2014
at 12:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is big citrus fruit hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a rich woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2014
at 11:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a reddish hue and a bubbly off white head. The aroma is light malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light smooth, light smoke, roasted malt, woody hop, light spice pepper bitter palate and a short bitter finish. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2014
at 11:13