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.
6/10
Tried
on 27 Sep 2014
at 12:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Clear golden with a thin creamy head. Has a milky malt-hop character with a small floral nose and soapy aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2014
at 06:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Fox @ Goose, Hebden Bridge. Deep golden-amber with a thin head. Aroma has a dirty hop based fruit sweetness, as has its taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2014
at 05:11
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours pale gold, short white head. Aromas of cornflakes, cardboard, lager. Taste is light sweet toffee, astringent finish. not good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 05:54
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with gentle bubbles and a decent fluffy head. Nose - astringent malt and a bit oxidised. Taste - astringent malt some toffee. Palate - light to medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a finish that could be fresher. Overall -
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 05:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Asda. Pale blonde ale with a little head. Aroma is hoppy and with a little citrus. Bitter flavour with citrus hoppiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2014
at 08:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Ye Cracke, Liverpool. Pours clear gold, thin white head. Aromas of light lemon, dusty malt, touch of biscuit. Taste is more of the same. Decent overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2014
at 09:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Postal Order (JDW), Worcester, 23/7/2014. Golden in colour with a slight, white, head. Sweet and floral, with a touch of tropical fruits, crisp malts and moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2014
at 14:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington; golden yellow pour with a frothy white head, slight malt aroma, taste has lemon, some grass and a light malty backbone.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2014
at 00:31
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Blonde with a frothy head. It’s sweet hopped with some citrus and a more malty taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2014
at 06:18