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.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a bubbly head. It’s a higher bitterness ale with a malt aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2013
at 15:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear golden colour. Hints of honey and hop in the aroma. Pale malt taste with mild hop in the background. Not an unpleasant taste just a weak flavour.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2013
at 11:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Strange aroma, slightly musty dried fruit, wood and glue. Flavour has some toffee sweetness and a touch of pear.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2013
at 13:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy long-lasting white head and plenty of broken lace. The aroma is malty and a little hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a creamy dry malt, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. Nice and drinkable but not a lot going on and quite uninspiring. Not what I would expect in a Christmas beer. Where is the fruit? Killed by the malt I guess :-)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 15:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; dark chestnut pour with velvety beige head, quite heavy nutmeg and orange aroma, the aroma come through in the taste a bit artificial but quite nice, some winter fruits.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2013
at 05:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint in The Lamb and Flag, Oxford on 23rd Nov 13. Most likely the very same barrel that ’imdownthepub’ had his sample from in his rate below. Poured a slightly hazy, dirty orange/amber colour with very little head. The nose was spicy and orange in nature, not sure if the whole nutmeg that’s supposed to be added was the spice I found, the orange peel was though. The alcohol isn’t hidden too well, even if the nutmeg is: the taste was like the remnants of a booze laden sweet orange punch that someone had laced with a strong Christmas Belgian beer. I liked it, even though it was too sweet and alcoholic for it’s own good.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2013
at 04:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear dark amber with a frothy long-lasting white head. The aroma is rich spicy orange. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a spicy citrus palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2013
at 15:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a big frothy white head and loads of broken lace. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is medium bitter with a huge malt bitter hop palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. A great English session bitter with a kick.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2013
at 15:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear light amber pour with foamy white head, floral and citrus aroma, taste is malt forward with subtle hints of NZ hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2013
at 10:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pale blond colour. Light citrus in the aroma. flavour has light, pale malt and a dry, slightly woody bitter finish.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2013
at 12:26