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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Cask. Orangeish amber colour with a small head. Aroma is malty, rather herbal and floral with some slight hints of toffee and nutty notes. Flavour is herbal, earthy, toffeeish and mildly grassy as well. Wellbalanced, but a bit thin in the palate.
Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2011 at 23:44

2.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 1 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Cask handpull at Thomas Leaper Derby. Clear mid gold with lasting beige head. Eek bottom of barrel maybe. Too much vinegar
Tried from Cask on 24 Nov 2011 at 13:22

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Charles Dickens, Southwark SE1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried from Cask on 24 Nov 2011 at 07:16

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty berry raspberry aroma. Sweetish malty slightly toasted raspberry flavor. Has a fruity malty raspberry finish.
Tried from Cask on 22 Nov 2011 at 01:32

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Cclear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light yeasty, aceton, chemistry, raspberry notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet, light acidic and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110803]
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2011 at 09:53

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2011. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Floral and fruity aroma with notable apricot. Sweetish fruity flavour with a dry, hoppy finish
Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2011 at 13:32

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
cask at gbbf 2011 as Maravilla ... amber ... thin white head ... soft sweet fruits (not raspberry) nose ... zezty lemon fruits ... creamy fruits ... again not much rasp.
Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2011 at 12:07

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear golden with a white head and lacings. Sweet nose of hay and raspberries. Buttery and sweet. A bit thin body.
Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2011 at 04:43

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2011. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is malts, raspberries, some mild earthyness as well as some floral notes. Flavour is fruity, wooden, mildly raspberryish with some slight herbal notes. Balanced and not overdoing the raspberries.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 23:53

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild raspberry fruity. Citric, bitter and dry fruity. Citric and dry finish. Simple.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 14:54