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
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Light cloudy yellow pour with a white head. Fruity, spicy nose. Subtle sweet spice flavours with a hint of baked apple and a little citrus. Fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2011
at 04:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma was mango and grapefruit. Taste had tropical fruit to start. Bitter grapefruit finish. Cracking stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jul 2011
at 04:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours orange amber with a medium head. Aroma is bready malt. Taste has bread throughout. Low bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2011
at 14:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
cask at southampton arms ... coffee roast light malt nose ... light coffee roast .... little thin ... dark malts ok
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2011
at 06:50
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a thin head. Aroma is sweet grass. Taste is a bit sweet and a bit grassy. Some honey in the aftertaste. A bit boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2011
at 14:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours yellow gold with a medium, frothy head. Aroma is light lemon and lime, with a little buiscuit. Taste is lagery to start. Fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2011
at 07:08
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at tasting. Pours golden amber with small white head. Sweet malt and fruit aroma. Flavor has fruits and cereal. Low carbonation. Simple and uninteresting. (Rated 2011/05/06)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2011
at 02:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at tasting. Pours clear golden with small white head. Aroma has malt, fruit and hops. Light citrus in flavor with a little vanilla. (Rated 2011/05/06)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2011
at 02:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle shared with 2 friends. Not much head. Blond colour. Great label, ok beer/\.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2011
at 14:14
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle shared with 2 friends. Ok white head. Blond colour. Nice beer with a slightly bitter after-taste
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2011
at 14:11