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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap, pours golden. Aroma and flavour of sour fruits, wild yeast and bitter English hop finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2011
at 12:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Lord Moon of the Mall, London, as Slaters Premium Bitter. Amber colour, low head. Moderate aroma, some fruit and toffee. Smooth flavour, tolerably well balanced between the malts and hops. A decent bitter, "typically English".
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2011
at 13:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Golden amber with a thin white head; earthy malt aroma; herbal bitterness in the mouth with some toffee malts; and an earthy finish. A plain and simple bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Mar 2011
at 10:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Pembury Tavern. Deep chestnut clear lasting beige head. Its a deepish fruity best bitter. Some biscuit. Decent enough first beer of the day.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2011
at 04:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Westgate JDW Canterbury. Brown bitter colour with near white lasting head. Its a fruity bitter with some biscuit malt. some bitterness on finish. Ok bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2011
at 06:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask conditioned, handpump at The Lamb & Flag, Oxford, 11.02.11 Dark brown in colour with a white filmy head. Bit nutty in the mouth and a bit sweet. Too be honest there isn’t an awful lot to criticise here but then in a way there is, its just thin and lacking in flavour, its a little malty, but just sadly dissapointing. However it was served in good nick by the pub. A5 A4 T5 P3 Ov8 2.5
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2011
at 05:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at NWAF, Manchester, 21.01.11 Pours gold with white head, this far better than I expected, the lovely NZ hops are showing through well here. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov13 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2011
at 13:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours a clear, dark honey with a fine, white head. Caramel and citrus in the aroma. Sweet flavor with melon hoppiness and plenty of malty sweetness, along with subtle booze notes. Medium bodied with fairly flat carbonation. Sweet finish with some ctrus hops. Nice beer, just above average about.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2010
at 05:20
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gravity på Bree Louise, Euston 28 Sep 10. Mørk brun. Veldig lite skum. Aroma av karamell. Smaken avrundet med litt malt og litt frukt. OK.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 05:40
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half, gravicask, shared with Finn at The Bree Louise. Bright copper coloured body with ruby highlights. Aroma of dark fruits and sweet malts. Chocolate, fruits and caramel in a jam-like taste profile. Fine bitter round off (Euston, London 28.09.2010).
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2010
at 06:01