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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF08. Refreshing aroma. Clear golden colour. OK frothy white head. The flavour starts off caramelly, then turns more fruity and slightly spicy.
Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2008 at 07:11

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 8 Aug 2008) Golden yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with citrus, tropical fruit, pineapple and biscuity malt. Fruity taste with notes of tropical fruit, biscuity malt and citrussy hops in the finish. Medium body, with some sweetness. Decent and refreshing, hardly exciting.
Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2008 at 16:23

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small head. Aroma is wood, fudge, mild sour fruityness as well as some wood. Flavour is wood, slightly fruity and mild notes of herbs.
Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2008 at 00:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cloudy amber with tiny white head. Sweet aroma with caramel and fruity notes. Sweet and somewhat malty flavor with caramel notes and mild hops in the end.
Tried on 07 Aug 2008 at 17:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Edgar Wallace, London 3/7/08. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. An easy drinking session bitter with some crisp malt and a pleasantly dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2008 at 13:34

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
[i] [b] Cask at the Lamb and Flag, Oxford, 01-06-08 [/i] [/b] Pours dark brown with slim white head a few ruby glints catch in the light of the window. I could smell the caramel as this was being poured so came as no surprise that the main aroma that I could sell was caramel. Some caramel and dark fruits blend together nicely in the mouth but to be honest it was a bit thin, also served slightly too warm which wasn’t so helpful, but ok.
Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2008 at 11:00

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Devonshire Arms, Burton. Amber with a thin white head; citrus and honey aroma; creamy with an orange citrus flavour and a gently bitter finish. A rather ordinary Golden Ale.
Tried from Cask on 14 May 2008 at 17:17

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
[i] [b] Cask, gravity at the Kings Arms Beer Festival, Kidlington, Oxon 28-03-08 [/i] [/b] Mid amber pour some jaminess and marmalade flavours otherwise my scant notes on this one would indicate that there is little more going on. OK
Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2008 at 13:26

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ George Inn, Eccleshall ST21, UK. Clear medium amber color with a average, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light hoppy, toffee, butter, licorice. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (150108)
Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2008 at 13:10

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ George Inn, Eccleshall ST21, UK. Clear medium orange color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light hoppy, lemon, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (150108)
Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2008 at 13:03