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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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Olut (22669) reviewed
Neon Kiss from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a frothy head. It’s a slow drinker but not too strong tasting. It has a nice gentle hoppiness with a berry-fruitiness in aroma.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2019 at 17:18
Olut (22669) reviewed
Pacifica from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a creamy head. It's inoffensively hoppy with a very easy mouth feel.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2019 at 20:24
Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Citrus from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
10/7/2019. Cask at the 30th Ealing Beer Festival. Pours clear pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon zest, lemongrass, caramel and flowers. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2019 at 17:38
McCash (16382) reviewed
Queen Bee from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - floral and earthy honey (almost a little dirty, in fact ). Some citrus attempting to get through in vain. Decent cereal malt structure. Taste - the honey is a bit dominant and very little else gets a word in. Some cereal again though. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture. The finish could be fresher. Overall - not my thing, though I appreciate where other more positive reviews have come from.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2019 at 07:59
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Maravilla from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Slater's Maravilla ].Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, light apple, light wood - raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel, light wood - raspberry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170810] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2019 at 13:52
jimgreen (22359) reviewed
Refresher from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a thin white head. The aroma is malt, yeasty, light citrus hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light, slightly watery, crisp, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jun 2019 at 21:27
Martinsh (3838) reviewed
Refresher from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap at Slaters, Stafford Definitely a summer beer this one. Nose is dominated by lemon. It is slow to settle, but eventually pours a clear lemony yellow with a small white head. Summer fruits in the mouth, mainly lemon and grapefruit. Finish is the only place where sharp hoppiness comes through – lemon peel. Not my kind of beer really, but distinctly quaffable.
Tried from Draft on 12 Jun 2019 at 20:37
danlo (13924) reviewed
Premium from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Doncaster Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Amber colour, no lasting head and aroma of malt, biscuit. Taste is malty, toffee, biscuity with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2019 at 12:44
Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Premium from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
7/6/2019. Cask at the 28th Doncaster Beer Festival. Pours bright amber with a bubbly just off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, toffee, fruit and biscuit. Medium plus sweetness with moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Slightly burned caramel bitterness develops to finish.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2019 at 12:33
danlo (13924) reviewed
Pacifica from Slater's Ales
7 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at Doncaster Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Pale yellow gold colour, thin white foam head and aroma of biscuit, cardboardy. Taste is sweetish, malt, biscuity, cardboard, and toffee hints. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish with some residual sweetness. Kind of OK.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2019 at 11:11