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.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
7/6/2019. Cask at the 28th Doncaster Beer Festival. Pours clear gold with a lime green tint and a small bubbly head. Aroma of hops, malt, caramel, light tropical fruit and marmalade. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, watery oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet finish. Fair.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2019
at 11:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is straw and vanilla. Taste has sweet straw with some hoppy jelly.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 May 2019
at 08:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
19/4/2019. Cask at the Briarbank Easter Beer Festival, Ipswich. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of butter, caramel, hops and fruit. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slightly texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2019
at 08:07
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Polished Knob, Todmorden. Golden with a creamy head. Is dryish-hoppy with just a hint of fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2019
at 23:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep ruby colour with a pale off white head. Aroma is dry hints of fruity. Taste a touch bland. Light to medium body. Not keen.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 16:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled cask pint in the lovely 'William Chester', a micropub in Market Drayton, Shropshire on 26th Jan 2019. Dark amber bodied brew with a malty lead in both the aroma and taste. Body depth a little thin and watery overall, decent enough, but lacked oomph where it matters.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2019
at 22:57
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Slater's Rye IPA ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, rye, marmalade hops, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, rye, candy - sugary, marmalade. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160812] 4-3-5-3-9
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2018
at 09:22
6/10
Earlier Rating: 1/17/2015 Total Score: 3
Tried
on 24 Nov 2018
at 19:21
6/10
Tried
on 24 Nov 2018
at 18:34
7/10
Tried
on 24 Nov 2018
at 17:55