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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark reddish brown with a frothy long-lasting off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, coffee, light chocolate. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth roasty, dry coffee, liquorice hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2017
at 12:00
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2017
at 18:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
10th August 2017
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Thin malts, sweetish. Berry fruits - quite obvious, blackberry, strawberry. Light floralness. Tangy orange underneath. Light semi dry finish. Nice berries!
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Thin malts, sweetish. Berry fruits - quite obvious, blackberry, strawberry. Light floralness. Tangy orange underneath. Light semi dry finish. Nice berries!
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2017
at 06:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at old cottage... Copper.. Small tan head... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Light caramel light acetone
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2017
at 12:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle about 17 at cropredy 2017 Friday. Amber thin white lacing.. Soft sweet honey fruits nose.. Light bitter fruit.. Soft toffee.. Lightest honey
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2017
at 03:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 10 at cropredy 2017 Saturday. Amber.. Thin white lacing...Soft sweet caramel toffee malts nose... Soft caramel cream crystals toffee malts.. Tiny cardboard tones
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2017
at 03:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is malt, fruity citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a light smooth, fruity, woody, dry spice hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2017
at 14:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light fruit, mangos, some grassy hop notes. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry smooth, tropical fruit, woody hop palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2017
at 08:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A clear dark golden beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of red fruits, sweet grapes. Taste of sweet red fruits, caramel, low bitterness.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2017
at 14:10
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 3. 10/08/2017. A pale. Golden coloured pour with a no head. Aroma is nutty malts, diacetyl, jammy seet fruit. Flavour is composed of OS sweet sweet, tangy orange, peach, meh. Palate is si sweet, lowish carbonation, grainy. Meh. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2017
at 10:03