Slater's Ales Reviews

soulbreeze	2.3 Slater's Smoked Porter Te koud geserveerd waardoor smaak volledig weg valt. Jammer Tuesday, February 20, 2024
thedirektor	3 Slater's Smoked Porter Stout, ashy, mout, Thick consistency, pours a little head Tuesday, February 20, 2024
oh6gdx	3 Slater's Supreme Cask. Deep amber colour with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is citrus, some herbal and mild biscuity tones. Flavour is citrus, grass, herbs and some biscuity and bready tones. Sunday, November 12, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.2 Slater's Smoked Porter Bottle. Sampled May 2015. Pours deep brown towards black with a tan cap. Light smoked malt aroma. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, smoked beechwood malts. Medium body with light carbonation. Tuesday, June 6, 2023
DJMonarch	3.2 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon 1. Cask Handpump at Square Bottle, Chester 04/11/2021 Zesty hop aroma. White head. Light golden coloured and a little hazy in appearance. Hoppy citrus flavour with a hint of bitterness in a crisp and slightly dry finish. 2. Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 25/11/2021 Fruity hop aroma. White head. Pale golden coloured and slightly hazy in appearance. A hint of bitterness and sourness in a crisp citrus hop finish. Monday, December 5, 2022
nuplastikk	3.5 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon Tap at Raven, Bath. Filtered orange-tan body. Foamy off-white head. Earthy delicate nelson tones, not juicy like a US hop bomb, more earthy and subtle. Quite nice, could be a little more hop forward. Tuesday, November 22, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Slater's Amarillo Cask Handpump at Baron's Lounge, Northwich 26/02/2020 Hoppy aroma. Thick white head. Clear golden coloured fruity and hoppy with some citrus fruit flavour. Hints of dryness and bitterness in a creamy malt finish. Tuesday, November 8, 2022
BlackHaddock	3.1 Slater's Whitefriars Golden Ale 500ml bottle: BBE December 2022. Drank at home on 28th September 2022. Good golden amber body, weak, thin white topping. Fruity hop nose and taste, some sweet malt action too. Orchard fruit feel to this one, leading to a fairly hop bitter finish. Wednesday, September 28, 2022
DJMonarch	3.6 Slater's Ultra Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 09/06/2017 Big hop aroma. Tiny white head. Light golden coloured hazy in appearance and hoppy with grapefruit and olive flavours. A hint of bitterness in a slightly dry lasting hop finish. Tuesday, September 20, 2022
DJMonarch	3.6 Slater's Fire Cracker Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 08/11/2013 Big fruit and malt aromas. Dark copper coloured and a little rich on the palate with berry fruit flavours. Oaty with a hint of bitterness in a dry coffee roast finish. Thursday, June 16, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Slater's Citrus Cask Handpump at GBBF 2013, Kensington Olympia 13/08/2013 Hoppy aroma. Small white head. Clear golden coloured hoppy and citrus flavoured with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a crisp malt finish. Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Cheeseboard	3.1 Slater's Haka Cask at Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: floral, light caramel. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, light citrus, peach, light NZ hop vibes. Medium body with soft carbonation. OK Sunday, May 8, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Slater's Blitzen Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 24/12/2012 Hoppy aroma. Small white head. Golden amber coloured fruity and pale with a hint of bitterness in a malt finish. Sunday, March 27, 2022
DJMonarch	3.2 Slater's Western American Pale Ale 1. Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 23/11/2012 Pale hop aroma. White head. Golden coloured pale and hoppy with some citrus flavour. A hint of dryness in a crisp bitter and creamy malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 12/02/2013 Some floral aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity with a pineapple flavour. A hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish. Thursday, March 24, 2022
reidyboy	3.3 Slater's 1 Hop Clear and pale gold with a creamy white head and a floral, fruity aroma. Crisp and hoppy, with sweet biscuit malt up front and citrus hop bitterness in the finish, some sweet floral and fruity notes in the mix too Friday, March 4, 2022
Martinsh	3.5 Slater's Smoked Porter Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal cream head and good lacing. Some malts in the aroma with a smoky tinge. More smokiness in the body together with grains, roasted malts and hints of apples. Later on there are traces of coffee. Finish is very strongly smoky. This is the highest rated Slater’s beer I’ve had – but that doesn’t say much ! Tuesday, February 8, 2022
DJMonarch	3.8 Slater's Maravilla Cask Handpump at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 03/08/2011 Big fruit aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity with a raspberry flavour. A hint of dryness in a bitter and creamy malt finish. Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Grumbo	3.4 Slater's Haka 3/12/2021. Cask. Norwich Beer Festival. Sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours clear dark golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, hop, stone fruit, flowers. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Pretty decent. Wednesday, December 29, 2021
wslydiate	2.7 Slater's Blitzen Very average christmas beer Saturday, December 11, 2021
Martinsh	3.2 Slater's Blitzen Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a dark brown with a medium sized foamy off0white head and good lacing. Malt and nuts can be found in the aroma – but not to any great extent. In the mouth, it starts of bitter and hoppy but quickly calms down to sweet and malty. Some spices do appear eventually plus hints of treacle, but the whole affair is somewhat watery. This is just a standard bitter with a few spices thrown in – but reasonable for all that. Saturday, December 11, 2021
MarcinG	3.2 Slater's Haka Cask. Pint@ Square bottle, Chester. Złote o białej, kremowej pianie, która opada powoli. Bardzo gładkie o delikatnej nucie owocowej, slod i karmel. Biszkopty i trawa. Wysycenie małe, goryczka średnia. Friday, November 26, 2021
jmgreenuk	3.3 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon Cask pint at the White Swan JDW, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, gluey yeast, light floral, big woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Wednesday, November 3, 2021
minutemat	3 Slater's Premium Cask @ JDW Montgomery's Tower. Pours a deep mahogany brown, small off-white head. Aroma of amber malts. Taste presents a fairly thin best bitter with an underlying sweetness and firm bitterness. Ok. Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Grumbo	3.3 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon 28/10/2021. Cask at the 2021 Norwich Beer Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of malt, hop, citrus, straw, white grape, touch of herb. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Oily watery texture, soft carbonation. Tuesday, November 2, 2021
SHIG	3.4 Slater's Haka Cask at Norwich Beer Fest: Poured a golden with a white frothy head. Aroma is musty, grainy, light fruit. Taste is grainy, light fruit, bitter. Monday, November 1, 2021
SHIG	3.2 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon Cask at Norwich Beer Fest: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is fruity, light hops. Taste is bitter hops forward, light floral, lingers around palate. Monday, November 1, 2021
reidyboy	3.1 Slater's Haka Clear gold with a frothy white head and a slightly sweet floral aroma. The sweetness continues in the taste, combined with some biscuity malt and a citrus hop bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with a slightly grainy mouthfeel Thursday, September 30, 2021
SamVimes21	3 Slater's Amarillo Tuesday, September 21, 2021
jmgreenuk	3.5 Slater's Neon Kiss Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, zesty citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter sweet, with a smooth, rich, juicy citrus, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Wednesday, July 21, 2021
wslydiate	2.7 Slater's 1 Hop Pretty average blonde Saturday, July 17, 2021
Martinsh	3 Slater's Black IPA Cask at Slater’s in Stafford. Pours a dark brown with small foamy cream head and good lacing. The nose is mainly roasted malts with some added liquorice. In the mouth at various times there is chocolate, liquorice and coffee with hints of tobacco, spices and dark fruits. Not all at once and not necessarily in that order. Finish is decidedly bitter and hoppy. A nice complex beer but not really a Black IPA. Tuesday, May 18, 2021
gillhalfpint	3 Slater's Haka 11.9.20 at Montgomery's Tower (JDW) in Shrewsbury. Gold bitter with floral aroma. Dry hopped brings extra sweetness to the frity flavour. Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Jerseyislandbeer	3.5 Slater's Haka Old rating from 25-09-15 - Pint from the cask at the Apple & Pear Taphouse in St Helier. Pours a golden colour with a thick white head. Aromas of citrus & malt. Taste is citrusy hoppy with a pale malty background, notes of lemon also present, some hop bitterness in the aftertaste. A very nice pint. Thursday, February 18, 2021
imdownthepub	2.5 Slater's Maravilla Cask conditioned at The Wyvern Tavern, Swindon, Wilts. Hazy gold with white head. This proved to be quite a thinnish, watery beer, there is a fusty hint to it along with a thin fruitiness. The fruit is quite generic sweet berry, couldn't pin it down. Just okay. Sunday, October 25, 2020
Martinsh	3 Slater's Maravilla Cask at Slater’s, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a dense white head and good lacing. Aroma is just a vague one of summer fruits. In the mouth, there is an initial burst of tangerine, which is soon replaced by a strong raspberry flavour. There are sweet malts too plus a hint of strawberries. The finish is slightly bitter. Not bad at all, but this is a beer best appreciated at the height of summer, rathehr than a cold wet autumn afternoon. Thursday, October 15, 2020
dragnet101	3.3 Slater's Premium Bottle BBE in 13 months. Pours a light amber and reasonable sized white head. Caramel, biscuit and earthy hop aroma. Taste is the same with a yeastiness notable at times. Mouthfeel is very nice, quite smooth and a little creamy, although not to the extent of a Guinness, but seems to balance things nicely here. Moderate carbonation. Its a good bitter and very sessionable even if it lacks one or two flavour notes to take it to another level. Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Martinsh	2.5 Slater's 1995 (25 years) Cask at Slaters, Stafford Pours a hazy yellowish brown with a small creamy off-white head. Is slow to settle but it does so eventually. Not much of a nose – just vaguely fruity. Plenty of flavours in the mouth though. I managed orange, peach, apricot and ginger plus alcoholic strength, and an underlying metallic taste. Finish is a gooey and metallic taste at the back of the mouth that is difficult to get rid of. A bit of a mess really – certainly not worth the £4.50 per half that I was charged ! Thursday, July 16, 2020
Martinsh	2.7 Slater's 1 Hop Cask at Slaters, Stafford. Served too cold, so may require a rerate. Pours a golden yellow with a creamy white head and good lacing. Clear, but is slow to settle. An undistinguished nose – just a few hops. Taste has malts to the fore, with hops underneath and just a trace of citrus. But the was also a strange metallic taste, which I’m not sure was supposed to be there. Finish is bitter lemon. Run of the mill. Tuesday, July 14, 2020
mr_h	3.1 Slater's Ultra 1/2 pint (3.7%) by hand pump on 6 May 2017: grassy, herbal aroma, hazy pale golden, thin white head, thick film of fine lacing, herbal, citrus flavour, dry and bitter. Sunday, June 28, 2020
vipinvelp	3.3 Slater's Smoked Porter Pours black, mahony creamy lasting foam head. Smoky aroma and taste. Malty, complex. (Arnhem 202006) Saturday, June 13, 2020
ManVsBeer	2.9 Slater's Beer & Spice.. & All Things Nice Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Very good, but more hoppy than spiced, with the latter just about evident. It's slightly dry with some floral nose. Tuesday, May 12, 2020
minutemat	3 Slater's Nelson Sauvignon Cask @ Coach & Horses with Mike. Golden appearance with white head. Light floral nose. Gentle floral hints with biscuity malt and a pronounced bitterness. Lacks the promised punchiness, expected more of the hop characteristics to shine through but fine overall. Sunday, March 29, 2020
BlackHaddock	3.3 Slater's Neon Kiss Hand-pulled half-pint in Slater's, the brewery pub in Stafford (Gaolgate Road). Orange/yellow body, tight white head. Fruity and boozy, mango's and passion fruit are mentioned on the pump clip, deffo some mango esters and flavours in there. Friday, March 13, 2020
ResinousMaestro55	3 Slater's Western American Pale Ale Pint at the The Cock Inn, Clare. Light and hazy on pour with a short lived bubbly head. Lots of hops and citrus flavours, but a little flat for me. Saturday, March 7, 2020
wslydiate	3.4 Slater's Haka Nice bitter tasting pale, really nice easy drink Saturday, March 7, 2020
Rune	3.1 Slater's Haka Half-pint by cask, shared with Finn after breakfast at Figure of Eight (JDW). Remaining white head under a bright golden body. Rich lacing. Toffee and floral hops on the nose. Peachy flavours supported by citrus with a backdrop of toffee sweetness. Bittersweet finish. Satisfying. (Birmingham 04.02.2020). Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Martinsh	2.6 Slater's Amarillo Cask at Slaters, Stafford Pours a pale yellow with a tight white head. Nose is of fresh hops and citrus. Hoppiness continues in the mouth, with more citrus featuring tangerine and lemon. Finish is dry and hoppy. It’s OK, but not really a bitter – more a hoppy pale ale. Saturday, February 22, 2020
Finn	3.1 Slater's Haka Delt med Rune. Gylden. Lavt tett skum. Litt lacing. Bæraktig aroma. Smaken forsterker bærpreget. Lett syrlig tørr avslutning. Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Martinsh	2.7 Slater's Queen Bee Cask at Slaters Bar, Stafford Pours a lemon yellow, which is slow to clear (but does eventually) and a tight white head. A strong aroma of honey in the nose, and the mouth is dominated by honey as well, although there are hints of malt and caramel as well. Finish is earthy with golden syrup. An OK beer, but would probably be better off without so much honey. Sunday, January 12, 2020
WingmanWillis	3.2 Slater's Blitzen Tuesday, December 24, 2019