Slaters Top Totty

Slaters Ales - formerly known as Eccleshall Brewery is a very successful family run brewery which was established in March 1995 in its original premises behind the George Hotel in Eccleshall by Ged and Moyra Slater.

In an effort to meet increasing demand from customers for their award winning beers, Slaters took the unprecedented decision to move to new premises in 2004. With a blank canvas and ten years of experience, they built the current operation from the ground up and are now operating in a state of the art brewery producing some of the finest beers in the UK today. Slaters have seen production capacity increase three fold from 10 barrels to 30 barrels during the last two years.

Slaters have employed a clever play on words when naming this ale.

The original meaning of Totty is as follows:

Tot"ty, a. [OE. toti. Cf. Totter.] Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.

The modern meaning is well known:

Totty noun Brit. informal girls or women collectively regarded as sexually desirable.

Both meanings derive from the same source - Tot. Which as we all know is an alcoholic drink.

• ABV 4.0%

Tasting Notes: Top Totty is an award winning ale - SIBA Gold Award 2006. One taste and you can see why. This ale is good from the top of the glass to the bottom. Pale in color with a light foamy head, Top Totty is crystal clear. A well balanced alchemy between complex hop notes and a rich malt create a refreshing drink with a dry finish. Brewing excellence shines through in each mouthful but the hops are not obvious and I think that is the key to this ale's success. Not flowery like many pale ales and an eminently quaffable session ale.