Home Cooked Meals, Real Ales, Cider & comprehensive Wine List

Real Ale is taken very seriously and the landlord Steve Herbert ensures that their real ales change regularly giving the locals something different every month.

However, you can always be sure that one or two ales will always be there ...

Don't worry if you are not a real ale drinker as the Old Spot Inn has an extensive bar selection with something to suit everyone's taste buds

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Please also see the following pages:

::  Archive of past Guest Ales by date		::  Food Menu
::  Ales we have Served categorised by Brewery		::  Wine Menu
::  Breweries we have had beer from		::  Opening Times

Guest Ales - Mon 16th August 2010
:: Old Ric	Uley	4.5% ABV	£2.80
Copper in colour, this beer has a full flavoured, hoppy palate with some underlying fruit. The finish is smooth and wellbalanced and very refreshing.
:: Severn Sins	Severn Vale	5.2% ABV	£2.90
A wonderfully dark, malty stout full of roasted barley.Available during the winter months. 2007 gold medal winner in the stouts and porters category of the SIBA West Beer Competition.
:: Dorothy Goodbody Golden Ale	Wye Valley	4.2% ABV	£2.80
Nothing gives Dorothy more pleasure than the succulent aroma of the two finest English hop varieties, Goldings and Fuggles. She selected these and Maris Otter pale malt for her Golden Ale as they're naturally a winning combination. The result is a crisp and zesty beer that is as comfortable served on its own as it is alongside chicken dishes, salads and pasta.
:: Pale Rider	Kelham Island	5.2% ABV	£2.90
Our Multi award winning popular Pale ale. This popular pale ale is a well balanced, strong and fruity ale flavoured with North American hops. As described in the Good Beer Guide 2005 "it's sweetness and bitterness continued to the finish" Camra Supreme Champion Beer Of Britain 2004
:: Dorset Gold	Palmers	4.5% ABV	£2.70
A refreshing and thirst-quenching golden premium ale (4.5% ABV), with a palate that's full and fruity and lightly hopped with Kent Goldings. Palmers pledges 5p from every pint sold in selected regions to The Chesil Trust, a charity to help the young or disabled discover the joys of sailing.
:: Hop Head	Dark Star	3.8% ABV	£2.60
An extremely clean-tasting pale gold-coloured ale with a strong floral aroma and elderflower notes from the cascade hops. This beer is full-bodied despite its very quaffable strength and dryness.
:: Farmer's Glory	Wadworth	3.6% ABV	£2.80
It's deep copper hue balances perfectly with the hoppy aroma and satisfying taste.
:: Tankard	Thorne	4.3% ABV	£2.70
With fruity flavour aromas and bitter flow flavours .perfect summer beer.
:: Butcombe Bitter	Butcombe Brewery	4.0% ABV	£2.60
Butcombe Bitter is a clean tasting, refreshingly dry, outstanding best bitter. Amber in colour, hoppy & malty with a long, dry, bitter finish.

Regular Ales
The following are some of what we offer:
:: Old Ric	Uley Brewery	4.5% ABV	£2.80
Copper in colour, this beer has a full flavoured, hoppy palate with some underlying fruit. The finish is smooth and well-balanced and very refreshing. This is the house beer for the Old Spot Inn, Dursley and is named after the owner and creator of the Old Spot; Ric Sainty.
:: Session	Severn Vale	3.4% ABV	£2.30
A low gravity beer with plenty of flavour, thanks to plenty of English Golding and Fuggles hops. Traditional brown colour. Beer for the sensible drinker, or those in for a long session!

Please also see the following pages:

::  Archive of past Guest Ales by date		::  Food Menu
::  Breweries we have had beer from, and		::  Wine Menu
::  Ales we have Served categorised by Brewery		::  Opening Times

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