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 15th November 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.
:: Shadow	Cottage Brewing	4.6% ABV	£2.70
A full flavoured dark oak coloured premium ale, with roast malt and spicy hop aromas. The ale has a robust after bitterness perfectly balanced by a priming sweetness.
:: Elmo's Fire	Moles	4.4% ABV	£2.70
Medium bodied pale ale. Refreshingly bitter with a fruity, spicy aroma from the Williamette hops, balanced by the Maris Otter malted barley leaving a long bitter finish.
:: Dursley Steam	Severn Vale	4.2% ABV	£2.70
Created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the "Dursley Donkey", the branch line which served Dursley and the Cam valley. A sparkling summer ale full of flowery hops.
:: Dorset Gold	Palmers	4.5% ABV	£2.80
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.
:: Otter Bitter	Otter	3.6% ABV	£2.50
Well balanced amber session bitter with a fruity nose and bitter taste and aftertaste. Deceptively full flavour for its gravity
:: Black Knight	Goffs	5.3% ABV	£2.90
A very dark ruby red tinted beer with powerful chocolate malt aromas and a hint of vanilla. Very smooth, very rich dry malt flavours with a subtle hoppiness. A classic winter porter.
:: Uncle Dick's Cottage Ale	Cotswold Spring	6.3% ABV	£2.90
A strong pale ale based on a recipe by William Cobbet, an initial malty sweetness combined with a good hoppy finish with some citrus notes.
:: Old Lech	Halfpenny	4.5% ABV	£2.80
A traditional premium strength ale, well-balanced and full bodied, this refreshing and palatable drink is a fine example of the art of brewing and one to be savoured.

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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