THE OLD SPOT INN
"THE ALPHABET" BEER FESTIVAL

Friday 6th - Sunday 8th August 2010
With live music, Sunday night




Please drink responsibly.
Beers are inside and outside, this is indicated next to each beer.



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AART BREWHIP HOP CASCADE4.3%£2.80OUT
Art Brew - Hip Hop Cascade
A clean, crisp single hopped golden ale.

BBUTCOMBEBITTER4.0%£2.60IN
Butcombe Bitter
Butcombe Bitter is a clean tasting, refreshingly dry, outstanding best bitter. Amber in colour, hoppy & malty with a long, dry, bitter finish.

CCOTSWOLD SPRINGROSE4.0%£2.60OUT
Cotswold Spring - Olde English Rose
Straw like in colour this excellent ale depicts every aspect of summer. With an Initial dryness on the pallet and a hoppy finish, this brew is bursting with flavour.

DDARK STARHOP HEAD3.8%£2.60OUT
Dark Star - Hophead
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.

EEXMOORANTLER4.0%£2.70OUT
Exmoor - Antler
A smooth and warming dark amber beer.

FFULLERSLONDON PRIDE4.1%£2.90OUT
Fullers London Pride
London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew.

GGREAT WESTERNSUMMER NIGHTS3.8%£2.60OUT
Great Western Brewing Co Ltd - Summer Nights
A straw coloured beer,brewed using a variety of malts, combined with Tangy Brewers Gold & Orange fragrant East Kent Golding hops. This produces a mellow, soft and very drinkable ale.

HHOP BACKCROP CIRCLE4.2%£2.80OUT
HopBack - Crop Circle
A very clean, flaxen-coloured beer with wonderful thirst-quenching properties. The subtle blend of aroma and bittering hops give a crispness on the tongue which is delicately fruity, giving way to some dryness. The inclusion of flaked maize in the grist subtlely hints at crisp corn flavours.

IISLE OF SKYESKYE LIGHT3.8%£2.60OUT
This light and refreshing ale, available throughout the summer months, is a real thirst-quencher. Plenty of fruit and hops lead to a lingering light hoppy aftertaste.

JSTROUDFREE BEER4.5%£2.70IN
Stroud - Free Beer
FREE BEER is a beer which is free in the sense of freedom, not in the sense of free beer. It is based on classic ale brewing traditions, but with addded Guaraná for a natural energy boost.

KKELHAM ISLANDPALE RIDER5.2%£2.90OUT
Kelham Island - Pale Rider
Our Multi award winning popular Pale ale. This popular pale ale is a well balanced, strong and fruity ale flavoured with North American hops.

LWICKWARCOTSWOLD WAY4.2%£2.60IN
Wickwar - Cotswold Way
A rich, amber, smooth, well balanced beer with a terrific hoppy finish.

MMOLESST ELMOS4.3%£2.70IN
Moles - Elmo's Fire
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.

NNAILSWORTHALESTOCK3.6%£2.60OUT
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light in colour and more hoppy than a caffeine fuelled bunny on a bouncy castle. At 3.6% abv, you could sit back and drink this one all day. Full of Elderflower notes. Lager drinkers, you might like this one.

OOTTERBITTER3.6%£2.50IN
Otter Bitter
Well balanced amber session bitter with a fruity nose and bitter taste and aftertaste. Deceptively full flavour for its gravity.

PPALMERSDORSET GOLD4.5%£2.80OUT
Palmers - Dorset Gold
A refreshing and thirst-quenching golden premium ale, with a palate that's full and fruity and lightly hopped with Kent Goldings.

QQUERCUSSHINGLE BAY4.2%£2.70OUT
Quercus - Shingle Bay
A light easy drinking ale with a fruity citrus aroma and flavour, giving a subtle crisp bite to refresh the palate.

RRCHEAST STREET5.0%£2.90OUT
RCH - East Street Cream
This enigmatic full bodied beer with malty hoppy fruit bitter with a sweet taste which all vie for dominance in this complex and well crafted premium chestnut coloured ale.

SSEVERN VALESEVERN SINS5.2%£2.90OUT
Severn Vale - Severn Sins
Dark malty stout with roasted barley flavours and spicy hops coming through.

TTHORNETANKARD4.3%£2.80OUT
Thorne - Tankard
With fruity flavour aromas and bitter flow flavours .perfect summer beer.

UULEYOLD RIC4.5%£2.80IN
Old Ric
Copper in colour, this beer has a full flavoured, hoppy palate with some underlying fruit. The finish is o smooth and well-balanced and very refreshing.

VATLASLATTITUDE3.6%£2.60OUT
Atlas - Latitude
Brewed with a balance of best British Ale Malt and Lager Malt, this beer exhibits a pale straw colour. The aroma combines a zesty attack and an apricot fruitiness with the subtle floral hop notes of the Styrian Golding, Saaz and Hallertauer Hersbrucker hops.

WWADWORTHSFARMERS GLORY4.8%£2.80IN
Wadworth's - Farmer's Glory
It's deep copper hue balances perfectly with the hoppy aroma and satisfying taste.

XBATH ALESFESTIVAL GEM4.8%£2.80IN
Bath - Festival Gem
Originally brewed for the WOMAD festival, 2007 and now only available in the Old Spot, this ale is another fine creation from Bath Ales.

YYORK BREWERYYORKSHIRE TERRIER4.2%£2.70OUT
York - Yorkshire Terrier
Our multiple award-winning Terrier is a golden coloured premium bitter with a rich, creamy malt and full hop palate finish.

ZSALTAIREAMARILLO GOLD4.4%£2.80OUT
Saltaire - Amarillo Gold
Straw coloured clear wheat beer. Exclusively hopped with American Amarillo hops with intense citrus fruit flavours.






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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