Our Ales
The Village Inn is also home to the Nailsworth Brewery, which opened with the pub in 2006.
Drawing from a natural spring under the building itself and using a time-honoured process unchanged since the original Nailsworth Brewery, we brew a variety of regular ales as well as some seasonal variations.
Regular Ales
The Mayor’s Bitter (4.2% ABV)
This best bitter with wonderful malt textures is complemented by the long-lasting and heavenly taste of blackcurrants.
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Alestock (3.6% ABV)
Originally brewed for the Nailstock Music Festival, this brew proved too popular for a one-off and so has become a regular. More hoppy than a caffeine-fueled bunny on a bouncy castle, it is the perfect year-round ale.
The Red October (4.9% ABV)
A rich, ruby-red ale with slightly sweet caramel flavours and a fruity hop finish. Remeniscent of toffee apples, this beer is the perfect ale for a chilly Autumn evening.
The Vicar’s Stout (4.5% ABV)
This ale is everything a traditional beer should be: dark, rich, smokey, pleasantly bitter and very comforting.
The Town Crier (4.7% ABV)
A traditional premium ale full of rich and fruity flavours, this one is to be savoured and not rushed.
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Old Rocky (4.4% ABV)
CAMRA’s ‘Champion Beer of Gloucestershire, 2009′ is named after our very own Michael ‘Rocky’ Holbrow. With as much ‘grapefruitiness’ flavour as we could squeeze into a pint glass, it’s the perfect beer to accompany breakfast…
The Artist’s Ale(3.9% ABV)Light in colour, high in taste, this zingy, tangy, thirst-quenching bitter is full of citrus flavours. A refreshingly more-ish session beer.
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Seasonal Ales
Brewed to perfection for special occasions…
The Dudbridge Donkey (3.6% ABV)
This mild beer has a taste that reaches back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when local poet W.H.Davies was ‘standing and staring’ and days when a steam engine (affectionately known as The Dudbridge Donkey) chugged lazily along the valley between Dudbridge and Nailsworth.
Winter Woolley (4.9% ABV)
It’s rich and delicious, dark & fruity, a Waitrose mince pie in a glass!
Large Blue Beer (4.1% ABV)
Less hoppy than Artist’s but not as malty as Mayor’s. Not middle of the road, just a perfect halfway house.
Funny Bones (4.5% ABV)
Dark & smokey, but don’t be scared!
