Our Ales
The Village Inn is home to both 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 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.
Pump Clip art by Rob Rowland

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.
Pump Clip art by Rob Rowland

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.
Pump Clip art by Nicola Grellier

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.

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…
Seasonal Ales
Brewed to perfection for special occasions…
Brewed by Oisin Hawes and Chris Hemming in honour of the holy Father’s historic papal visit to the UK, all profits from the sale of this beer will be donated to the CAFOD Pakinstan relief fund.

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!

Benedict’s Brew (3.6% ABV)