The Stag, Cheltenham

Official site of The Stag - www.thestagatstow.com

Official site of The Stag - www.thestagatstow.com

Fairly sure that this is the now the Stag at Stow-on-the-Wold. I stayed the night. As an hotel - its immaculate and everything is considered in the rooms. B/f a little on the light side but high quality ingrediants. As a pub - it has a lovely front bar and although the beers are well kept - they real ale was from Arkells. At least I could determine the answer to the question - which is the worst beer in the land - Arkells or Donnington :-) Expensive but lovely staff and punters. Easy to get into a conversation.

Enjoyed our visit to this Arkell's bar while on a coach tour of pubs in Gloucestershire. We chose the Wiltshire Gold and Hoperation IPA which were fine.

Nice Country Inn, in cnetre of Stow on the Wold. Small cmfortable front rooms lead to a lunge/dining area at the rear, which has the feel of a large front room of a house. Its slightly 'tired' and the service is somewhat random, and the one real ale, Arkells 3B, was not the best ever, but it has a certain charm and a nice stop off.