The Lord Poulett Arms, Hinton St. George

A traditional mid-terrace village pub in a busy Somerset village with B&B facilities, bare boards, stone flags, wood fires and so on. As Brewguru says below, the emphasis has been on food until recently, though the pub is now trying - very successfully - to regain its reputation for good beer. It's still expensive, but you get what you pay for - excellent food and well-kept ale, with a warm welcome and great atmosphere in which to enjoy them. The menu is imaginative, and there is also a good wine list. There were 4 ales in gravity fed casks and one on tap. I had a pint of Bradoc from the Branscombe Vale Brewery which was perfect. One quirky surprise was the gents' toilet - a disconcerting and very unusual urinals (double-decker - maybe intended to double as vomitoria?). Overall, well worth finding (as it's a bit off the beaten track) and I'm sure I will return.

Large multiroomed village gastro pub in very rural Somerset. Accent is on food and letting rooms but two beers on, Branscombe Branoc and Otter Ale (the 4.5% one), the Otter being the better of the two last night. Branscombe was on a stillage beind the bar, the bar maid tapped the next cask and must have lost 2 pints of beer she made such a meal of it. Not cheap either but pleasant enough. If you had Visitors from overseas they would probably love this pub.