The Little George, Stroud

Cracking pub, only been in twice so far a provisional 8 could be a 9.

The Little George was opened during the summer by the owners of the Devon brewery Clearwater. It's a shop conversion with an unremarkable frontage but inside it's a reasonable size for one of these places with Gents and Ladies toilets. It consists of a rectangular pine floored room. There is some seating at the front then the bar in the middle with around four casks racked up and at the rear some tables with games on one of which was chess. There is no cold room just the barrels by the bar counter which was working OK on my visit but I always worry what it would be like on a hot day. They also do a selection of gins as well as the usual micropub fare. There is a miniscule square yard near the back with just one table. They only had two beers available after a busy Friday night, these were Clearwater Proper Ansome and Hal's Ales A Little Georgeous. I went for the Proper Ansome (£3.25 including CAMRA discount) which I thought at first had a strange taste but it was probably just the fact it was a South Western beer. It's a pleasant friendly place but I can't help thinking it would be better with a cold room.

Official site of The Little George - www.stroudmicropub.co.uk

Official site of The Little George - www.stroudmicropub.co.uk

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