Gold CAMRA emblem reads “THE GOOD BEER GUIDE 2025” above “WE’RE IN IT”, framed by laurel branches.

We’ve been in it for 25 years!

The Old Exeter Inn has been in the book every year for a quarter of a century. That’s something to drink to!

CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is the definitive beer drinker’s bible – 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, compiled by volunteers, honest and unbiased. We’re proud to be among them.

CAMRA does vital work for pubs and the industry. Pubs are closing at a rate never seen before. The landscape of Britain will change forever if things don’t alter quickly. We’d encourage you to become a member. Click here for more information.

Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves for you will have lost the last of England

– Hilaire Beloc

Straight from the Barrel

We pour our Real Ales on gravity, straight from the cask on our granite stillage. We keep things rotating – always trying new beers from across the UK. It’s all about the taste.

Some of our recent Real Ales

  • 360 Brewing Bluebell
  • Adnams Southwold Bitter
  • Bexley Brewery Mayplace Spring Ale
  • Bexley Brewery Redhouse
  • Black Sheep Best Bitter
  • Brew York Calmer Chameleon
  • Brew York Maris the Otter
  • Bristol Beer Factory Independence
  • Burning Sky Brewery Plateau
  • Butcombe Original
  • Dartmoor IPA
  • Dartmoor Legend
  • Bass
  • East London Brewing Foundation Bitter
  • Fuller’s London Pride
  • Hobsons Brewery Best Bitter
  • Ilkley Brewery Promise
  • Marble Beers Manchester Bitter
  • Marstons Pedigree
  • New Bristol Brewery Bristol Bitter
  • Oakham Ales Inferno
  • Old Exeter’s Dear Boy
  • Old Exeter’s Golden Mane
  • Old Exeter’s Summerisle
  • Old Exeter’s The Fantasist
  • Old Exeter’s Tudor Gold
  • Otter Ale
  • Redemption Brewing Co Taproom
  • Roosters Brewing Blind Jack
  • Roosters Brewing Buckeye
  • Roosters Brewing Yankee
  • Roosters Easy Going Assassin
  • Saltaire Brewery Titus
  • Sambrook’s Pumphouse
  • Sambrook’s Wandle
  • Timothy Taylor’s Landlord
  • Twisted Oak Fallen Tree
  • Wadworth 6X
  • Warwickshire Beer Darling Buds

Recent Real Ciders at the Old Exeter Inn

  • Hunt’s Bull Walloper
  • Old Exeter’s Lamb & Serpent
  • Reddaways Dry
  • Reddaways Medium
  • Sam’s Beautifully Dry
  • Sam’s Fruity Blackcurrant
  • Sam’s Medium
  • Snailsbank Apple & Ginger
  • Snailsbank Gooseberry Fool
  • Snailsbank Mango
  • Snailsbank Rhubarb
  • Snailsbank Toffee Apple
  • Thistly Cross Whisky Cask

Menus, Bookings & Opening Hours

Click here to read all our menus, or you can make an online booking. If you prefer to book by phone, call 01364 652013. Check our opening hours: click here. Or to send us a message, click here

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