Wetherspoon pubs to host international beer festival

11th October 2010, 12:11pm

JD Wetherspoon pubs will be holding a 19-day beer festival later this month featuring 50 real ales from across the world.

The 'world's biggest international real-ale festival' runs from Wednesday October 27 until Sunday November 14.

Brewers from Sri Lanka, USA, Italy and Belgium will be brewing their festival beers at English breweries.

The overseas beers being brewed in the UK, which will be on offer at the festival are; Lion Stout ( The Lion Brewery, Sri Lanka), Castagnale (Birra Del Borgo Brewery, Italy), Green Hop Blonde (Samuel Adams Brewery, USA) and Palm Steenhuffel Blond (Palm Brewery, Belgium).

The UK beers will include; Chocoholic (JW Lees), Black Squirrel (B&T), Purple Haze (Wood's), Double Espresso Wild Oat Stout (Traditional Scottish Ales), Hairway to Steaven (Freeminer), Ghost Ship (Adnams) Ginger Hare (Bath) and Wheat Dreams (Batemans).

In addition the pubs will also serve up to 10 draught ciders. Tasting notes on all of the beers and ciders will be available in the pubs.

Wetherspoon's beer festival organiser Jonathan Yates said: "The festival will give people the opportunity to enjoy a superb selection of UK and international beers, together with draught ciders, in our pubs."

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