A VARIETY of real ales, including some from overseas, will be on offer at two Wirral pubs during a beer festival next month.
It is taking place at The Wetherspoon's-owned Clairville in Wallasey and The Hoylake Lights in Hoylake from Wednesday, March 5 to Sunday, March 16 inclusive.
The international brewers are from Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and USA. The festival will include a number of beers not previously available at the pubs.
A number of beers have been brewed for the first time, exclusively for the festival.
Among the festival collection are vegan (also suitable for vegetarians) beers.
As well as featuring a range of different malt and hop varieties from around the world, there are also beers that include cherries and cocoa beans in their ingredients.
The international beers are Hey Pal (Terrapin Brewery, USA), Estuary Session Ale (Land & Sea Brewery, Canada), Wallaby (Penny Red Brewery, Australia), Chocolate Porta (Birra Perugia Brewery, Italy) and Antiopdean (Brew Moon Brewery, New Zealand).
The festival line-up also includes Alpha Female (Rooster’s), Loopy Loo (Batemans), Chase the Sun (Vale), Cherry Nice (Greene King), Queen of Hearts (St Austell), Mocha Porter (Elgood’s), Grand Union (Hook Norton), Blossom (Black Sheep).
Pub manager John Gilfoyle said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale. All of the beers will be available at great value-for-money prices.”
The beers will cost £1.99 a pint.
Three third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available for the price of a pint.
Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pub as part of the festival magazine (a digital version will also be available on the Wetherspoon app and website).
Ashlie Jae Gaskell, manager of The Hoylake Lights in Hoylake, added: "It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers, featuring beers not previously available to our customers in the pub, including those from brewers as far afield as Australia and New Zealand, as well as those closer to home, over a 12-day period."
All ales will be available to order at the bar or via the Wetherspoon app.
