13 amazing beers featured at the Wetherspoons beer festival at Black Country and Staffordshire pubs - from £1.69 a pint

A range of up to 20 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at Wetherspoon pubs across the Black Country and Staffordshire during the 12-day beer festival, which runs from March 5 to March 16.

Pubs taking part in the festival include The Full Moon in Dudley, the Abraham Darby in the Merryhill Centre, the Clifton in Sedgley, the Waterfront Inn in Brierley Hill, The Cross Inn in Kingswinford, the Acorn Inn in Lichfield, the Plaza in Rugeley, the Chequers Inn in Stourbridge, the Moon Under Water in Wolverhampton, the Royal Tiger in Wednesfield and the Sir Henry Newbolt in Bilston.

The overseas brewers, all female, are from Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and USA and none of the beers on sale in the festival have previously been available at the pubs.

A number of the beers have been brewed for the first time, exclusively for the festival and 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 beers will be priced from £1.69 to £2.15 a pint.

What international and UK beers will be at Wetherspoons beer festival?

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).

Wetherspoon marketing manager Jen Swindells said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale.

“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 of the beers will be available at great value-for-money prices.”

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, while a digital version will also be available on the Wetherspoon app and website.

All ales will be available to order at the bar or via the Wetherspoon app.