Wetherspoons is serving £1.79 pints at over 700 pubs from TOMORROW as its real ale festival returns
THE Wetherspoons 12-day beer festival will be back with a bang tomorrow with some ales selling for less than £2 a pint.
The famous pub chain will be selling a range of 30 different real ales including five from overseas brewers from October 9 to October 20.
The festival will offer punters the chance to sample beers from Canada, New Zealand, Japan and the USA.
The event will take place across 809 UK Wetherspoons pubs.
Pints will be available for £2.29 on average, and as cheap as £1.79.
Spoon fans can try three beers for the price of one, with the chance to buy 3 third-of-a-pint tasters for the cost of a single pint.
The menu includes a range of unusual flavoured ales such as mango, chocolate and banoffee pie.
And the festival range is extended to include vegan and vegetarian options, as well as gluten-free options which can be found using the allergen information screen in pubs or via the app or website.
The deal includes beers which have never been available in Wetherspoons before so you are guaranteed to try something new.
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, including those from brewers as far afield as Japan 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.”
While the pints could be selling for as cheap as £1.79 in some pubs, keep in mind that menu prices vary based on location.
Below is a full list of real ales which will be available at the festival:
- Siren Mesmerist (Siren Craft Brew) 3.4% ABV
- Conwy Born to be Mild (Conwy Brewery) 3.8% ABV
- Hogs Back Notorious P.I.G (Hogs Back Brewery) 3.8% ABV
- Adnams T Drop (Adnams Brewery) 4.0% ABV
- Red Racer Session (Central City Brewery, British Colombia, Canada) 4.0% ABV
- Windsor and Eton Canberra (Windsor and Eton Brewery) 4.0% ABV
- Batemans Salem Session IPA (Batemans Brewery) 4.1% ABV
- Hook Norton Tower Ale (Hook Norton Brewery) 4.2% ABV
- Townshend Dinner Ale (Townshend Brewery, Tasman, New Zealand) 4.2% ABV
- Ishii Orihime Pale Ale (Ishii Brewing, Tochigi, Japan) 4.3% ABV
- Evan Evans Wild Coast (Evan Evans Brewery) 4.4% ABV
- Fyne Ales Sun Lounger (Fyne Ales) 4.4% ABV
- Greene King Blood Hound (Greene King Brewery) 4.4% ABV
- Loch Lomond The Gloaming (Loch Lomond Brewery) 4.4% ABV
- Brewster’s Sailing By (Brewster’s Brewery) 4.5% ABV
- Rudgate Mango in the Night (Rudgate Brewery) 4.5% ABV
- Maxim Banoffee Pie Golden Ale (Maxim Brewery) 4.6% ABV
- Titanic Sapphire Spoon (Titanic Brewery) 4.7% ABV
- Lancaster Hop Storm (Lancaster Brewery) 4.8% ABV
- St Austell Fresh Pot (St Austell Brewery) 4.8% ABV
- Elgood’s North Brink Porter (Elgood’s Brewery) 5.0% ABV
- Exmoor Phoenix (Exmoor Ales) 5.0% ABV
- Shepherd Neame Cold Snap (Shepherd Neame Brewery) 5.0% ABV
- Thornbridge Coltrane (Thornbridge Brewery) 5.0% ABV
- Urban South Who Dat (Urban South Brewery, Louisiana, USA) 5.0% ABV
- Salopian Disintegration (Salopian Brewery) 5.1% ABV
- Oakham Sunset (Oakham Ales) 5.3% ABV
- Yazoo All Dog Alert (Yazoo Brewing, Tennessee, USA) 5.5% ABV
- Burning Sky Aurora (Burning Sky Brewery) 5.6% ABV
- Innis and Gunn Caribbean Rum Cask (Innis and Gunn Brewery) 6.8% ABV
Order your pint of choosing either at the bar or via the mobile app, which is available to download via the App Store.
We recommend you browse the festival magazine before your arrival via the app or website to check your local prices.
The magazine also details the origins of the beers and their flavour profiles.
For example, the Japanese Ishii “Orihime” Pale Ale is from Tochigi, and has a “citrusy, fruity hop character”.
And the Canadian Central City “Red Racer” Amber Ale is from British Colombia and has “a good balance of bitterness and malt flavours”.
While the mysterious Maxim “Banoffee Pie” Golden Ale is from Durham, and is described as “dessert in a glass”.
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Free refills – Buy a £1.50 tea, coffee or hot chocolate and you can get free refills. The deal is available all day, every day.
Check a map – Prices can vary from one location the next, even those close to each other.
So if you’re planning a pint at a Spoons, it’s worth popping in nearby pubs to see if you’re settling in at the cheapest.
Choose your day – Each night the pub chain runs certain food theme nights.
For instance, every Thursday night is curry club, where diners can get a main meal and a drink for a set price cheaper than usual.
Pick-up vouchers – Students can often pick up voucher books in
their local near universities, which offer discounts on food and drink, so keep your eyes peeled.
Get appy – The Wetherspoons app allows you to order and pay for your drink and food from your table – but you don’t need to be in the pub to use it.
Taking full advantage of this, cheeky customers have used social media to ask their friends and family to order them drinks. The app is free to download on the App Store or Google Play.
Check the date – Every year, Spoons holds its Tax Equality Day to highlight the benefits of a permanently reduced tax bill for the pub industry.
It usually takes place in September, and last year it fell on Thursday, September 14.
As well as its 12-day Real Ale Festival every Autumn, Wetherspoons also holds a Spring Festival.
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