Food and drink: Local pubs offering free drinks and promotions throughout December

A number of community pubs in Wakefield and Featherstone are offering customers complimentary drinks and prizes over Christmas.

Four pubs across Wakefield and Pontefract are taking part in festive drinks promotions and initiatives in December, including a daily advent calendar raffle, a ‘12 Pints of Christmas’ promotion, and complimentary shots when customers purchase Christmas-themed cocktails.

The pubs taking part are Midland Hotel (Normanton), New Wheel Inn (Wakefield), The Waterloo (Wakefield), and The Railway (Featherstone).

All four pubs are part of Proper Pubs, the community wet led operator division of Admiral Taverns.

As part of the Proper Pubs Christmas Advent Calendar promotion, the pubs are running a daily advent calendar raffle until December 24.

Customers will receive a raffle ticket with each drink bought, which is then placed into a collection box, with a winning ticket drawn from the box at a set time each day.

Prizes range from Christmas hampers to free bar tabs and festive drink bundles.

The ‘12 Pints of Christmas’ promotion is running until December 31, and involves customers receiving a scratch card which is stamped every time they buy a pint.

A number of community pubs in Wakefield and Featherstone are offering customers complimentary drinks and prizes over Christmas. Photo: Google/DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image
A number of community pubs in Wakefield and Featherstone are offering customers complimentary drinks and prizes over Christmas. Photo: Google/DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

Customers who purchase 12 pints during the promotion will earn a free pint which can be redeemed at any time in January.

The four pubs are also taking part in the Christmas Cocktails promotion, which runs until December 31 and involves customers receiving a free festive shot when they purchase a Christmas-themed cocktail.

The limited edition cocktails include ‘Spiced Berry’, ‘Mistle Toe’, and ‘Polar Bear’, and the shots include ‘Tofka’, ‘Mulled Mayhem’, and ‘Christmas Cookie’.

Further information on Proper Pubs can be found at: https://proper-pubs.com/

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