A range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at The Six Chimneys in Wakefield, during its 12-day beer festival.

The festival at the Wetherspoon pub on Kirkgate opened yesterday and will run until Sunday, March 15.

The overseas brewers are from Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain and USA.

It is the first time the Wetherspoon pub has served a real ale from Mexico.

A range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at The Six Chimneys in Wakefield, during its 12-day beer festival.

placeholder image — A range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at The Six Chimneys in Wakefield, during its 12-day beer festival.

Almost all of the beers on offer have been brewed for the first time, exclusively for the festival.

Among the festival collection are three vegan beers.

As well as featuring a range of different malt and hop varieties from around the world, there are also beers that include coffee, elderflower, hibiscus, maple syrup, orange and vanilla, in their ingredients.

The beers will cost £2.20 a pint.

The international beers are Tropical (Cervejaria Bodebrown, Brazil), Read the Room (Good Word Brewing, USA), Session IPA (Malteza, Mexico), Vicious IPA (Almogaver, Spain), Nigredo (Birrificio Italiano, Italy).

The festival line up also includes Lucky ‘Lips (Shepherd Neame), Pitch Perfect (Vale), Crimson Legend (Brains), Salem Coastal Confusion (Batemans), Shug Monkey (Elgood’s), Brewed Awakening (Hook Norton).

Pub manager Laura Mason said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale.

“It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers, featuring many not previously available to our customers in the pub, including those from brewers as far afield as Mexico and Brazil 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.