Huge Wetherspoons ale festival coming to Sheffield with pints costing just £1.99 at Benjamin Huntsman, Rawson Spring and more

Ten Wetherspoon pubs in the city will each be hosting a 12-day real-ale festival featuring ales brewed using only British-grown hop varieties.

The pubs will host the festival from Wednesday, October 12, to Sunday, October 23, inclusive.

A selection of up to 30 real ales, including three from overseas brewers (who have brewed their beers in England for the festival) will be available in the pubs during the festival.

The overseas brewers are from South Africa, Norway and Australia.

A number of the ales will also be available in the pubs for the first time, including some brewed especially for the festival.

The festival line-up includes Jester (Green Jack Brewery), Rebel Flame (Shepherd Neame Brewery), All the Leaves are Brown (Brewster's Brewery), Bonkers Conkers (Greene King Brewery), Hoptober (Coach House Brewery), Kaleidoscope (Lancaster Brewery) and Victory Ale (Batemans Brewery).

The overseas ales are Autumn Amber (Mad Giant Brewery, South Africa), Rav (Telemark Bryggeri, Norway) and Wungong (Nowhereman Brewery, Australia).

The participating pubs are; The Bankers Draft in Market Place, The Woodseats Palace in Chesterfield Road, Woodseats, The Benjamin Huntsman in Cambridge Street, The Rawson Spring in Langsett Road, The Sheffield Waterworks Company in Division Street, The Sheaf Island in Ecclesall Road, The Francis Newton in Clarkehouse Road, The Wagon & Horses in Market Place, Chapeltown, The Scarsdale Hundred in Sevenairs Road, Beighton and The Steel Foundry in The Oasis, Meadowhall Centre.

Jonathan Atkinson, manager at The Bankers Draft, said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale all made using only British-grown hop varieties.

“It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb ales over a 12-day period and support the British hop industry too.

The hop varieties include Jester, Fuggles, First Gold, Opus, Goldings and Godiver.

Customers will also be able to enjoy three one-third-of-a-pint ales for the price of a festival pint.

The festival news booklet, which includes the tasting notes for all of the ales, will be available in the pub as well as on the Wetherspoon app and website.

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