30 cask ales including five from overseas on offer over 12 days
The Gooseberry Bush, a Wetherspoon pub in Peel Street
Casks ales from Singapore and the Ukraine will be appearing for the first time at a popular Nottingham 12-day beer festival starting on Wednesday (October 7).
They will be among a range of up to 30 cask ales which will be available at 14 Wetherspoons pubs in and around Nottingham through until Sunday, October 18.
Other overseas brewers will be from China (Urbrew Oolong ESB), the USA (UPP Liquids Pinball Wizard) and Denmark (Mikkeller English Dream Pilsner).
The Ukraine beer is Varvar Session Golden Ale and the one from Singapore is Lion Mango IPA.
Most of the beers on offer have been brewed for the first time, exclusively for the festival, and will include five 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 coconut, coriander, mango and tea in their ingredients.
The beers will be priced from £2.40 to £2.99 a pint. Three third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available for the price of a pint.
The festival line up also includes Cairngorm Autumn Nuts, Otter Reggae, Loch Lomond Flying South, Oakham Dressed to Impress and Exmoor Red.
The participating pubs are: Roebuck Inn, St. James’ Street; Joseph Else, South Parade; Lloyds No. 1 Bar, in Carlton Street; The Free Man, in Carlton Hill; Gooseberry Bush in Peel Street; Trent Bridge Inn, Radcliffe Road, West Bridgford; and The Samuel Hall in Mansfield Road, Sherwood.
Other pubs taking part include The Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren in Derby Road, Stapleford; Woodthorpe Top in Woodthorpe Drive, Mapperley; Lady Chatterley in Nottingham Road, Eastwood, William Peverel in Main Street, Bulwell; Last Post in Chilwell Road, Beeston, Butter Cross in Market Place, Bingham; and The Pilgrim Oak in High Street, Hucknall.
Roebuck Inn manager Alex Darby said: “The festival is a great celebration of cask ale. It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers, featuring many not previously available to our customers in the pub.”
