A FLINTSHIRE pub will be offering pints at just over £2 during a 12-day beer festival starting next week.

A range of real ales, including five from overseas brewers, will be available at The Market Cross Wetherspoon in Holywell, during its 12-day beer festival.

The pub in High Street will host the festival from Wednesday, March 6 to Sunday, March 17 inclusive.

The overseas brewers are from Taiwan, Germany, USA, Belgium and Italy and the pub will serve a number of beers brewed specially for the festival.

Among the festival collection are vegan (also suitable for vegetarians) beers.

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

Wetherspoon say that the beers will cost £2.29 a pint.

The festival line-up includes:

  • Spring Frenzy (Daleside Brewery)
  • Grizzly Bear IPA (Shepherd Neame)
  • Disco Macaw (Redpoint Brewing, Taiwan)
  • Crafty Fox (Hook Norton Brewery)
  • Bite the Bullet! (Oakham Ales) 
  • Bingo Lady (The Lost Abbey Brewing Company, USA)
  • Chocolate Ale (Leikeim Brewery, Germany)
  • Parts and Labour (Rooster's Brewery)
  • Germain (Brouwerij De Bock, Belgium)
  • Roasted Nuts (Rebellion Brewery) 
  • Falstaff (Birrificio Gregorio, Italy).

Pub manager Molly Lewis said: "The festival is a great celebration of real ale. It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers, including those from overseas, over a 12-day period, at great value-for-money prices.

"It will also give our customers the opportunity to enjoy a number of beers which have not previously been available in the pub, as well as those brewed specially for the festival."

Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pub as part of the festival magazine.