The Golden Cross Hotel: Wetherspoon pub hosts beer festival

A selection of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available at The Golden Cross Hotel from now until Sunday, October 20. 

The international brewers are from Japan, Canada, New Zealand and the USA. 

The pub on High Street will also be featuring beers not previously available at the venue. 

Jemma Palma, manager at The Golden Cross Hotel, said: "The festival is a great celebration of real ale. 

"It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb beers, including those from brewers as far afield as Japan and New Zealand, 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. The festival 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." 

The festival collection will also feature a variety of vegan and vegetarian beers. 

Beers not only include different malt and hop varieties from around the world, but there will also be beers that have coffee and fruit in their ingredients. 

The beers will cost £1.99 a pint and three third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available for the price of a pint. 

The international beers are Red Racer Session (Central City Brewery, Canada), Dinner Ale (Townshend Brewery, New Zealand), Orihime Pale Ale (Ishii Brewing, Japan), Who Dat (Urban South Brewery, USA) and All Dog Alert (Yazoo Brewing, USA). 

The festival line-up will also include Born to be Mild (Conway Brewery), Sun Lounger (Fyne Ales Brewery), Salem Session IPA (Batemans Brewery), Mango in the Night (Rudgate Brewery), Sapphire Spoon (Titanic Brewery), Banoffee Pie Golden Ale (Maxim Brewery) and The Gloaming (Loch Lomond Brewery). 

Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pub as part of the festival magazine and all ales will be available to order at the bar or via the Wetherspoon app.