The Hippodrome in March is taking part in a 12-day beer festival with pints as little as £1.99

A local Wetherspoons pub is holding a beer festival, selling a range of real ales at cheap prices.

The Hippodrome in March will include five ales from overseas brewers during its 12-day festival.

The pub on Dartford Road will host the festival from Wednesday, March 6 until Sunday, March 17.

The overseas brewers are from Taiwan, Germany, USA, Belgium, and Italy.

The pub will serve a number of beers brewed specially for the festival with vegan ones among the collection.

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.

The beers will cost £2.49 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) and Falstaff (Birrificio Gregorio, Italy).

Ryan Moore, pub manager, 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 that have not previously been available in the pub, as well as those brewed specially for the festival.”

Three third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available. Most beers will be £2.49.

Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pub as part of the festival magazine (a digital version will also be available on the Wetherspoon app and website).

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