A range of 30 real ales, including five from international brewers, will be available during a 12-day beer festival in March.

The festival will run from Wednesday 4 to Sunday 15 March, inclusive. The overseas brewers are from Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the USA, with 28 of the festival beers being new to Wetherspoon. It is also the first time that the festival will feature a real ale from Mexico.

As well as featuring a range of malt and hop varieties from around the world, there are also beers which include coffee, elderflower, hibiscus and maple syrup in their ingredients.

The international beers are Tropical (Cervejaria Bodebrown, Brazil), Nigredo (Birrificio Italiano, Italy), Session IPA (Malteza, Mexico), Vicious IPA (Almogàver, Spain) and Read the Room (Good Word, USA).

The festival line-up also includes Salem Coastal Confusion (Batemans), Crimson Legend (Brains), Shug Monkey (Elgood’s), Brewed Awakening (Hook Norton), Lucky ’Lips (Shepherd Neame) and Pitch Perfect (Vale).