Very good Four Wetherspoon pubs in and around Hull are set to host a 12-day beer festival, offering up to 25 real ales, including five from international brewers. The Admiral of the Humber on Anlaby Road and The Three John Scotts on Alfred Gelder Street, both in Hull, as well as The Benjamin Fawcett on Middle Street North, Driffield and The Cross Keys in Lairgate, Beverley, will be hosting the event from Wednesday 9 October to Sunday 20 October inclusive. Brewers from Japan, Canada, New Zealand and the USA will be featured. The festival will showcase beers not previously available at the pub, including vegan options. Beers with coffee and fruit ingredients will also be on offer. Prices will range from £1.49 to £1.79 per pint. The international beers include Red Racer Session from Central City Brewery in Canada, Dinner Ale from Townshend Brewery in New Zealand, Orihime Pale Ale from Ishii Brewing in Japan, Who Dat from Urban South Brewery in the USA, and All Dog Alert from Yazoo Brewing in the USA. The festival line-up also includes Born to be Mild from Conwy Brewery, Sun Lounger from Fyne Ales Brewery, Salem Session IPA from Batemans Brewery, Mango in the Night from Rudgate Brewery, Sapphire Spoon from Titanic Brewery, Banoffee Pie Golden Ale from Maxim Brewery, and The Gloaming from Loch Lomond Brewery. READ MORE:Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from Hull with our free newsletter Katie Younger, the manager of The Admiral of the Humber, has expressed her excitement about an upcoming festival, saying: "The festival is a great celebration of rea ale." She added: "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." In addition to this, three third-of-a-pint tasters will be available for the price of a pint. 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).
What I have found during travelling is that some foreign beers sold in another country are often brewed under licence in the country they are being sold. Having had beers in the counties, for example such as Japan, Holland, Ireland, and Germany etc, they always taste better in the country of origin.
Even I have standards, admittedly low ones, and switchable too. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Ashamed to say I drank it when under 18 along with abominations like Tartan. My dad never minded me drinking but always said don’t go in pubs he was in as he had a bakery and supplied some of those he went in and it wouldn’t have looked good if police came in and I got pulled up and he was there as well. When I reached18 he took me in our local and instead of waiting to be asked what I wanted I said I’ll have aDouble Diamond. He informed me I was having a Tetley’s as he wasn’t asking for one of those. Liked it and got Tetley’s when it was my round. Though to be fair to my dad he rarely took a drink off me and insisted on paying for us both even when I was far older. Can’t see them serving it in those lethal weapon type heavy glasses with a handle like they often used to.
I used to drink it in Hofbrauhaus, it'll come as little surprise to some that I liked it. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I think it was Tartan that my Mum and Dad left for me to drink when they went out and I was about 14 and looking after my younger brothers.
I used to work there and the manager admitted it was watered - he used to say you could drink 10 pints and still be sober