Wetherspoons selling cheap pints from as little as £2.15 starting this week

Pub chain Wetherspoons has announced it is hosting a 12-day celebration of all things ale — with pints costing as little as £2.15, starting this week.

The chain’s Real Ale Festival runs from Wednesday March 22nd to Sunday April 2nd, just in time for beer garden season. Exact prices will depend on where you live but the average cost is still expected to be below £3.

A range of 30 ales will be included in the deal, which is part of the pub chain’s real ale festival, from citrusy IPAs to deep dark rubies, available at extremely tempting prices across all of its pubs. 

Some of those beers – 24 in total – will also have been brewed especially for the Wetherspoons event. Vegan and gluten free beers will also be on sale as part of the festival collection. Included in the selection of tipples will be offerings from leading British breweries as well as brewers in countries such as Switzerland, USA and Belgium.

Wetherspoon operations director, Martin Geoghegan said: “The festival is a great celebration of real ale. It will allow our pubs to showcase a selection of superb beers 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 served in the pub, including those from overseas.”

The annual festival arrives as Spoons prices have risen by around 7.5 percent and a number of its venues have been put up for sale. Despite this, boss Tim Martin said that he remains ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the brand’s future. 

The full list of ales is:

• Robinsons Brewery, Citra Pale Ale 3.4% ABV
• Rooster’s Brewery, Blind Jack 3.7% ABV
• Wainwright, Amber 4.0% ABV
• Butcombe Brewery, Vincent 4.0% ABV
• JW Lees Brewery, Vanilla Cream Pale 4.0% ABV
• Vale Brewery, Brass Monkey 4.0% ABV
• Exmoor Ales, Upside Brown 4.2% ABV
• Hook Norton Brewery, Merula Stout 4.2% ABV
• Theakston Brewery, Double Cross IPA 4.2% ABV
• Adnams Brewery, Extra 4.3% ABV
• Daleside Brewery, Seafever 4.3% ABV
• Kirkby Lonsdale Brewery, 1822 4.3% ABV
• Greene King Brewery, Spring Break 4.4% ABV
• Sudwerk Brewery, Reeds Ale 4.4% ABV
• Glamorgan Brewery, Fresh 4.5% ABV

• Redemption Brewery, Steam 4.5% ABV
• Brombeer Compagnie, Freddy Export 4.6% ABV
• Titanic Brewery, EBA 4.6% ABV
• Cairngorm Brewery, White Lady 4.7% ABV
• Orkney Brewery, Cliff Edge 4.7% ABV
• Liberation Brewery, Defiant ESB 4.8% ABV
• Moorhouse’s Brewery, Totemic 4.8% ABV
• Saltaire Brewery, Triple Choc 4.8% ABV
• Batemans Brewery, Spring Breeze 5.0% ABV
• Hawkshead Brewery, Five Hop 5.0% ABV
• Nethergate Brewery, Umbel Magna 5.0% ABV
• Sambrook’s Brewery, Valhalla 5.0% ABV
• Oakham Ales, Buckle Up! 5.2% ABV
• Otter Brewery, Head 5.8% ABV
• Cambridge Brewing, Flower Child IPA 6.0% ABV