Up to 20 real ales, including five from overseas brewers, will be available at three city Wetherspoon pubs during their 12-day beer festival.

The Four Candles in George Street and The Swan & Castle in Castle Street, both in Oxford, as well as The William Morris in Pound Way, Cowley, will host the festival from Wednesday, March 6 to Sunday, March 17 inclusive.

The beers will be priced from £2.29 to £2.49 a pint.

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The Swan & Castle manager Christopher Harrigan 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.

Oxford Mail: "It 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 overseas brewers are from Taiwan, Germany, USA, Belgium and Italy.

The pubs will serve a number of beers brewed specially for the festival.

Among the festival collection are vegan (also suitable for vegetarians) beers.

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.

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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).

Oxford Mail: The Four Candles in OxfordThree third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available for the price of a pint.

Tasting notes on all of the beers will be available in the pubs 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.

The JD Wetherspoon chain is well known for selling beer at low prices.

Pub goers were able to enjoy pints for under £2 in January at more than 800 JD Wetherspoon venues.

 The chain also offered deals on food as well, with some meals to be available for as little as £1.99.

Oxford Mail: The Swan & CastleWetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said at the time: "Department stores and shops hold their sales in January, so it is the perfect time to have a sale in the pubs too.

"The range of drinks and food on sale in the pubs is aimed at suiting a wide variety of tastes."

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