Overview
- JD Wetherspoon will stage a 12‑day cask‑ale festival at many UK pubs from Wednesday, October 7 to Sunday, October 18, with local schedules published by regional outlets.
- Participating venues will offer up to 25–30 cask ales each, including five international brews from China, Singapore, Ukraine, the United States and Denmark.
- Several pubs will serve cask ales from Singapore and Ukraine for the first time, and most festival beers were brewed exclusively for the event.
- Pints are being advertised in the low single‑figure range (roughly £2.40–£3.29 depending on venue) and customers can buy three one‑third‑pint tasters for the price of a full pint.
- Tasting notes will appear in a printed festival magazine and on the Wetherspoon app, a format that aims to widen interest in cask ale and boost footfall at local pubs, with attendance and sales yet to be reported.