A PAIR of Basingstoke pubs will be hosting a 12-day real ale festival, featuring ales brewed using only British-grown hops.

The Maidenhead Inn in Winchester Street and The Angel in Festival Place will host the festival from Wednesday, October 12 to Sunday, October 23.

The festival will include a selection of up to 25 real ales, including three from overseas breweries from South Africa, Norway and Australia, which have been brewed in England for the festival.

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A number of ales will also be available in the pubs for the first time, including some which have been brewed especially for the festival.

The ales will be priced at £1.99 a pint.

Customers will also be able to enjoy three one-third-of-a-pint ales for the price of a festival pint.

Manager of The Angel Jo Stevens-Yule said: “"The festival is a great celebration of real ale all made using only British-grown hop varieties.

“It will allow us to showcase a selection of superb ales over a 12-day period and support the British hop industry too.

“The hop varieties include Jester, Fuggles, First Gold, Opus, Goldings and Godiver.

“The ales will be available at great value for money prices.”

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The festival line up will include Jester (Green Jack Brewery), Rebel Flame (Shepard Neame Brewery), All The Leaves Are Brown (Brewster’s Brewery), Bonkers Conkers (Greene King Brewery), Kaleidoscope (Lancaster Brewery) and Victory Ale (Batemans Brewery).

Meanwhile, the overseas ales are Autumn Amber (Mad Giant Brewery, South Africa), Rav (Telemark Bryggeri, Norway), and Wungong (Nowhereman Brewery, Australia).

The festival news booklet, which includes the tasting notes for all of the ales, will be available in the pubs, as well as on the Wetherspoons app and website.

All the ales will be available to order at the bar or via the Wetherspoons app.