Ale lovers will be able to down some top tipple without burning a hole in their wallets as a 12-day beer festival sweeps across a group of pubs.

International beers will be available for just £1.99 a pint as the beer festival comes to 22 Wetherspoons pubs across Kent.

Beers from China, Australia, Brazil, South Africa and the USA, as well as the UK, will be available.

They will each be serving up to 30 beers during the festival, which runs from Wednesday, March 27, until Sunday, April 7, inclusive.

Timothy Heathfield, the Society Rooms manager, said: "We are promising our customers a superb range of beers from overseas which have been brewed especially for the festival, together with some great beers from brewers across the UK.

"The festival will be the perfect way for real ale enthusiasts to enjoy a range of excellent beers over 12 days."

They will also serve three ciders from UK producers. All the beers and ciders will be priced at £1.99 a pint.

The festival line-up includes new, seasonal and speciality beers as well as one brewed exclusively for the festival.

There are beers flavoured with blueberries, elderberries, chocolate, orange and raspberries.

The overseas beers are; Contender EPA (Boxing Cat Brewery, China), Kol Schisel (Big Shed Brewing, Australia), Aggro Bear (Sunset Brew, Brazil), Asphalt Jungle (Bagby Brewing, USA) and Gypsy Mask Red (Darling Brew, South Africa).

The UK beers include; Bunny Hop (Purity Brewery), Moonraker (J W Lees Brewery), Choc and Orange Stout (Black Sheep Brewery), Hen in Black (Elgood's), Old Sea Dog (Camerons), Bitter and Even More Twisted (Harviestoun) and Topaz Gold (Adnams).

Customers will be able to sample any three of the real ales or ciders in special third-of-a-pint glasses for the price of a pint.

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

Drinkers can enjoy the beer festival at:

The County Hotel, Ashford

The Thomas Ingoldsby, Canterbury

The West Gate Inn, Canterbury

The Thomas Waghorn, Chatham

The Leading Light, Faversham

The Flying Boat, Dartford

The Sir Norman Wisdom, Deal

The Eight Bells, Dover

The Samuel Peto, Folkestone

The Robert Pocock, Gravesend

The Saxon Shore, Herne Bay

The Muggleton Inn, Maidstone

The Society Rooms, Maidstone

The Mechanical Elephant, Margate

Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate

The Golden Lion, Rochester

The Sennockian, Sevenoaks

The Belle and Lion, Sheerness

The Golden Hope, Sittingbourne

The Humphrey Bean, Tonbridge

Opera House, Tunbridge Wells

The Peter Cushing, Whitstable