Ten day craft cider festival kicks off in local Wetherspoons pubs

A ten-day cider festival will start on Friday across 11 Wetherspoon pubs in and around Portsmouth, with up to 15 craft ciders available to try.

Each of the craft ciders, which will include traditional apple ciders, perries and flavoured ciders, will be priced at £2.99 a pint, and three third-of-a-pint tasters will also be available for the price of a pint.

The John Jacques manager Chris Read said: “The festival is a great celebration of craft cider,” said Chris Read, the manager of The John Jacques in Fratton.

“It will allow us to showcase a number of craft ciders not previously available to our customers in the pub.”

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The ciders available include Farmer Jim’s Prickly Pear, Heck’s Slack-Ma-Girdle Cider, Purbeck Dandy Dab, Rich’s Sunset Gold, Thistly Cross Jaggy Thistle, Harry’s Scrummage and Pulp Razzberry Rush.

Tasting notes on all of the craft ciders will be available at the pubs and a digital version will also be available on the Wetherspoon app and website.

The pubs will host the craft cider festival from Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 9.

The participating pubs in are;

- The Isambard Kingdom Brunel, in Guildhall Walk

- The John Jacques, in Fratton Road

- The Sir John Baker, in London Road, North End

- Sir Alec Rose, in The Boardwalk, Port Solent

- The First Post, in High Street, Cosham,

- The Crown Inn, in West Street, Fareham

- The Round Coppice, in Whiteley Shopping Centre, Fareham

- The Star in High Street, Gosport

- The Parchment Makers, in Park Road North, Havant

- The Lord Palmerston, in Palmerston Road, Southsea

- The Denmead Queen, in London Road, Waterlooville