AWARD-winning beers from award-winning breweries across the UK and overseas will be available at two Kidderminster and Bewdley pubs during a 12-day beer festival.

The Penny Black, in the Bull Ring, Kidderminster, and the George Hotel, in Load Street, Bewdley, will each be serving up to 15 beers from Italy, Brazil, Holland and the USA, as well as the UK, during a festival which runs from Wednesday (March 22) to Sunday, April 2.

All beers will be priced from £2.05 to £2.49 a pint.

The overseas beers include Back Garden, Mild the Gap, Flink, Burton Pale Ale and Continental IPA, while the UK beers include Salopian Lemon Dream, Mauldrons Blackberry Porter and Acorn Darkness.

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

Mathew Irvine, the Penny Black manager, said: "We are promising our customers a superb range of award-winning ales, including some great beers from overseas and many other 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."