Grab a pint at Greyhound beer fest

Treat your palate to a tour of worldly ales at a marathon beer festival in Maidenhead from Thursday.

The Greyhound Pub is hosting a festival which will see at least 40 ales, beers and ciders gracing the pumps of the Queen Street venue until April 14.

Ales on offer include Japan\'s Yo-Ho Tokyo Black which is described as having a \'complex flavour with a good underlying bitterness\' and Cornwall\'s more homely Skinner\'s Heligan Honey, a sweet pale ale.

Michael Matthews, who has been manager at the JD Wetherspoon\'s pub for nearly three weeks, said: "It\'s a good way for people to come in and try something completely different - something they wouldn\'t normally try."