More than 50 beers, ciders and perrys will be on offer at the 2015 Calderdale Beer and Cider Festival.

The three-day event at Hebden Bridge Town Hall will feature ales from across the UK, with Scottish, Welsh and even Isle of Man-brewed beers to sample.

The festival opens its doors tomorrow and will run sessions on Thursday, 2pm-10pm, Friday noon-11pm and Saturday noon-10pm.

Revellers can also line their stomachs with food from the Town Hall cafe.

Local breweries from Halifax and Huddersfield are featured on the festival’s beer list, including Hebden Bridge brewery Bridestones, Elland Brewery, Halifax Steam, Little Valley and Vocation Brewery from Cragg Vale and Huddersfield’s Mallinsons brewery.

Mallinsons Brewery has made the real ale list for the festival

Holmfirth cider producer Pure North is also included in the cider list.

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Further afield, tipples from as far as Conwy, Wales, the Orkney Islands in Scotland, Sussex and the Isle of Man have made this year’s festival list. Full details can be found on the Calderdale CAMRA website: hxcalderdalecamra.org.uk.

Admission is £1 per session for CAMRA members.

For non-members, entry costs £2 on Thursday, £2 before 6pm and £3 after 6pm on Friday, and £2 before 6pm before Saturday.

After 6pm on Saturday, entry is free for all.

A £2 deposit will be charged for glasses, and can be refunded on leaving the festival.

It’s not only the beer festival that put Calderdale on the real ale map this week — a Halifax pub was the toast of Yorkshire at this week’s White Rose Awards.

The Shibden Mill Inn, Shibden, Halifax

The Shibden Mill Inn, in Halifax, won the Yorkshire Pub Award at the White Rose Awards on Monday, which celebrates the best attractions, venues and restaurants across God’s Own Country.

Yorkshire Pub of the Year - Shibden Mill Inn , award winner Simon Heaton (with Award) presented by Mandy Southall from The Yorkshire Beer & Pub Assoc.

Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive Sir Gary Verity said : “A very special thank you must go to all our winners for their achievement and their hard work. Winning a White Rose Award is a prestigious seal of approval, which helps show customers the high standards that each winner displays every day.”