With less than a month to go until Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival, fans can whet their appetites — and their whistles — with a fun fringe event.
The festival’s Real Ale and Cocktail Trail returns on Saturday July 16, featuring 14 Huddersfield pubs and bars.
The taster event, which will run until Sunday August 7, encourages drinkers to try featured real ales, ciders and cocktails at each of the trail venues, collecting stamps along the way.
Pick up a card from any of the participating venues and you’re off!
If you collect eight stamps across the 14 venue, you’ll be rewarded with a limited edition engraved glass — simply hand in your stamped form at the Food Festival (from Thursday August 4 to Sunday August 7), the Slug and Lettuce or the Sportsman.
You can also collect stamps to bag a free ride home on trail weekends leading up to and including the festival.
Yorkshire Tiger has pledged to give a ride home to anyone who takes part in the Real Ale and Cocktail Trail on any Friday or Saturday night after 6pm on the weekends of July 16-17, 23-24 and 30-31, and August 6-7.
The Real Ale and Cocktail Trail gives revellers the chance to try some of Huddersfield’s most popular local brews or indulge in a cocktail while exploring the town centre’s vibrant bar and pub scene.
Here are the 14 venues taking part in this year’s Real Ale and Cocktail Trail:
- Herbert’s Bar
- Northern Taps
- Revolution
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Revolution bar, Cross Church Street, Huddersfield. - The Albert
- The County
- The Grove
- The Head of Steam
- The King’s Head
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The Kings Head, St Georges Square - The Slug & Lettuce
- The Sportsman
- The Vulcan
- Zephyr Bar & Kitchen
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The Vulcan, Huddersfield (Image: Facebook) - The Plumber’s Arms
- The Cherry Tree
Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival returns August 4-7, with more than 80 food and drink stalls, cookery demos, children’s entertainment and more.
Festival at Dusk will bring live entertainment to St George’s Square from 6pm throughout the weekend.
