Organisers of the only mobile beer festival in Wales are ready to hit the road – so that real ale and cider fans can get their kicks on Route 76.
Each of the six Denbighshire pubs taking part has a bus stop conveniently placed outside and a special bus service is being laid on to transport punters between them.
On Saturday, July 10, the annual Vale of Clwyd Festival of Real Ale and Cider will give people the opportunity to choose from a selection of 60 different real ales and 12 ciders.
They’ll be able to taste everything from a Purple Moose to a Wicked Wasp and alongside famous brews like Young’s and Theakstons will be ales from Conwy, Wrexham and Flint and even cider from Llandegla.
The participating pubs, the Kinmel Arms, White Horse and Golden Lion, in Llandyrnog, Golden Lion, Llangynhafal, Griffin, Llanbedr DC, and Three Pigeons, Graigfechan, will also have a full menu of food, music and activities.
The 76 bus from M and H Coaches, of Denbigh, plies the route and thanks to the support of Denbighshire County Council, there will be a specially extended service on the day.
And a rover ticket, priced at just £3, means passengers can get on and off whenever they please throughout the day between the bus terminus in Denbigh and the last stop on the line, the Three Pigeons.

The idea for the Festival was dreamt up by landlords Colin Garner, of the Golden Lion, Llangynhafal, and Jim Short of the Three Pigeons.
“We were just chatting,” explained Jim: “And the idea came up and we decided to go for it.
“The first festival last year was a real success and very popular and we’re hoping to do even better this year.
“It’s a great example of small, rural businesses working together to provide something different for their customers.
“Each pub has a bus stop and with the increased service that day it should mean a bus passing every hour.
“We want to create a special day which everyone can enjoy. Rural pubs are part of the fabric of the countryside and if this introduces more people to their pleasures and attractions then so much the better.”
There will be a range of fun-filled activities and food at the six pubs including musical entertainment with a jazz band at the Kinmel Arms, blues guitarist John Rogers playing at Llangynhafal and a ‘plug in and play’ day at the Three Pigeons.
Food will also be on offer with the Pigeons complementing the pints with a variety of succulent locally made pies, a pork pie, a vegetarian option, a Welsh cawl pie and a special ‘Festival’ pie.
At all the pubs there is a particular commitment to local beers and ciders with plenty of specials from North Wales’s growing number of micro breweries.

Jim Short explained: “These are small local businesses too and they need support.
“They are keeping alive an age-old tradition and craft of local brewing which was lost for so long and is now being revived.
“You don’t have to be a real ale fanatic to enjoy these beers or the ciders that someone like Steve Hughes produces and hopefully we are a shop, window for them as well.”
Last year’s hastily arranged event attracted huge interest with all the pubs involved seeing a marked rise in customers and this year they expect to do even better.
Twelve months ago they got through up to ten firkins of beer each – that’s 720 pints – and this year they are laying in stocks of up to 18 firkins.
The pubs are all putting on quizzes and prize competitions on the day and there will be a printed programme of events backed by local sponsors.

The festival is being backed by Denbighshire County Council and their Economic Development Officer, Sue Haygarth, said: “We believe in helping people who help themselves and these landlords have come up with a splendid idea for a day out.
“These are important local businesses and community centres and it is vital to keep our rural villages alive by supporting them.”
Two buses will be running all day on the route so there should never be more than a half hour wait for the next bus with the final buses leaving Morrisons in Denbigh and the Three Pigeons at about 10.30pm that night and terminating in Ruthin at 11.15pm and Denbigh at 11.30pm.