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February 2012

  • Trip to Shalford Brewery.

    £12 including tour and transport.

    Contact JT - places are strictly limited.

  • A branch social at the Mersea Island Easter Beer Festival. 

    Transport by bus or bike - details TBC.

  • Social trip to the Cliff Quay brewery tap and the Dove Street Inn in Ipswich.  

    Partly to present the awards for runners up in the Winter beer festival's Beer of the Festival competition and partly because they're both really great pubs and breweries!

    Meet at the car-park side...

  • The first brew has rolled out of the doors of Colchester Brewery and into the cellars of a number of pubs around Colchester. The first beer, called No.1 (what's the next one going to be called Tom?) is a glorious bitter which as of last night could be found in the Five...

  • The votes are in and the results have been counted...

    Thank you to everyone who voted, in the end we had far more than in previous years. It's great that so many more members have been able to contribute to the awards.  52 different pubs were nominated in the voting - a third of the...

  • The first of what is planned to become a regular 'last Friday' pub crawl around Colchester. Designed to compliment our Real Ale Runabouts which visit our rural pubs the 'last Fridays' will visit the best that Colchester town has to offer.

    The route for the first "...

  • Join us for another of Ted Ted's London walking tours (he's like Tom Tom but for pubs!). 

    Ted keeps the precise route to himself. They usually involve a bit of tube, a bit of bus and a fair bit of walking but always several excellent pubs.

    Meet at North Station at 10am to organise...

  • A brewery trip to the home of Hopmonster and George's Brewery down there in Great Wakering. You might remember the remarkable Freak Show III from the Winter Festival... if you tried it you will. A chance to go and visit Henrix the Hopmonster in his own...

  • Update: Results are out

     

    Update: It's not too late to register your Pub of the Year vote, you have until 31st January to register your vote online

     

    ...and...

February 2012

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