Monday, April 1, 2019 - 12:00pm to Saturday, June 1, 2019 - 10:30pm
Welcome to the 7th Colchester and North East Essex Ale Trail.
Visit a particpating pub, buy a pint of real ale or real cider, collect stamps and bring along your completed collectors card to the 34th Colchester Summer Real Ale and Cider Festival to swap it for a £10 beer card and your exclusive "I Conquered the Ale Trail 2019" pin badge.
The trail is open from 1st April to 1st June. Pick up a card in any of the participating pubs to get started.
2019 Ale Trail Pubs
| Abbey Arms, Colchester |
| Beehive, Colchester |
| Bricklayers, Colchester |
| Britannia, Colchester |
| Bull, Colchester |
| Dog and Pheasant, Mersea |
| Donkey & Buskins, Layer-de-la-Haye |
| Fat Cat, Colchester |
| Five Bells, Colne Engaine |
| Fox and Fiddler, Colchester |
| Goat & Boot, Colchester |
| Hole in the Wall, Colchester |
| Hospital Arms, Colchester |
| Kings Head, Tollesbury |
| Lamarsh Lion, Lamarsh |
| New Town Tavern, Colchester |
| Old Crown, Messing |
| Plough, Peldon |
| Prettygate, Colchester |
| Rose & Crown, Wivenhoe |
| Spinnaker, Colchester |
| Sun, Dedham |
| Three Horsehoes, Fordham |
| Woolpack, Coggeshall |
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