Becoming involved with Colchester CAMRA means you can take part in any of the following events.
Suggestions are always welcome for trips, visits, activities or just about anything!
Contact any member of the committee or come along to a Branch or Committee Meeting, all welcome!
Local
Beer Festivals
Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival, held in May/June each year and now, also the Winter Ale Festival held in January.
(And formally, Clacton and Harwich Beer Festivals, now run by Tendring CAMRA)
Committee & Branch Meetings
See the Whats Happening List for details of forthcoming meetings, etc.
Pub of the Year
Annual selection of the branch's Overall, Town & Country Pub of the Year. Voting for Essex Pub of the Year, East Anglian & National Pub of the Year
Mystery Tours
Evening or day visits to local pubs arranged by our Social Secretary, to sample the wide variety of Real Ales available in the area.
If you have any suggestions for pubs or places to visit, please let him know.
Brewery Trips
Self explanatory. Visit brewery. Sample beer. Fall over.
Cycle Trips
'The Licensing Act 1872 makes it an offence to be drunk in charge of a bicycle (or any other vehicle or carriage) on a highway or in a public place'
Despite a few 'accidents', not happened yet, but I'm assured it's a good way to see the countyside whilst visiting rural pubs and also fun!
Walking Tours
Exercise & Drinking - Do they mix?
Well you have to walk to the pub in the first place, so why not make it a bit more scenic and spend a day of visiting several hostelries whilst passing through some of our great countryside.
Okay, so it's a glorified pub crawl with mud, etc thrown in for free!
Off roading with a pint!
Social Events
Anything from Christmas bashes, visits to other CAMRA beer festivals to inter-branch Cricket.
Suggestions to the Committee for new or different events are always welcome.
National
Community Pub Week
Mild May
Great British Beer Festival