Colchester CAMRA Winter Ale Festival

Witching Hour

Cross Bay Brewing Co

Wheat Beer - Witbier / Blanche

Something’s stirring... The first of our Halloween beers. This ‘Clear Wheat Beer’ has a smooth, refreshing taste blended with a duo of crisp hops that… Read More

Something’s stirring... The first of our Halloween beers. This ‘Clear Wheat Beer’ has a smooth, refreshing taste blended with a duo of crisp hops that leave a distinct apple and vanilla aroma. Inspired by...the time of the night when supernatural creatures are thought to awaken. The Witching Hour is believed to occur in the eerie dead of night, when very few people are still awake. Colour: Pale Gold Availability: September and October Read Less

Plum Porter

Elgood’s Brewery

Porter - English

A Plum Porter with enticing fruit aroma, leading to a full-bodied, rich and fruity flavour and resulting in a dry, deep, satisfying finish.

A Plum Porter with enticing fruit aroma, leading to a full-bodied, rich and fruity flavour and resulting in a dry, deep, satisfying finish. Read Less

Drinking Beer

Cloudwater Brew Co.

Bitter - Best

We teamed up with our friends at Cafe Beermoth to brew up the next in their series of Drinking Beers. Drinking beers does exactly what they say on the… Read More

We teamed up with our friends at Cafe Beermoth to brew up the next in their series of Drinking Beers. Drinking beers does exactly what they say on the tin, a beer you're going to want to drink all night. We feel super privileged to be the 5th instalment of this series and hope we've made a beer to match the previous instalments from other top breweries. Now edited to the core Drinking Beer Read Less

Softboi

Queer Brewing

Table Beer

Who doesn't love a table beer? Soft, easy going, delightfully refreshing, flavourful, and thirst-quenching. In our opinion, they're quite literally the… Read More

Who doesn't love a table beer? Soft, easy going, delightfully refreshing, flavourful, and thirst-quenching. In our opinion, they're quite literally the perfect beer for a sunny summer afternoon, or for your first after-work beer.

Softboi builds on our first table beer A Comforting Embrace, and uses the latest crop of US-based Indie Hops' Chinook and Strata in the whirlpool and dry hop. Orange pith, gooseberry, and white grape on the nose, with satsuma, mango, gooseberry, and grapefruit on the palate. A lotta love in a little beer. Read Less

Bumbleduck

Elephant School Brewing Co

Porter - English

Honey Porter

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Forged In Fire

Docks Beers

Porter - Other

A luscious jet-black porter infused with an ungodly amount of cinder toffee. This is a beer truly Forged in Fire, from the roasted malts to the heaps… Read More

A luscious jet-black porter infused with an ungodly amount of cinder toffee. This is a beer truly Forged in Fire, from the roasted malts to the heaps of caramel and cinder toffee. Expect a deep and layered porter with notes of espresso, and dark chocolate playing supporting roles to cinder toffee and caramel. Read Less

Billericay Dickie

Billericay Brewing Company

Red Ale - American Amber / Red

A balanced amber ale with biscuit notes.

A balanced amber ale with biscuit notes. Read Less

Hair of the Frog

Rascality

Bitter - Session / Ordinary

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Jester

Stockport Brewing Company

Blonde / Golden Ale - Other

Light Golden and moreish with grapefruit and lime notes

Light Golden and moreish with grapefruit and lime notes Read Less

Xipetotec

Watsons Brewery

Stout - Coffee

Brew #169 in Jan 2024 and Brew #123 in Sept 2021. Cacao beans and coffee beans give this stout, perhaps not unsurprisingly, a chocolate and coffee flavour… Read More

Brew #169 in Jan 2024 and Brew #123 in Sept 2021. Cacao beans and coffee beans give this stout, perhaps not unsurprisingly, a chocolate and coffee flavour which is really rather nice. What the Aztecs would make of it I have absolutely no idea. Read Less

Hati

Exale Brewing

IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Ale

A collab with Howling hops! This beer is all the best bits of an old school IPA with all the fun of a complex malt bill. The best of both worlds and the… Read More

A collab with Howling hops! This beer is all the best bits of an old school IPA with all the fun of a complex malt bill. The best of both worlds and the combination of two breweries who have been banging out some of Londons finest brews over the years. Read Less

Starlight

Brass Castle Brewery

Pale Ale - English

Revamped for 2019 as a single hop Galaxy session pale ale.

Revamped for 2019 as a single hop Galaxy session pale ale. Read Less

Woild Moild

Wolf Brewery

Mild - Dark

A rich and fruity traditional Norfolk mild with a good balance of malt with bitterness and big hints of chocolate malt and a liquorice lasting finish. Read More

A rich and fruity traditional Norfolk mild with a good balance of malt with bitterness and big hints of chocolate malt and a liquorice lasting finish. Read Less

The Ordinary Bitter

Anspach & Hobday

Bitter - Session / Ordinary

A modern interpretation of a classic Ordinary bitter, more colour but the same lightness in body and immeasurable drink-ability. All that was needed to… Read More

A modern interpretation of a classic Ordinary bitter, more colour but the same lightness in body and immeasurable drink-ability. All that was needed to complete the beer was to perfectly balance the malt and sweetness with hop bitterness and aroma.

For me there was only one option for bittering and late hopping with a cheeky New World twist to help the aroma. The level was set with East Kent Goldings, providing mellow bitterness but enough to get the IBUs to the desired amount. A late addition of EKG for that fruit cake character. The New World twist comes in the way of throwing in a liberal amount of Chinook during the whirpool. Adding an extra dimension of spice and pine resin.

The original session beer, Ordinary Bitters formed a cornerstone of English drinking culture. Perfectly balanced between malt sweetness and hop bitterness, our interpretation is brought up to date with the use of US Chinook hops. Delicate hop aromas of pine, spice and dark fruits are followed by a smooth, full bodied palate with notes of biscuit and caramel. Brewed with EKG and Chinook. Read Less

Another Day Done

Duration Brewing

Pale Ale - American

Juicy | Mango | Citrus This Juicy Pale is the ideal beer to crack when your working day is over, with bags of tropical fruit aromas like peach and mango.… Read More

Juicy | Mango | Citrus

This Juicy Pale is the ideal beer to crack when your working day is over, with bags of tropical fruit aromas like peach and mango. Pours bright with a light haze and drinks juicy and crisp, ends with soft bitterness and a refreshingly dry finish for everyday enjoyment. At this session strength why not celebrate Another Day Done every day? Read Less