16th Colchester Winter Beer Festival
- Wednesday 29th January 2025. 12 noon – 10:30pm
- Thursday 30th January 2025. 12 noon – 10:30pm
- Friday 31st January 2025. 12 noon – 10:30pm
- Saturday 1st February 2025. 11am – 10:30pm
Quick update on food at the festival:
The Mob Pizza will be there on Wednesday and Thursday from opening.
Chilli bros are Friday and Saturday 4pm until 8pm.
Cheese and Pie Man every day.
Not long to go until the festival, what’s there to drink? Have a glance at the beer list and cider lists.
It’s the 10th Colchester CAMRA Ale Trail.
Simply visit any of the 20 participating pubs and buy a half or pint of real ale, craft beer, real cider or Belgian beer to collect a sticker. Collect 18 different stickers to … Read the rest
Returning for the 37th time, Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA invite you to a fun, friendly festival in the City of Colchester.
When?
- Wednesday 29th May 2024. 12 noon-10:30pm
- Thursday 30th May 2024. 12 noon-10:30pm
- Friday 31st May 2024.
Due to popular demand the links below now work again until May 6th 2024.
There were lots of people asking about our t-shirt which features the first 35 Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival logos, right from the from the … Read the rest
Returning for the 15th time, Colchester and North East Essex CAMRA invite you to a fun, friendly festival in the City of Colchester.
This year our logo honours Jane and Ann Taylor, writers of the lyrics to Twinkle Twinkle Little … Read the rest
You voted, we counted. The winners of the beer and cider of the 36th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival are:
Beer
Karas Buizza by Watsons Brewery, Colchester
A mighty 7.4% dark ‘mild’ from Mark Watson – and sadly this … Read the rest
We’ll have polo shirts and t-shirts available to purchase from the products stand at the festival – just go and say ‘Hei’ to Stein. He’s from Norway.
Embroidery by www.bespokeemeraldembroidery.co.uk and what a lovely job they’ve made of it.
Every first Saturday of the month, just around the corner from the Arts Centre where the festival is held, in front of the Mercury Theatre you’ll find Colchester Farmer’s Market.
Up to 30 stalls will be there from 9:30am until … Read the rest