The Ale Trail returns for its 9th Year. Visit any 18 of the 20 participating pubs, buy a pint or half of real ale, real cider, Belgian or craft beer and collect a sticker for your card. Bring your completed card to the 36th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival and we’ll give you a £10 beer card to spend and your exclusive 2023 Ale Trail pin badge.
The trail begins on 1st April 2023 and runs until 3rd June 2023.
On the trail this year are:
- Ale House, Colchester
- Chapel, Coggeshall
- Chequers, Great Tey
- Cricketers, Eight Ash Green
- Crown, Wormingford
- Fat Cat, Colchester
- Fox & Fiddler, Colchester
- Kings Head, Tollesbury
- Magnet, Colchester
- Marlborough, Dedham
- New Inn, Colchester
- Other Monkeys, Colchester
- Prettygate, Colchester
- Purple Dog, Colchester
- Queen’s Head, West Bergholt
- Station, Wivenhoe
- Two Brews, Colchester
- Victoria, Colchester
- White Hart, West Mersea
- Ye Olde Abion, Rowhedge
Pick up a card at any one of the pubs to get started.