Colchester CAMRA 3rd Winter Beer Festival

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http://www.colchestercamra.org.uk/beerf ... tival.aspx

Opening Times & Entry Fees

Open 12noon - 11pm Daily
(Wednesday members preview 7.30pm - 10pm)

Admission £1.50 until 6.30pm, £2.50 from 6.30pm - 11pm

Camra members free at all times on production on a valid membership card.
Why not join Camra at the festival, entry fees will be refunded & you might get some free beer!


Finding Us

The Beer Festival will be held at the Colchester Arts Centre, just off Colchester High Street. The best way to find us is to look for 'Jumbo' the water tower!

For those who don't know, the Arts Centre is a beautiful deconsecrated church situated just off Head Street in the heart of the town centre. Apart from its historic connections (it played a major part in the Siege of Colchester, 1648, allegedly the source of the "Humpty Dumpty" nursery rhyme).


Food

Hog Roast


Music

Saturday Night - The Ragged Street Band



Brewer Location Beer Style abv Description
Brentwood Brentwood, Essex Resolution IPA SB 5.5 Masses of hops and flavours in this traditional IPA.
Winter Warmer BB 4.7 Well balanced traditional winter ale, with spicy notes
Brentwood Gold GB 4.3 Formerly known as Heavenly Body. Fruity, floral, blond best bitter
Chockwork Orange O 6.5 Strong dark ale with chocolate and orange hints
Spooky Moon B 3.8 Dark traditional session bitter, with a sweet fruity after taste
Cliff Quay Brewery Ipswich, Suffolk Cliff Quay Bitter B 3.4 Refreshing easy drinkng session bitter
Tolly Roger BB 4.2 Mid gold coloured beer with a slight sweet hoppiness
Tumble Home BB 4.7 A good ruby ale
Black Jack P 4.2 Dark porter brewed using star anise for a really liquorise flavour
Cox & Holbrook Buxhall, Suffolk Old Mill B 3.8 Pale, hoppy and thirst quenching.
Rattlesden Best B 4.0 Good, well balanced bitter
Crouch Vale South Woodham Ferrers, Essex Hurricane BB 4.2 Burnished gold in colour, with English Pioneer hops
Amarillo GB 5.0 Gold bitter, full-flavoured and spicy
Essex Boys B 3.5 Pale session bitter with hoppy aroma and dry finish
Crouch Best B 4.0 Mid-brown beer is wonderfully full bodies and malty
Brewers Gold GB 4.0 Multi award-winning golden ale with a hint of grapefruit
Earl Soham Earl Soham, Suffolk Albert Ale BB 4.4 Slightly darker than light with a softer Fuggles hop character and a hint of sweet
Gannet Mild M 3.3 Superb dark mild with fuggles hops to balance the flavour
Sir Rogers Porter P 4.2 Black, full bodied and can be sweet
Victoria Bitter B 3.6 Popular hoppy, refreshing session bitter
Ha'penny Brewery Ilford, Essex Sixteen-String Jack B 3.8 Golden brown coloured, highly hopped IPA and very refreshing
Spring-Heeled Jack P 4.0 Traditional porter, malty and full-bodied with toffee, coffee, chocolate and liquorise notes
Harwich Town Harwich, Essex Misleading Lights B 4.0 Copper coloured well-hopped session beer
Phoenix SB 5.1 A pale gold American Pale Ale brewed with cascade hops
Re-doubt Stout S 4.2 Full-bodied traditional stout
Imperial Re-doubt Stout S 8.0 Brewed especialy for Harwich beer Festival, a stronger version of the re-doubt stout
1/2 -Penny Mild M 3.6 Smooth traditioanl mild, sweet tasting and midly hopped
Kings Head Bildestone, Suffolk Landlady B 4.0 Pale with pronounced hop character from wild hedgerow hops
Mauldons Sudbury, Suffolk Eatenswill Old O 4.0 A good winter ale of deep red and brown hue. It is well balanced with fruit and malt
Midwinter Gold BB 4.5 An amber coloured beer with a fine balance of malt and hops for a full bodied flavour.
Black Adder S 5.3 Multi award-winning smooth but fullbodied dark bitter stout
Silver Adder B 4.2 A light coloured bitter with fine hop and malt combinations, giving a crisp finish
Mole Trap B 3.8 Crisp mid-brown bitter with a malty finish
Mersea Island East Mersea, Essex Skippers BB 4.8 Fabulous premium bitter
Yo Boy B 3.8 Ever popular light brown session bitter
Oyster Stout S 5.0 Smooth dark stout with real Mersea oysters
Mighty Oak Maldon, Essex Bar Steward GB 3.9 Goldern amber beer
Maldon Gold GB 3.8 Light, fresh and floral, a great quaffing bitter
Simply the Best B 4.4 Tawny coloured ale brewed with Maris Otter Pale and Crystal malts
Oscar Wilde Mild M 3.7 Traditional dark mild, always a good seller
Mill Green Edwardstone, Suffolk Mad Old John O 4.2 Traditional dark old ale
Green Goose BB 4.0 Well balanced, dark ruby best bitter with a mass of complex flavours
Mawkin Mild M 2.9 Traditional Suffolk mild with amazing flavour
Obama Extra S 6.8 A remake of the O'Bama stout using English Brambling Cross hops
White Horse Bitter B 3.6 Classic bitter with a ruby glow brewed with bitter English hops & sweet crystal malt
Nethergate Clare, Suffolk Crossborder BB 4.1 Light-bodied Blond Ale/Bitter, refreshing on the mouth
Mary's Ruby Mild M 4.5 Strong, smooth dark mild
Essex Beast SB 6.2 Amber, full boded and very drinkable
Azzaparrot BB 4.2 Copper colour, Aroma is wood, herbs, mild fruityness as well as some slight floral notes
Umble Magna P 5.0 Old Growler brewed with coriander - yet another award winner
Old Growler P 5.0 Award winning dark porter, amazingly easy to drink
Augustinian Ale BB 4.5 smooth drinking premium beer, celebrating the priory in Clare original home of Nethergate
Suffolk B 4.0 Dark ale, with pronounced malty taste with a bitter finish
3.90% B 3.9 Amber session beer with a dry malty finish
Priory Mild M 3.5 Old fashioned dark mild with a freshness to the palate
Umble Ale B 3.8 Light bitter with coriander
IPA B 3.5 Amber bitter that is surprisingly drinkable for it's strength
Wisemonkeys BB 4.2 Well-balance bitter with malt notes and a dry finish
Old Cannon Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Old Cannon Best B 3.8 A refreshing hoppy session ale using Bobeck hops
Gunners Daughter SB 5.5 Well-balanced strong ale with a complexity of hop, fruit, sweetness and bitterness
Red Fox Ruby Red SB 6.9 Dark red and full-bodied strong ale
Artic Fox BB 4.5 Seasonal special with fruit, Christmas spice and brandy notes
Black Fox Porter P 4.8 A rich flavoured, black beer with smooth chocolate notes.
Coggeshall Gold GB 4.0 Intensley hopped golden beer
Saffron Brewery Henham, ssex Ramblers Tipple B 3.9 Copper coloured bitter, smooth with hints of toffee and caramel
Squires Gamble BB 4.3 Deep amber premium bitter with a hoopy edge and hints of citrus
Saffron Blonde GB 4.3 well-balanced, smoother and maltier than many golden ales
Shalford Shalford, Essex Braintree Market B 4.0 Traditional easy drinking session beer, a hoppy lingering dry bitter finish
Stonely Bitter BB 4.2 Award winning mid-brown bitter
1319 Mild M 3.7 Dark mild with a delicate chocolate sweetness
Hyde Bitter BB 4.7 Pale amber hoppy bitter with malt throughout
Levelly Black S 4.8 Winter stout, dark malty, and smooth
Sticklegs Elmstead Market, Essex Malt Shovel Mild M 3.4 Old fashioned dark mild, with loads of flavour
NVA B 3.6 No notes available
??? BB 5.0 No notes available
Wibblers Mayland, Essex Dengie Devil B 4.0 Brown coloured beer
Crafty Badger SB 5.8 A recreation of the Simmonds (Reading) 1880 amber ale. Four different malts and English hops
Apprentice GB 3.9 Golden in colour, hoppy nose and definitely a session beer
Crafty Stoat S 5.3 A dark and complex stout with six types of malt
Wibblers Best B 3.6 A popular bitter to tempt those who like a darker malty brew with plenty of flavour