2011 Cycle Trip 4 around Diss
Saturday 18 June
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Calendar
2011 Cycle Trip 6 - London to Brighton
Saturday 2nd - Sunday 3rd July
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2011 Cycle Trip 7 - Colchester to Colchester!
Saturday 20th August 2011
Colchester - Ipswich - Felixstowe - Harwich - Colchester
A few photos from the ferry trip from Felixstowe to Harwich.
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Chelsea Pub Crawl Photos and Report
3rd September 2011
Updated: It's PoTY Time!
Update: Results are out
Update: It's not too late to register your Pub of the Year vote, you have until 31st January to register your vote online
...and Michael Bentine isn't anywhere to be seen.
Belgian Beer List
Draught
De Ranke XX Bitter (6.2%)
Rulles Brune 2 (6.5%)
Rulles Estivale (5.3%)
Westmalle Dubbel (7%)
Brouwerij T'verzet Super Noah (4.9%)
De La Senne Taras Boulba (4.5%)
Bosteels Kwak (8.4%)
Lindemans Kriek (3.5%)
Duvel Moortgat De Koninck (5.2%)
Rulles Brune 2 (6.5%)
Rulles Estivale (5.3%)
Westmalle Dubbel (7%)
Brouwerij T'verzet Super Noah (4.9%)
De La Senne Taras Boulba (4.5%)
Bosteels Kwak (8.4%)
Lindemans Kriek (3.5%)
Duvel Moortgat De Koninck (5.2%)
The Lighter Side
Chimay White (8%). 33cl
De La Senne Brusselensis (6.5%). 33cl
De La Senne Zinnebier (6%). 33cl
De Ranke Guldenberg (8.5%). 33cl
De Ryck Special De Ryck (5.5%). 33cl
Dupont Moinette Bons Voeux (9.5%). 37.5cl
De La Senne Brusselensis (6.5%). 33cl
De La Senne Zinnebier (6%). 33cl
De Ranke Guldenberg (8.5%). 33cl
De Ryck Special De Ryck (5.5%). 33cl
Dupont Moinette Bons Voeux (9.5%). 37.5cl
Beer of the Festival Winter 2012
Colchester 5th Winter Ale Festival. The best attended winter festival yet - number 5 saw over 2,300 people head through the doors of the Colchester Arts Centre. Between us we supped over 8,000 pints of ale and cider, served up by over 50 different volunteers. We once again ran out of festival glasses even though we ordered loads more than last year.
Thanks to everyone who came to support the festival - on both sides of the bar.
And now... the results have been counted... your ale of the festival, top of the pile out of the 112 that graced the arts centre is....
2012 Pub of the Year Results
The votes are in and the results have been counted...
Thank you to everyone who voted, in the end we had far more than in previous years. It's great that so many more members have been able to contribute to the awards andere. 52 different pubs were nominated in the voting - a third of the branch's pubs!
Colchester has a new brewery!
The first brew has rolled out of the doors of Colchester Brewery and into the cellars of a number of pubs around Colchester. The first beer, called No.1 (what's the next one going to be called Tom?) is a glorious bitter which as of last night could be found in the Five Bells at Colne Engaine and The Thatcher's Arms at Mount Bures (our newly crowned Pub of the Year).
Real Ale Runabouts, now available on Sundays
So you enjoy our regular Thursday evening real ale runabouts but wish they could be a bit longer? We have the answer, starting in April there's the new bigger and better Sunday Runabouts. It's the same formula as a Thursday night runabout - with the help of CCVS's minibuses we'll deliver you to to a range of real-ale pubs. Simple.
There's four Sunday Runabouts on the calendar at the moment so keep your diary clear. Finer details will be confirmed nearer the time.
Jolly Day out To Sarrfend to meet the Hopmonster
Once upon a time (4th March 2012 at 1100 hours) Colchester CAMRA members assembled outside GALA bingo. This was the meeting place not the activity for the day I hasten to add! People bundled straight onto the two Community minibuses for fear of being washed or swept away by the wind and rain caused by the special weather system that GB loves to talk about so much! Once everyone was seated and had their seatbelts fastened we set off. As we neared our destination it became obvious that our destination was not obvious!
Ted's Terrific Tour - Pub Crawl around Putney and Hammersmith
Ted's first tour of 2012 was probably his best yet - and he's set a very high standard on his previous days out 'round Town. Two people have put finger to keyboard to write up the day.
Ted takes up the tale first....
Ted Ted's Camden Pub Crawl
Saturday 16th June saw Nigel, Robin, Peter, Rob, Matt, Keith, Dave, Colin and myself meet up at the station for the 10.30 train to London. On arrival we walked up to Moorgate station and took the Northern Line to Camden Town.
Survey of Opening Times and Beer Ranges
We need to survey our pub's beer range and opening times for a upcoming CAMRA project. If you're in the know then please find the pub page in our database and follow the 'Let us know...' link.
Cheers!
Local Real Ale at the Foundry Arms
The Foundry Arms on Artillery Street in the South East of Colchester is now serving beers from Colchester Brewery. As of last night Colchester No. 1 is on at £2 a pint with Red Diesel next up.
Pub news: If you have any branch pub news then please let us know.
Branch Mailout: November
Our monthly branch email to members. What's that? You're a member? and you're not receiving it? Head over to camra.org.uk, log in (your username is your membership number) and make sure you have an up to date email address in your contact details.
Hello from the Colchester Camra with news of what is going on and a few suggestions to keep you warm on these cold autumn nights
Colchester Winter Ale Festival Posters
Download a poster for our Winter Beer Festival to print and display...
Colchester Winter Ale Festival Poster.pdf
Thanks!
Steaming on Beer (Colchester CAMRA-Trip with Rail 'n' Ale)
- The date 27 August 2012-Early (for a bank holday)
- The meeting place Head Street Colchester
- The destination Mid Suffolk Light Railway, Brockford
- The attenders- approximatly 28 CAMRA members from Colchester, Tendering and Sulfolk!!!
Save Your Pint Lobby Day
Yesterday, 12th December 2012 saw CAMRA's biggest single day of action when over 1,200 members and publicans lobbied Westminster to raise awareness of the plight of the British Pub and ask for the scrapping of the Beer Tax Escalator.
Anglia TV covers the story from a local angle: http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2012-12-12/the-beer-tax-battle/
CycAle 2013 Calendar
The 2013 CycAle calendar of cycle rides is out! Find out about CycAle and see the full list at www.colchestercamra.org.uk/cycale
Coming Soon - it's a beer festival
Just over a week to go until the 6th Colchester Winter Ale festival. This year's festival is the biggest yet, open for a full 4 days for the first time, from Wednesday 23rd January.
6th Winter Festival - in 80seconds
Timelapse recording of the festival - from setup to teardown...