Oktoberfest 2022 @ Fat Cat
20 different East Anglian ales.
Thursday: Pop up food
Friday: Live music
Saturday: Festival ales all £3 a pint
Sunday: Quiz
20 different East Anglian ales.
Thursday: Pop up food
Friday: Live music
Saturday: Festival ales all £3 a pint
Sunday: Quiz
Golden, brown and dark ales available along with ciders and perries.
Festival food at all sessions.
Music on Sunday afternoon (TBC)
Open midday to 11:00pm each day.
Selection of German beer, food and music
Tap takeover featuring guest American beers on draught all weekend & seasonal food specials from Thursday 24th November – Sunday 27th November.
Doors open 11am each day.
Free Entry
Featuring all Beneath the Embers draught and cask selection plus a few from wibblers including stoaty mcmilkshake and hop harvest.
Woodfordes tap takeover at the Fat Cat, Colchester - Free pizza available!
Free brewery tour at 1pm. Taste their beers, buy yourself a pint, grab a free burger and do your Christmas shopping! Colchester Brewery will have their freshly brewed ales available to buy in bottles, mini kegs and bag in boxes along with local gins,vodkas,wines,cocktails and ciders. There will also be a fab raffle raising much needed funds for the local Chappel C of E Primary School. All orders that are paid for and taken away on the day will receive a 10% discount.
Free brewery tour at 1pm. Taste their beers, buy yourself a pint, grab a free burger and do your Christmas shopping! Colchester Brewery will have their freshly brewed ales available to buy in bottles, mini kegs and bag in boxes along with local gins,vodkas,wines,cocktails and ciders. There will also be a fab raffle raising much needed funds for the local Chappel C of E Primary School. All orders that are paid for and taken away on the day will receive a 10% discount.
Annual Festive Beer Tasting Day on Saturday 3rd December 11am - 3pm
Join Mighty Oak as they celebrate this Christmas with FREE entry and FREE TASTERS, a paying bar, BBQ and meet the brewery team.
Christmas Markte and Mini Beer Festival
Wide range of beers and ciders available, plus live music, stalls and food.
Featuring 20+ real ales.
Opening times: Weds-Sat 11am to 9pm, Sun 11am to 5:30pm
Free entry.
One beer list over multiple venues - The Harwich Ale Trail returns in 2023 from Thursday 27th April until Monday 1st May!
Selection of beers, ciders and sausages
TWM take on a traditional ale festival, with a pop up bar serving craft beers on cask and keg from some of the UK’s best breweries.
From 11am each day - Free Entry!
Hopsters present the Beach Street Beer Festival 2023!
Craft beer, Street Food, Guest Breweries, Live DJs
Tickets are now on sale. Early Bird Prices available!
40+ cask beers, plus keg and Belgian beers.
Tickets are £11 and include 3 pints and a festival glass (subsequent pints are £3 each) - CAMRA members can get a £3 early bird discount if booking early. Tickets available on 01603 508050 or https://www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk/ents/event/22437/
5 days of guest beers alongside Briarbank's own brewed on site beers.
With live music over the bank holiday weekend.
Friday 7th April - Almost Original 8:30pm
Saturday 8th April - Slide 8:00pm
Sunday 9th April - The Reverbs 7:30pm
Free Entry
A festival with a wide variety of ciders, beers, and sausages from local and regional vendors.
Live music and entertainment over the weekend.
80+ Beers and ciders, fruit beer, craft keg
Opening times
1100-2300 Thursday 27th July
1100-2300 Friday 28th July
1100-2300 Saturday 29th July
1200-1900 Sunday 30th July
Food all sessions
18th Manningtree Beer Festival; 14-15th (16th - only if any beer/cider left) July 2023. To be held in front of the Sailing club in the marquee. Same format as previous years and same opening hours. More information to follow later…
Beer Festival at Mersea Island Vineyard.
merseaislandvineyard.co.uk/2023/02/17/easter-beer-festival/
Over 30 real ales from Mersea Island Brewery and a wide range of local breweries.
11am-6pm Friday 7th April
11am-6pm Saturday 8th April
12noon-6pm Sunday 9th April
11am-6pm Monday 10th April
Local English wine from the Vineyard.
Live music.
Hog Roast.
Free Parking.
12 ales, 3 ciders - All £1.50 a half pint.
Live music on Saturday evening.
A celebration of all things dark and delicious!
A mix of cask & kegged milds, porters, stouts and perhaps even a dark lager or black IPA!
Flights always available for an easier way to make your way through the list!
More info on beer lists, etc as it gets closer
Easter Beer Festival at Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Sudbury.
Street food vendors and live music available.
Free Entry.
We will be presenting the Highly Commended Town award for the 2023 Pub of the Year and the award for Runner Up in the 2023 Cider Pub of the Year to the Live and Let Live at 7pm.
(We also have their 2022 awards to present!)