The Cricketers, Bradwell on Sea
The Cricketers, East End Road, Bradwell-on-Sea CM0 7PT If you’re visiting The Chapel of St Peter on the Wall in…
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I’m not blogging about real ale much these days, too busy brewing and selling/distributing it. There are blogs going back to 2010 here – please be aware of this when reading them : pubs can change a lot very quickly!
The Plough Inn, Great Bentley
The Plough Inn sits on one of the biggest village greens in the country at Great Bentley. We popped in…
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Ten
One final sticker for the Colchester Ale Trail, three options : The Three Wise Monkeys, The Fox and Fiddler and…
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Nine
With the 30th Colchester Real Ale Festival fast approaching, three town centre pubs on the trail had to be visited…
The Black Swan, Nazeing
I’m fairly certain that the first Essex pub I drank in was The Crooked Billet in Nazeing, way back in 1980.
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Eight
A single sticker was added to the Colchester Ale Trail album, after popping to The Odd One Out on Mersea…
The Dolphin and The Swan Inn – beers straight from the cask (or not)
Two pubs serving ale from the cask within 5 miles of each other. One had a great selection, the other not.
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Seven
Two pubs previously unvisited, some nostalgia, and pint of Colchester Brewery’s Double Drop Mild.
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Six
A pint of Colchester Brewery’s no.88 in fine fettle in a pub which was a surprise inclusion on the Colchester CAMRA Real Ale Trail 2015.
Colchester Ale Trail 2015 – Day Five
Two pubs in Halstead, then off to Diss Corn Hall.