As you can see from the list below, rather than having a core range of beers with a smaller number of seasonal specials, I produce a wide range of beers, with just a few making regular appearances. ‘Byrhtnoth’ porter won the Beer of the Festival Award at the Colchester CAMRA Winter Beer Festival in January 2019, and ‘Cocos Nucifera’ raspberry and coconut chocolate milk stout won the Beer of the Festival Award at the Epping & Ongar Railway Beer Festival in July 2019.
Brew #110 : Boleslav the Cruel
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Brew #109 : Winter Warmer
A beer that will be last well, so buy a couple and keep one for next year ...
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Brew #108 : I’m Dreaming of a Red Xmas
I brewed this last Xmas and by golly I liked it so much, I brewed it again. Slightly different grain ...
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Brew #107 : Vaclav the Good
A 7.3%abv imperial stout. Being imperial, I've named it after Vaclav the Good. As any fule kno, Vaclav the Good ...
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Brew #106 : Hyggeslynt
Brewed with a yeast normally reserved for 'tropical IPAs', this stout was fermented at a higher temperature than normal, which ...
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Brew #105 : Lobo Janjuah
Brew #105 and Beer #66 is 'Lobo Janjuah', a West Coast IPA sitting pretty at 6.1% abv ...
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Brew #104 Ashes of the Lost Pandas
Brew #104 and Beer #65 is a 5%abv coffee porter, alls gone now dude and dudettes, but previously available in ...
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Brew 103 : Peasouper
Previously brewed in early 2019, this time available in bottles and cans, which you could have bought on the online ...
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Brew 102 : Tonnerre
Brewed with a yeast previously categorised as a Brettanomyces strain, which enables fermenting at a much higher temperature than normal ...
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Brew 101 : Black Lava
Brew #101 is another brew of this popular Liquorice and Vanilla Ale (hence the LAVA - geddit?). 5.8%abv, with liquorice ...
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Brew 100 : Equamoz
A re-brew of a beer that went down well in 2019. Currently (10th June) in the fermenter. Available, in bottles ...
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Brew 99 : cinquewinque
The first brew after a bit of a break, and it's a 7.4%abv double dry hopped double IPA black IPA ...
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Brew 98 : Rubus Vainilla
Brewed for Easter beer festivals, this was the last brew before a temporary brewing hiatus due to Shit and Stuff(tm) ...
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Brew 96 : Chico
An American Pale Ale. American on account of the yeast used, and the three hops in it (all beginning with ...
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Brew 95 : Khandsari
Bags (quite literally) of muscovado sugar were added to this stout, which will be found in casks at Chelmsford and ...
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Brew 94 : Shanghaied! Amarillo Edition
I brewed Shanghaied! Mosaic Edition in January 2019, and had been planning to brew another version, and finally got round ...
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Brew 93 : Feersum Kitty
Previously brewed in September 2018, this stout has a lot of marmalade and orange peel in it and will be ...
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Brew 92 : Gulfikea
A small batch of an experimental beer with Omega Labs 'Gulo' yeast, the progeny of their Irish Ale and French ...
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Brew 91 : Old Ale 2019 Vintage Edition
Back in October 2017 I did a small brew of an Old Ale and decided to make it an annual ...
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Brew 90 : Old Ale
In addition to brewing an Annual Vintage Edition Old Ale for 2019, I decided to brew a more pub-friendly Old ...
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Brew 89 : Tonnerre
A hoppy oatmeal DDH pale ale with a yeast that is "..a unique Saccharomyces strain formerly classified as a Brettanomyces ...
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Brew 88 : Apna Wood
I brewed earlier this year, so when I had a request for a lower abv pale ale for a beer ...
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Brew 87 : I’m Dreaming of a Red Xmas
Special Christmas Beers eh?? Well, generally breweries produce strong stouts and porters for the festive season, but I tend to ...
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Brew 86 : Cnut the Great
Three casks (at beer fests in November at South Benfleet Sports and Social Club and Rochford, and at The Victoria ...
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Brew 83 : Quintanilla Borage Honey Imperial Porter
An imperial porter with honey from bees feeding on borage at Abbotts Hall Farm in Great Wigborough ...
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Brew 82 : 8 Grain (Imperial Edition)
A cask at South Woodham Ferrers beer festival and bottles aplenty bottles galore ...
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Brew 81 : Peasouper
Time for a New England IPA thought I. Brewed with London Fog yeast (hence the name and label). Keg and ...
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Brew 80 : Mozarillo
A pale ale with Mosaic and Amarillo hops. Casks at Chappel and Ipswich beer festivals in September and bottles at ...
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Brew 79 : Rubus Vainilla
Rubus Vainilla (sic) is a raspberry and vanilla porter which got a big thumbs up by the Watsons Brewery Tester-in-Chief ...
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Brew 78 : Clown Bertram
The official Festival Beer of the Tendring & NE Essex CAMRA Clacton-on-Sea Beer Festival in August 2019. Two casks there ...
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Brew 77b : Turtill’s Rhabarbarum
After putting most of into casks and kegs, instead of bottling Maquenque Macaw, I popped the remaining beer into secondary ...
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Brew 76 : el gotico y cuervo
This 6.66% abv stout will be in keg at Two Brews in late July, and in bottles at about the ...
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Brew 75 : Ekuamoz
Another, larger scale brew of a beer from earlier this year. Mosaic and Ekuanot hopped hazy pale ale ...
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Brew 72 : Samambaia
A second brewing of this mocha milk stout, this time at a higher strength (5.6% abv). A small brew - ...
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Brew 71 : Bravo Delta
This was one of my favourite beers of last year, and I kept a case of it to drink with ...
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Brew 70 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
With a couple of slightly further-flung beer festivals being the destination for this brew, a cask-only, three cask brew sees ...
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Brew 69 : Ekuamoz
I went into Mad Scientist mode with this one, experimenting with a new (small) unitank, with the intention of fermenting ...
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Brew 68 : Byrhtnoth
Maldon & Dengie CAMRA inquired as to whether there would be another gyle of Byrhtnoth porter (named after a local ...
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Brew 67 : Ygrrfur II : Raisin Hell
Ygrrfur II : Raisin Hell has a sekrit ingredient. Can you guess what it is? ...
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Brew 66 : Black Otter Rye Edition
It's my most-brewed beer, Black Otter black IPA, but with a sekrit new ingredient. Can you guess what that ingredient ...
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Brew 65 : Basu le Maistre
If you want to try this on cask, head over to Bristol, else wait for bottles in mid-March 2019 ...
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Brew 64 : Boudicca of the Iceni
Third in the 'Monarchs of East Anglia' series, 'Boudicca of the Iceni' is a 6.2%abv IPA, hopped with the hoppiest ...
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Brew 63 : Caracolillo
A second brew of Caracolillo Coffee Rye Porter. 5.1%abv and casks to be found at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival, Edwardstone ...
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Brew 62 : Guanahani
An oatmeal pale ale packed with new world hops. As to which hops, there's a clue in the name. 5% ...
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Brew 61 : Byrhtnoth
A cask-only beer, which won Beer of the Festival at Colchester CAMRA Winter Beer Festival in Jan/Feb 2019 ...
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Brew 60 : Colonia Hibernus
Colonia Hibernus (City of Winter) is a smoky, roasty stout, perfect for the cold weather. Casks to be delivered to ...
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Brew 59 : XEROPHUX
I decided that it was time for another in the Asgardian series. XEROPHUX is an imperial stout. You can see ...
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Brew 58 : Black Otter
More hops than before in the dry hopping stage, so this should be be hoppier than Mr Hoppy when he's ...
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Brew 57 : Winter Warmer
Festive beer time, so a Winter Warmer seemed A Plan. With ginger and spices, this one is for sipping on ...
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Brew 56 : Green Otter
I was due to brew semi-regular beer Black Otter BIPA, but had a last-minute offer of some green hops from ...
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Brew 55 : 2018 Old Ale
A slightly lower rating this year, and the single cask is off to South Benfleet Social Club ...
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Brew 54 : Amarazaka
A re-brew of last year's Amarazaka American Pale Ale, hopped with Amarillo and Azacca hops, but with a slightly different ...
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Brew 51 : Shanghaied! Mosaic Edition
A Double Dry Hopped Triple IPA. Hops in question are of the singular variety and that variety is Mosaic ...
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Brew 49 : Cocos Nucifera
I brewed this a few months ago, but didn't get much of it to drink myself, so that seemed good ...
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Brew 48 : Rauch Rumble
A brown porter with Weyermann Rauch Malt added to the grain bill, giving a gentle smoked dimension to the beer ...
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Brew 47 : Black Otter
Time to spread the Black Otter goodness further afield. This cask only brew is currently set to appear at the ...
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Brew 46 : West Coast IPA
Look out for casks at the Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival, on the bar at The New Inn and The Victoria ...
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Brew 45 : 8 Grain American Stout
Another cask only brew - casks of this hoppy American Stout will be appearing towards the end of June 2018 ...
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Brew 44 : Caxton Mild
You'll find this on cask at the Mersea Food Drink and Leisure Festival and the Bishops Stortford Food and Drink ...
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Brew 42 : Black Lava
A cask-only version of this beer, destined for beerfests in Wivenhoe and Ipswich, and on the bar at The Victoria ...
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Brew 41 : Bravo Delta
Second brew of the month - an American Brown Ale. Two new-to-me American hops (Bravo and Delta) ...
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Brew 40 : Cocos Nucifera
First brew of March. Raspberries, coconut and cacao nibs in a chocolate milk stout. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...
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Brew 39 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
I haven't brewed this for several months, and not on the new kit, and never put it into bottles, until ...
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Brew 37 : Caracolillo
Following on from last year's 'Samambaia' mocha milk stout - a coffee porter with a touch of rye to give ...
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Brew 36 : White Otter
I thought I'd complement the brew of Black Otter with a brew using the same recipe, excluding the one dark ...
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Brew 35 : Black Otter
For the first of two brews in January I'm brewing Black Otter again. Destined for bottles and casks (Colchester Winter ...
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Brew 34 : Sanity Clause
A festive red ale for Xmas. A tweak of previous brew 'The Diesel', with a bit more rye and some ...
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Brew 33 : Xmas Black Lava
Black Lava (Liqourice and Vanilla Ale) was brewed in 2016, and only available in bottles, and in limited numbers, so ...
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Brew 32 : 2017 Old Ale
Brewed during October, this old ale had some Top Sekrit ingredients thrown into the boil to give it some extra ...
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Brew 31 : Mosaic Pale Ale
The first brew of October, a single hop pale ale made with Mosaic, complementing previous single hop brews of Citra ...
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Brew 30 : Samambaia
A mocha milk stout : cacao nibs, freshly ground coffee from Mundo Novo/Topazio beans from Fazenda Samambaia ...
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Brew 29 : Dutch Quarter Porter
A smooth porter, made with honey from the hard working bees of the Dutch Quarter, courtesy of Elizabeth Trustrum, of ...
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Brew 28 : Amarazaka
Second run out with the new kit, and it being summer I decided a pale ale was somewhat overdue ...
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Brew 27 : Black Otter
A first brew on the new kit, and to compare the performance of the new kit to the old kit, ...
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Brew 26 : 8 Grain American Stout
The last brew on the old brew kit - eight different grains, lots of US hops, and US yeast for ...
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Brew 25 : Black Otter
Smooth and velvety black IPA. Casks appearing at the Billericay Brewing beer festival and the Harwich Town Redoubt beer festival ...
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Brew 24 : 8 Grain American Stout
Joe at the New Inn fancies a Watsons Brewery beer for his Dark Ale festival in July 2017 - so ...
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Brew 23 : Imperial Black Otter
Another appearance of the popular Imperial Black Otter - this time for the Three Wise Monkeys beer festival ...
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Brew 22 : Imperial Black Otter
A 6.1% version of Black Otter which appeared at the Colchester Real Ale Festival in late May/early June 2017 (graveyard ...
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Brew 21 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout made a quick return at the Colchester CAMRA Real Ale Festival in late May/early June ...
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Brew 20 : Citra Single Hop American Pale Ale
Wrangled by hand, using just Citra hops, and US yeast. If you tried Brew #14 Amarillo Single Hop APA, try ...
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Brew 19 : 8Grain
8 different grains, US hops and yeast, for a roasty hoppy stout. 5.9%abv. It appeared at the Easter Beer Festival ...
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Brew 18 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
At The New Inn, Colchester, over the Easter Bank Holiday ...
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Brew 17 : Mangomarillo
An Amarillo-hopped pale ale with lactose, fermented with US yeast, with fresh mango puree added to the fermenter. A lengthy ...
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Brew 16 : The Diesel
A 6%abv American Red Ale, with just a touch of rye. Available in bottles at Two Brews in Colchester ...
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Brew 15 : Imperial Black Otter
Bottles of 6%abv Black Otter IPA. Black velvetty and hoppy, using Maris Otter hops (and therefore just like a Dutch ...
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Brew 14 : Amarillo Single Hop American Pale Ale
Amarillo hops y'all, American ale yeast, water and malt. 5.5% abv. Available in cask at the Chappel Winter Beer Festival ...
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Brew 13 : Irish Red Ale
Brewed for the Chappel Winter Beer Festival in early March 2017, this Irish Red Ale used (unsurprisingly) Irish Ale Yeast ...
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Brew 11 : Old Ben’s Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
Old Ben's Chocolate Oatmeal Stout - a smooth, session stout with a gently roastiness and chocolate backbone (but not too ...
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Brew 10 : Black Otter
At 5.7% a stronger version of brew 7, destined for cask at the Colchester Winter Beer Festival at the end ...
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Brew 9 : Black Lava
A robust porter with a subtle liquorice and vanilla backbone to give it even more depth. 5.6%abv - a great ...
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Brew 8 : West Coast IPA
A second batch of the American hops+yeast pale ale. 5.9% abv. Available at Two Brews on Crouch Street in Colchester ...
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Brew 6 : London Bitter
I decided that the beer wasn't anywhere as near as good as the label design, so this bitter (it came ...
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Brew 5 : Wayward Mild
Dark and chocolate malts add colour and flavour to the mild malt which forms the bulk of the recipe, which ...
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Brew 3 : Baltic Porter
Previously available in bottles at Two Brews on Crouch Street in Colchester, this dark beauty is now a thing of ...
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Brew 1 : Sorachi Saison
Making the most of a late September heatwave - a saison, fermented at a much higher temperature than most beers ...
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