Annual Meetup and Events Schedule – Anglian Craft Brewers

This is a preliminary list of ACB meetings and events that we are planning for the next 12 months, please note that these are only placeholders and final dates could change closer to the time. When a final date and agenda for the day has been agreed there will be a link to the full events page for details and you should receive a notification by email.

Beers challenges for each meetup up are included with additional details about each challenge below.

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Annual Events

Month	Location	Description	Beer Challenge	Link
January	NA	Free Month – No meeting	NA
February	Essex	Monthly Meeting	NA
March	Suffolk	Monthly Meeting	NA
April	Essex	Monthly Meeting	Abbot Ale Clone
May	NA	Free Month – No Meeting		Shed Festival on 16^th May 2026.
June	Suffolk	Monthly Meeting	Abbot Ale Clone
July	Essex	Monthly Meeting	Abbot Ale Clone
August	Essex	Monthly Meeting	South Pacific Flavours
September	NA	Free Month – No Meeting	NA	Reminder to announce and collect names for the annual Christmas advent (24x bottle share)
October	Essex	Monthly Meeting	South Pacific Flavours
1st November	Essex	Monthly Meeting – Annual AGM	South Pacific Flavours	2025 Minutes Make arrangements for the Advent beer box swap date.
December	Suffolk	Monthly Meeting	Belgian Beers

Beer Challenges

There will be beer challenges run through the course of 2026, below are details of the beer challenges and any restrictions.

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1. Abbott Ale

The first challenge is to brew a clone beer of Abbot Ale. This challenge is in honour of recently passed Gerard Galvin. Link: Abbott Ale.

2. South Pacific Flavours

The second challenge is to brew a beer with what we are calling “South Pacific Flavours.” This is an open style challenge, brew any style of beer that you want, but it should have hints of the “South Pacific” – this can be achieved by use of Australian or New Zealand hop varieties or perhaps by the addition of tropical fruits such as Pineapple, Kiwi, Mango, Coconut etc. The world is your oyster in this challenge.

3. Belgian Beers

The third challenge will be to simply brew a Belgian beer. You are free to choose any Belgian style you want.