Organizer

Richard Swindells

ACB standing vice-chairman. Certified BJCP beer judge. Likes bitterness in a beer (west coast is the best coast). Known to say the things that others only think.

Victoria Inn

Location

Victoria Inn
10 N Station Rd, Colchester CO1 1RB

Date

Apr 04 2026

Time

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

April ACB Saturday Meeting – Essex – Abbot Ale Clone Tasting Event

We’ll be attending The Victoria Inn, Colchester for the April ACB Monthly meeting. This is the month when we hope to present most, if not all beers in the Abbot Ale beer challenge. This challenge is in remembrance of Gerard Galvin who loved to brew this recipe.

Agenda

The Agenda* will be published beforehand or produced on the day.

  • 12:00 Beers at the bar (15m)
  • 12:15 Welcomes/Apologies/Recent Competition Result Updates (5m)
  • 12:20 Talk on Invert Sugars and how to make them (10m)
  • 12:30 Kegging and keg carbonation talk – Rich S and Tony T (20m)
  • 12:50 Lunch/buy beers at the bar (20m)
  • 13:10 Abbot Ale Challenge (1h 30 m)
  • 14:40 Beers from the bar
  • 14:50 AOB

*Agenda times may change be different on the day. Additions to follow.

Beer Challenges

This will be the Abbot Ale challenge event. Here we aim to taste as many cloned Abbot Ales side-by-side as possible.

If your Abbot Ale clone isn’t ready for April, don’t worry. You’re free to bring it to another monthly or mid-week meetings.

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