August ACB Saturday Meeting – Essex

We’ll be attending The Victoria Inn, Colchester for the ACB Monthly meeting.

This month is the South Pacific Flavours Beer Challenge month. Bring your grass skirts, best South Pacific themed beer for tasting. Come and say hello (Aloha/Kia ora/Bula/Talofa).

*Polite reminder — Please do not interrupt anyone speaking/presenting.*

Agenda:

• Pre-meeting – Bar beers and discuss Lunch options (to arrive for 13:00’ish).
• 12:30: Start meeting with welcomes/apologies
• 12:35: ACB updates (10 mins max):
  • AGM – All booked for November at The Red Lion Manningtree – thanks to Graham S for booking the room.
  • Advent beer swap – sign up event now live
  • 2026 ACB competition update – site is live for sign ups, issues being worked on when reported
  • Recent competition results – who-what-when-where – round of applause
  • Touch on any website/competition website updates needed/issues noted – Tony to update on email date fix
  • Brewery tour update – Colin M organising and updating via dedicated slack channel – sign up using the website event
• 12:45: Triangle Test – Steve P is doing an impression of Ted Rogers with Dusty Bin for a beery version of the 3-2-1 gameshow
• 13:15: Lunch and beer from the Bar (30 min)
• 13:30: South Pacific Flavours Beer Challenge
• 14:00: AOB (Any Other Business) – Cover anything moved here to discuss in more detail from ACB updates.
• 14:10: AOB (Any Other Beers) Homebrew beer tasting/feedback session – any beer not in the South Pacific Flavours category (specifically)

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

Beer Challenges

This is the official tasting for the South Pacific Flavours, so bring your beers/clone or anything else you have for AOBs.