BREWERY OF THE MONTH JANUARY 🍻
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COLCHESTER BREWERY
Located in the semi-rural location of Wakes Colne in the borough of Colchester, the brewery was formed in late 2011.
All funding came from the 3 founding directors and their friends and family.
1st February 2012 saw the first brew on the 10 brewers’ barrels (about 1600 litres) kit, with this being the beer that remains our best-seller, namely Colchester No1.
The brewery needed a strategy and an ethos that could enable it to establish a foothold in a crowded and competitive market.
This strategy and ethos served the brewery well during its first 9 years. The brew tally was 1468 as at March 2021 while staffing remains small at 5 full-time members of staff and 1 part-time.
When COVID-19 came along all breweries were forced to either mothball the business or focus on retail sales for their survival. We did the latter and are hugely grateful for the support received from the beer drinkers in our area.
Pubs and beer festivals will remain the brewery’s main focus – we should not forget that most customers sought us out during lockdown because they’d enjoyed our beers at these venues.
However, direct-to-retail has naturally become a more important part of the business, putting us in a better position to withstand whatever is down the road. The founding ethos is otherwise unchanged.
On our pumps throughout January!
We have produced some great-tasting beers that are well-known for their consistency, flavour & aroma.
Classic Bitters
Zesty IPAs
Malty Festives
Colourful Amber's
Beautiful Golds
Perfect Pales
& more
Great Choices & on our Real Cask Ales pumps throughout November
Remember, buy 9 real ale pints & get your 10th free.
Located in the semi-rural location of Wakes Colne in the borough of Colchester, the brewery was formed in late 2011.
All funding came from the 3 founding directors and their friends and family.
1st February 2012 saw the first brew on the 10 brewers’ barrels (about 1600 litres) kit, with this being the beer that remains our best-seller, namely Colchester No1.
The brewery needed a strategy and an ethos that could enable it to establish a foothold in a crowded and competitive market.
This strategy and ethos served the brewery well during its first 9 years. The brew tally was 1468 as at March 2021 while staffing remains small at 5 full-time members of staff and 1 part-time.
When COVID-19 came along all breweries were forced to either mothball the business or focus on retail sales for their survival. We did the latter and are hugely grateful for the support received from the beer drinkers in our area.
Pubs and beer festivals will remain the brewery’s main focus – we should not forget that most customers sought us out during lockdown because they’d enjoyed our beers at these venues.
However, direct-to-retail has naturally become a more important part of the business, putting us in a better position to withstand whatever is down the road. The founding ethos is otherwise unchanged.
On our pumps throughout January!
We have produced some great-tasting beers that are well-known for their consistency, flavour & aroma.
Classic Bitters
Zesty IPAs
Malty Festives
Colourful Amber's
Beautiful Golds
Perfect Pales
& more
Great Choices & on our Real Cask Ales pumps throughout November
Remember, buy 9 real ale pints & get your 10th free.