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The Hospital Arms

Colchester

Welcome to the Hospital Arms!

Once upon a time, this very spot was a well-kept secret among doctors and hospital staff, earning the nickname Ward 9—a clever way to keep things under wraps from unsuspecting patients. When the hospital moved in the 1980s, it was time for a fresh start, and the pub became the Tap & Spile. But some places are meant to come full circle, and in the late 1990s, we proudly reclaimed our historic name: The Hospital Arms.

Today, we carry on the tradition of great drinks, good company, and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’re here for a quiet pint, a lively chat, or a hearty meal, you’re in good hands.

Cheers to history, hospitality, and a great time at the Hospital Arms!

Adnams Southwold Bitter
3.7%
Adnams
Southwold Bitter is a beautiful copper-coloured beer, late and dry-hopped with Fuggles for a distinctive, lingering hoppiness. Brewed with the finest East Anglian Pale Ale malt barley, sourced locally to the brewery. We use Fuggles hops which we add late in the boil to preserve the herbal flavours of this traditional English hop. We add more Fuggles to each cask so that the flavour of the hops infuses into the beer. It’s a perfect 3.7% abv in cask and 4.1% abv in bottle and can.
Amstel
4.1%
Heineken
Our classic, golden Amstel Beer, with its very distinctive and mildly bitter taste, has over the years become well known beyond the borders of its native country.
Anchorman
4.1%
Brewpoint
A modern, fresh and fruity cask beer brewed using a blend of contemporary English ingredients with American late-hopping. This blockbusting beer begins with a gentle malt sweetness, leading to a lingering, bitter finish.
Birra Moretti
4.6%
Heineken
The ultimate Italian lager since 1859, Birra Moretti’s special blend of high quality hops creates a smooth, full bodied beer with wholemeal bread top notes which are cut by a delicate citrus note.
Cruzcampo
4.4%
Heineken
Cruzcampo is a pilsner style Spanish lager founded in Seville in 1904. Brewed with subtle hoppy notes, fruity characteristics and finished with Cruzcampo bitterness. It’s a fresh, crisp, easy drinking beer and a favourite amongst Spanish locals.
Estrella Damm
4.6%
S.A. Damm
Estrella Damm is a Mediterranean beer, made with malt, rice and hop, brewed with 100% natural ingredients according to the original recipe from 1876
Foghorn
4.3%
Brewpoint
A hazy, sessionable American style IPA. Gentle pine notes lead to an explosion of stonefruit and citrus flavours, leaving behind a crisp and bitter finish.
Foster's
3.7%
Heineken
Foster's is the ultimate ice-cold refreshment. Its balance of subtle fruitiness and vanilla is ideal for the sweeter-toothed lager lover. The perfect session beer to enjoy with mates.
Guinness Draught
4.2%
Guinness
One of the world's best-loved beers, with sweet smelling aromas of coffee and malt, from the first velvety sip to the last, lingering drop, every deep-dark satisfying mouthful in between is pure beauty… pure Guinness.
Landlord
4.3%
Timothy Taylor's Brewery
The drinkers' favourite, a 4.3% classic pale ale with a complex citrus and hoppy aroma
London Pride
4.1%
Fuller's Brewery
In recent years its popularity has grown to the extent that it is now Britain’s leading premium ale: a welcome fixture in many pubs and off licences around the country, and now winning new friends abroad.
Aspall Cyder
4.5%
Aspall Cyder
A crisp, medium dry cyder with a delicate aroma and taste of fresh pressed apples. Crafted at the original Cyder House, Suffolk. Fruity, dry, racy, thirst-quenching, lip-smacking.
Inch's
4.5%
Heineken
Inch's believe that cider making is about all the little things, that finishing touch of care or that extra moment of attention. Not going that extra mile, but going that extra Inch.