Watsons Brewery
Microbrewery in Colchester, Essex, England 🏴
Established in 2016
Closed in 2025
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Description
I’m a one-man, small batch brewery, now (post-Covid/Brexit/Truss/Ukraine) producing just two casks each brewday which go to beer festivals and pubs mostly in Colchester and north Essex. I’ve been brewing commercially since 2016. I brew a lot of different beers rather than having a small range of regular beers.
I brew using top quality, fresh, ingredients, and don’t use pumps or chemicals or finings. I have been producing vegan-friendly beers for a couple of years now.
Ceased commercial brewing late 2025 and reverted to being a home brewer in 2026.
I brew using top quality, fresh, ingredients, and don’t use pumps or chemicals or finings. I have been producing vegan-friendly beers for a couple of years now.
Ceased commercial brewing late 2025 and reverted to being a home brewer in 2026.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Hop Beer Shop, Chelmsford. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt and hops. Nice fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2017
at 08:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Two Brews, Colchester. Pours very slightly hazy deep amber colour with a big frothy off-white head. Aroma of hop, apricot, citrus and tropical fruit, toffee, biscuit and banana. The rye is very subtle. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Finish it sticky, toffee and fruity. Good work!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2017
at 08:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
25th June 2017
Hazy gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light and mildly dry, reasonable carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet. Mellow mango dominates, a little sweet. Touch of floral orange provides some dimension. Light semi dry finish. Tidy fruit beer, could perhaps be a little more intense.
Hazy gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light and mildly dry, reasonable carbonation. Light malts, mildly sweet. Mellow mango dominates, a little sweet. Touch of floral orange provides some dimension. Light semi dry finish. Tidy fruit beer, could perhaps be a little more intense.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2017
at 09:12
7/10
Easy-drinking. Subtle. Nice use of Simcoe. Good.
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 04 Apr 2017
at 19:32
Tried
on 07 Mar 2017
at 21:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the 8th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. Pours very dark brown with a lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of light chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruits, vanilla, liquorice and nut. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body and slight oily texture, carbonation is soft. Finish is nutty with developing sweetness and liquorice coming through. Good brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2017
at 17:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the 8th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. Pours mahogany brown with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, chocolate, light roasting, vanilla. Medium sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Medium body, carbonation is soft. Finish is dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2017
at 17:15
9/10
#sxshare Lots of chocolate malt. Nice dry-hoppin'. Super soft malts. Really clean amd well-made. Ace.
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 03 Jan 2017
at 19:53