# Watsons Brewery — Colchester, Essex

> Watsons Brewery in Colchester, Essex, England scores 3.70 out of 5 — Fine, #3 in Essex. 121 beers tracked, mostly Stout / Porter.

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Watsons Brewery is a brewery in Colchester, Essex, England. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.70 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #3 in Essex. Of the 121 beers we track, 42% are Stout / Porter and 31% IPA.

## Rating

- Score: 3.70 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #3 in Essex · #269 in England · #8,897 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 121

## About

Very small scale, one man band commercial brewing 2016-2026 as an early retirement project. I brewed a lot of one off beers rather than sticking to a small range of regular beers. I had a lot of fun, but I have now entered proper retirement. No more heaving firkins of beer about, and no more empty firkins to wash!

## What they brew

- Stout / Porter — 42% of the beers we track
- IPA — 31% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 10% of the beers we track
- Strong Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Brown Ale — 5% of the beers we track
- Other — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 26 East Hill, Colchester, Essex, England
- Coordinates: 51.8902766, 0.910075
- Website: http://www.watsonsbrewery.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Other Monkey Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/other-monkey-brewing-15373.md) — 2.97, Limited — Colchester, Essex — 0.3 mi away
- [St Botolphs Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/st-botolphs-brewery-17257.md) — 2.83, Limited — Colchester, Essex — 1.4 mi away
- [JackRabbit Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/jackrabbit-brewing-co-19689.md) — 3.42, Poor — Colchester, Essex — 3.5 mi away
- [Gruff Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/gruff-brewery-29697.md) — 3.62, Poor — Colchester, Suffolk — 6.3 mi away
- [Mersea Island Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/mersea-island-brewery-15423.md) — 2.79, Limited — Colchester, Essex — 7.2 mi away
- [Dominion Brewery Company (UK)](https://finding.beer/brewery/dominion-brewery-company-uk-9775.md) — 2.93, Limited — Colchester, Essex — 7.4 mi away
- [Red Fox Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/red-fox-brewery-15522.md) — 2.97, Limited — Colchester, Essex — 7.4 mi away
- [Tiny Town Beer Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/tiny-town-beer-co-21907.md) — 2.83, Limited — Manningtree, Essex — 7.5 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in England](https://finding.beer/breweries/england.md)

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