Batemans Willy’s Crown Jewels

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Bitter
Skegness, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask - The Fat Cat Brewery Tap (Cider Shed), Norwich. Fine, loose & bubbly beige head atop a clear ruddy chestnut body. Tangy apple, yeast and sulphur aromas with a very light backing caramel. Not good on the tongue, a bit damp tasting. Maybe not in the best nick but even so... Tangy yeast and a grassy, fruit skin bitterness. Soft, a bit flabby in the mouth. Too much like a kit homebrew for my liking.

Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.

Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty, caramel, brew mash, light chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110430]

Cask Handpump at the Old Harkers Arms, Chester 29/04/2011 Some hop aroma. Amber coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish.

On cask at Rose and Crown Hotel, Nottage, Glamorgan. A ruby ale, looks OK. Extremely bland and not one to recommend