The Crown, Sheringham

Pretty much open plan with a number of drinking and dining areas, the counter is to the left as you enter but with a lacklustre selection of Ghost Ship, Lacons Encore, London Pride and Wherry, not in the best order. Two T-Bars of usual stuff but there’s three solos of more interesting beers, well two plus Camden Hells. It has a screen and piped music to entertain. Fairly bland modern decor, yup there’s grey, probably fine for family dining or a quick pint looking at the sea.

A tourist pub close to the sea, with a large beer garden or patio. Totally dependent on the season and the weather, so that when I was here for a visit in early spring it was closed. My summer visit found it open, but it was fairly quiet on a Sunday mid-evening. I would guess the pub was built in the 1930s, but having been opened out in recent years it has no features of note. There were four hand pumps on the bar with the real ales on offer being Doom Bar, Wherry and two from Lacons. I went for Encore, a "bitter, zesty ale" according to its brewer, but a slightly disappointing and hazy beer lacking oomph when I tried it. Not undrinkable - I gave it a possibly generous NBSS 2.5 - but certainly nothing to write home about. My notes made at the time included a cryptic "not bad for its type (XRA)", by which I meant that this is an ok pub except for the real ales, which are quite clearly not selling in the sort of quantities that could justify having four of them on the bar. Date of visit: 16th July 2023

Official site of The Crown - www.greatukpubs.co.uk

Official site of The Crown - www.greatukpubs.co.uk