Theakston Old Peculier (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Old Ale
Masham, England

Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours a reddish brown with a small, quickly disappearing head. Aroma of toffee, banana and a touch of sweaty sock. Much lighter than expected. A bit thin, but creamy. Banana and that same off taste from the aroma, but a bit strong. This is indeed peculiar. Not a fan.

Bottle. Pours a really dark amber with a small tannish head. I think it might be a little cloudy in appearance, it’s hard to tell. The aroma is sweet with pleasing hints of toffee, berries, banana. yes, definitely aromatic in a juicy way. The palate is just a bit sticky. Toffee comes out in the flavor, battling with very strong banana suggestions. It’s not really like hefeweizen banana, it’s somehow closer to actually eating a ripe banana. Subtle notes of raisins and brown sugar come out. Fainter hints of tobacco are buried beneath the semi-sweet profile. This is actually quite drinkable and fairly unique to anything I’ve tried thus far.

Bottle, 12 oz. Pours clear, dark amber with a lasting beige head. Malty, slightly bready aroma. Sweet with lively carbonation and a dry finish. Slightly bitter after taste. Decent, but a little too watery for my taste.

This is one of the better beers that I have had. I have had this in london on tap and it is tasty. Pours a light brown. Nice palate with some toffee and mixes very well. It goes down smooth and is rather creamy. Overall, a great beer and would buy again.

bottle. pours an opaque brown color with a foamy tan head. smells of dark fruit, yeast, and some banana candy. sweet roasted toffee flavor with some banana presence, somewhat reminiscent of a Belgian dubbel. a bit cloying but not so much that I couldn’t enjoy the beer. finishes fairly clean. a bit too hearty to be session material but still quite tasty.

Dark root beer appearance from a brown bottle. Clean fragrance. taste is certainly peculiar to say the least. Not exceptionally rootbeer citrus bitter yet offensive to an extent in it’s own interesting way. Calm leather and saddle mixed with dirty root vegetables. At times seems to be alky in nature, but not like 6%. A near chocolate finish withoout medicinal attributes.

Deep neutral brown color. Medium head that dissipates at a medium rate and leaves a lot of nice lacing. Nose of nuts, bread, and dark fruit with earthy notes. Coffee and chocolate taste with bready and subtly fruity notes. Dry, smoky and complex finish of dark malts.

Bottle. Pours a reddish brown with a small beige head. Aroma is liquorice, chocolate and soy sauce. Flavour has a good body and notes of liquorice, chocolate and some tar. The finish is burnt malts. Quite good!