Theakston Old Peculier (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Old Ale
Masham, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottled, 0.50l. Clear deep amber brown color with thin creamy tan-like head and minimal lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, dried fruits, grapes and subtle some wooden or earthy notes. Taste starts with sweet and rich malt, some liquorice, then followed sweet and sour fruity, mainly raisins, cherries and raspberries. This one has real mouth-coating feeling with mild herbal hoppy bitterness at finish. Full body, thick texture and soft carbonation in palate. Oldie, but goldie...

Bottle from Selver. Dark beer with a decent sized light brown top. Roast in aroma, also somthing fruity. In taste the start is slightly sweet, bitter and smoky aftertaste.

Aroma: Bready yeast aroma with roasted malt. Appearance: Clear dark brown with rich, tan head. Taste: Heavy yeasty sweetness with light, sour finish. Palate: Full body, average carbonation, long yeasty finish. Overall: Ugh...drinkable, but barely. I’m very disappointed.

Bottle at Ølfestival 2013. Clear red-brown coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and bread. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel and bread. Sweet finish.

A beautiful brew that is well-balanced between malt and hops, with the fruitiness coming through.

Bottle, pours a very dark red. Not much of an aroma. Medium bitterness, with a nice bite on the finish. Nice.

Poured from a 12 oz brown bottle into a Belgian snifter. A: The beer is very dark reddish-brown, with a fragile off-white head that quickly fades to a thin partial top coat and a ring. A thin lace is left on the glass when tilted Aroma: Peculiar and hard to untangle, but sweet and featuring dark fruits, a little rip banana, dark bread, roasted malts, toffee, cinnamon and some Fuggle hops. Taste: Nicely balanced, moderately rich, complex, and in keeping with the aroma. Sweet at the start. Very lightly bitter and smoky aftertaste, with lingering mineral water. Cinnamon again. Modest but significant hop presence. M: Smooth with well-chosen, near-medium carbonation. The nice soft feel I associate with Belgian darks. O: A very good, aromatic and flavorful beer.

Purchased at Total Beverage. Loved the thickness and varied fruit notes that I got with this beer. Beautiful color, slightly less head than I hoped for, but who knows how long this was sitting on the shelf. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

500ml bottle at Cork Cricket Club. Pours a muddy brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is a little off-putting, quite musty, but with some more pleasant vanilla and blackcurrant notes as it warmed up. Medium fruity sweetness with a light bitterness - quite a lot of blackcurrant flavour. Unfortunately, again a bit of a mustiness of the flavour. Average carbonation, quite full-bodied, and leaves a bittersweet finish. Certainly is a peculiar beer, not really my cup of tea, to be honest.

Bottle. Brown sugar, toasty nutty malt, and very light chocolate aroma. Clear deep chestnut with a large beige head. Toasty malt, fruity sweet flavor, and a mild bitter hoppy finish. Medium body, soft carbonation.