Theakston Old Peculier (Bottle)

I wanted something special for my first rating. I asked the guy at the Beer store his opinion. He cracked one of these open, and shared it with me. I thought it was great! It smells good, looks good (if you like brownish/black) it was sweet (fruity?) and I guess what is called earthy. Had what I thought was a slight cigar taste to it. (a good cigar) Overall it was excellent, so I bought a 6pk!

50cl dark brown bottle, label as shown. It sure is pretty: Pours an impressive dark reddish-brown with big, creamy beige head and generous lacing. Aroma of various red berries, toffee-ish sweetness, roasted malts. Low carbonation - creamy, if a wee bit grainy, mouthfeel. Taste is agreeably malty, balanced by dried fruit and some caramel. Dry, hoppy finish, lasting bitter aftertaste. The most complex of the Theakston brews that I’ve tried, and the one that now strikes as their most characterful and likeable. How impressions change! From the cask at the Beer Festival it struck me as too sweet, the bottled version doesn’t. Nice, complex dark ale.

Dark brown pour, a lot of chocolate in the aroma along with roasted nuts, tastes of chocolate and is a little smoky.

Dark brown-red, light beige head. Aroma is caramels, chocolate. Taste is caramel, chocolate, simple.

This "yorkshire" ale is a delicious smooth alternative to a scotch ale. It pours very dark brown, almost an oil color. It has a chocolate malty aroma. The delicious malty flavor is very smooth.

50 cl bottle at home. Abv is 5,6%. Hanne bougth this bottle in England - thx. Deep reddish brown color, nice beige head. Aroma is malt, sugar sweetness and dried fruit. Flavor is on the sweet side, maybe a bit too sweet, malty, dried fruit, ok bitterness. A bit thin body.

Strong roast malt aroma. Mahogany with little head. Flavour is sweetish malt balanced by hoppy bitterness, some dried fruit, caramel and banana tang. Medium-bodied. Finishes sweetish caramel with a slight bitter note. Long burnt caramel aftertaste. Very tasty.