Theakston Old Peculier (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Old Ale
Masham, England

355 ml, 07 vintage. Three-finger head settles into a nice-lasting spit atop the translucent chestnut brew. Faint molasses and dates in the aroma. Initial flavors are apples and bananas simmered with some cinnamon and cedar chips. Raisin, dark toasted bread, dry grass, and slight rum are my names for a few of the other flavors present in this multifaceted beer. Light medium body is surprisingly frothy, and mostly dry.

Dark brown with a loose beige head. Dark malt aroma of dark malt with hint of chocolate banana. Medium to full body with modest carbonation. Rich malt flavour balanced with hoppy bitterness. Initial refreshing taste gives way to rich, slightly sweet, malt flavour with a hint of chocolate and treacle. A beer well worth trying.

Clear reddish brown. Came highly recommended but was kind of bland to me. Good dark roast malt flavor, but with a hint of sour with a slightly metallic nose. Not bad, but kind of thin with flavors that don’t work together, at least for me.

Light brown with off-white head. Aroma is caramel & roasted malts. Thin mouth feel to go with caramel taste and a chalky finish. The alcohol is prevalent and it’s a shade on the bland side.

Bottle. Very dark red brown with a loose beige head. Aroma of dark malt, maybe some chocolate and fruit or esters (banana, apples, citrus?). Medium to full body with modest carbonation. Rich falvour mainly comprised of dark malt with balancing hoppy bitterness. The initial taste has a refreshing almost fruitiness to it which is displaced by the rish sweetness of the malt, with chocolate and treacle notes, which in turn gives way to a bitterness perhaps coming in part from the dark roast malt and part from the hops. A great beer.

Tasted 3/7/08. 12oz bottle. Deep dark brown with a slight ruby hue. Spotty sparse beige head. Citrus oranges and perfumy yeast nose. Sugary plums and raisins. Modest alcohol nose. Medium to full bodied. Big palate. Tight effervescence. Tingling initial malts is sweet with a subtle cookie flavor. Tart citrus and bitter hops. Floral yeast character. Touch burnt. Hits all aspects of the palate. Touch thin. Graham crackers and tart fruit. Great palate but a touch rough in the transitions. Tasted a little out of time.

Pours a deep brown, with some translucency in the pour but none in the glass with a off white head. Aroma of malt and not much else. Slight flavor of roasted malt, hops, and carbonation. I’m quite disappointed as this is neither old nor peculier. It is also not a bad beer, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to try it again.

Bottle from Tesco. Dark brown with reddish hints and a decent, off-white head. Aroma of dark fruit and a touch roasted malt. Sweet flavour with plenty of fruit, molasses and earthy hops. Good.