Distiller's Cask Range Finest Masham Ale
Theakston in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 33 cl. Pours an almost clear dark amber with a creamy and lacing off-white aroma. Nose is sweet, malty, caramellish buttery with a sweet, woody, vanillaish edge. Rich, sweet, malty body, again heavy on the diacetyl. Very subdued hops. Kinda neat, but all the butter is hard to grasp. 061217
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Clear, chestnut colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white to beige head. Fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of red berries, cherry, woody, oaky background, a touch of vanilla, some toffee. Taste is slightly sweet malty, fruity hoppy and dry woody, hints of red berries, cherry, toffee, vanilla, oak; minimally watery for the style, its complexity and abv. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from a local supermarket. Pours quite clear chestnut brown colour with a good sized cream coloured head. Aroma is of sweet and delicate malt whiskey, toffee and bread. Pretty high level of sweetness, light bitterness. Towards heavy body, oily texture, average carbonation. Finish is dry with lasting toffee and whiskey edge. I’m not a whiskey fan but this was actually very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Amber color, creamy foam. Aroma: buttery, vanilla, barrel, malt, whiskey, caramel. Taste: barrel, apple, vanilla and butter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
330ml bottle from, I think, Tesco. Pours clear mahogany, no head. Aroma is speyside whisky and sweet malt. Does not taste barrel-aged, but rather blended with a little hint of whisky. Theakstons ale seems sweet and malt-forward. Unappetising and had to be thrown before the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. Vanilla, hints of whiskey, caramel and honey. It has the funny synthetic character familiar to Innis & Gunn, so I assume wood chips. Taste follows, with a very heavy vanilla note, with whiskey tones, of an identifiabley, fruity and malty bitter flavour. There is a little something from the wheat in a slightly spice finish. This is all over the place, it’s disjointed and has never seen a whiskey barrel in it’s life. It’s as bad as Innis & Gunn if not quite as disingenuous in it’s claims of providence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330 ml clear bottle, from Prima Beer. ABV is 6.5%. Clear and deep reddish copper to amber colour, low off-white head. Pleasant aroma of toffee and caramelised fruit, smooth whisky and oak, hints of vanilla. The smooth flavour is not too sweet, despite fairly distinct notes of toffee, caramel and vanilla. Only hints of whisky. Minimal hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Clear mahogany brown colour. Aroma is sweet with whiskey malts and a touch of vanilla. Flavour is also quite sweet. There’s a little bit of ripe banana in there too. Very smooth with nice but not overwhelming whiskey flavours.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tried in bottle from supermarket. Deep Amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma is smokey, spicy vanilla, and caramel, taste in sweet with a mid sweet finish. Warming but slightly thin body.