Peculier IPA
Theakston in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.32
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Crafted by head brewer Mark Slater, Theakston Peculier IPA was created to live up to the legendary status of our iconic ‘Peculier’ name. Originally brewed as a seasonal ale, its bold flavour and exceptional quality earned it a permanent place in our core range.
Brewed with 100% British ingredients, Peculier IPA pays tribute to the historic origins of India Pale Ale — a beer style born in the 19th century to accompany British troops on long sea voyages to India. The high hop content and alcohol strength were designed to preserve the beer’s freshness, creating a robust, characterful ale that has since inspired a global brewing phenomenon.
Today, with renewed excitement around IPA styles and the wealth of traditional ingredients grown in Britain, our brewing team has brought their full creativity to bear. The result? A beer that honours tradition while embracing modern craftsmanship.
Theakston Peculier IPA is brewed with the finest of British malted barley and three new world, English grown hops - Harlequin, Jester and Olicana to deliver a velvety texture, a honeyed fruit aroma, and a beautifully balanced finish. It's a beer that celebrates the very best of British brewing — bold, refreshing, and uncompromisingly Peculier.
Brewed with 100% British ingredients, Peculier IPA pays tribute to the historic origins of India Pale Ale — a beer style born in the 19th century to accompany British troops on long sea voyages to India. The high hop content and alcohol strength were designed to preserve the beer’s freshness, creating a robust, characterful ale that has since inspired a global brewing phenomenon.
Today, with renewed excitement around IPA styles and the wealth of traditional ingredients grown in Britain, our brewing team has brought their full creativity to bear. The result? A beer that honours tradition while embracing modern craftsmanship.
Theakston Peculier IPA is brewed with the finest of British malted barley and three new world, English grown hops - Harlequin, Jester and Olicana to deliver a velvety texture, a honeyed fruit aroma, and a beautifully balanced finish. It's a beer that celebrates the very best of British brewing — bold, refreshing, and uncompromisingly Peculier.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask @ Bad Seed Beer Fest, 2025. Pours cloudy golden with a White head. Perfumey melon and Bready. Medium and soft body. 3.4
Tried
on 02 Sep 2025
at 16:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from a local Morrisons, drank in my back garden on 16th July 2025. Clean and clear golden body, lasting white crown on top. Nice blend of malts and hops, really easy on the pallet and most enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 16 Jul 2025
at 19:00
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2025
at 21:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Loose white head left a froth on pale amber coloured body.
Sweet, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a well carbonated back.
Malt, perfume, stone fruit & sweet tastes with a long bitter finish.
Nice drinker.
Sweet, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a well carbonated back.
Malt, perfume, stone fruit & sweet tastes with a long bitter finish.
Nice drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2025
at 20:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bright golden coloured with a thin white head. Resembles Old Peculier but is toned down. The same in taste but body is much lighter. It has a toffee, peppery hop and slight, musty ginger flavour with citrus notes on the smooth, grapefuity and floral finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 13 Oct 2024
at 13:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Bear & Billet, Chester. Pours golden amber with minimal foamy almost white head. Just fome floral hops in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with apples very much to the fore, alongside floral hops, summer fruits and traces of citrus and yeast. The pple dominance lasts into the slightly dry finish. This is an unusual and interesting beer – not sure it’s really an IPA but it doesn’t really fit any other style either. I quite like it, but I can tell some others wont.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2024
at 16:27
6/10
cask at the Great Exhibition ...golden ...small tan head ...soft sweet herbal yeasty bready ..soft bready fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2024
at 10:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Blue's Smokehouse, Bracknell. Low key fruity malt aroma. Dark brown. Slightly hazy. Decent creamy off-white head. Light bitter. Malty. The malts really overshadow any hops. Some dark fruits. Light-mesium bodied. Slick. Flat. Abrupt finish. It's OK. Was half expecting it to be aliased to Old Peculair.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2018
at 16:12
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
tried at the Dandy Lion, Lincoln. As Theakston IPA. Amber colour with a white head. Malty and caramel mainly with only hints of fruit. Mid sweet and medium body.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2018
at 16:29