Theakston
Commercial Brewery
in Masham,
North Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 1827
In 1987 Theakston was taken over by Scottish & Newcastle, core beers being brewed at Tyne Brewery. In 2003 the Family bought the company back and moved all production back to Masham.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Quencher from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours pale gold with minimal foamy almost white head and excellent lacing. The aroma has floral hops, citrus and some grainy traces. In the mouth there is a brief initial bout of sweetness before it is swamped by tangy bitterness. Flavour has floral hops, citrus, lemon and tangerine. Finish is slightly dry. This is reasonable if a little bland.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Legendary Beerd from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Nisa Upper Beeding in West Sussex. Opaque light chestnut brown. Thick frothy foamy off-white head. Aroma has sweet caramel and berries with a sourer berry edge. Gluey and jammy. Flavourwise it's more muted than the aroma suggested it'd be. Tangy sour berries. But with a sugary watered down element. Sherbert finish. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A promising enough start but eventually feels watered down. But a 4.7% Old Ale...
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Old Peculier (Cask) from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown with a ruby hue, a creamy off-white head and a fruit malt loaf aroma. Rich and creamy, sweet fruit malt with a touch of spice and a dry herbal and slightly bitter finish.
The Old Black Swan, Bedale
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Legendary Beerd from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Chestnut brown with a creamy white head and fruit malt with a hint of spice on the nose. Smooth and creamy, fruit malt with spicy notes, floral bitterness and a dry bittersweet finish.
IPARater72 (1339) reviewed Salted Caramel Porter from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear brown pour with a small tan head: aromas of caramel (somewhat dominating), salt and milk. Taste is caramel, cream/milk, salt, (roasted) cocoa. OK overall, but not mindblowing. A higher ABV could have been interesting.
Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Salted Caramel Porter from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle from Waitrose - deepest chestnut body with a thin off-white head. Sweet caramel nose, slight maple syrupy smokiness in the taste, slightly savoury kick at the end.
jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Peculier IPA from Theakston 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Half pint from the cask at the Lamplighter, St Helier, Jersey. Pours a clear amber with a tiny head. Aromas & tastes of light fruits, hops & malt. Moderate body. Smooth light bitter finish.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Nowt Peculier from Theakston 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle, picked up from Sainsbury's Broadstairs. Drunk at home in France. Dark brown appearance, good off-white head. Lovely dark toffee character, light and breezy but really quite good for an AF. Would choose this over the abundance of thin bitter tasteless AF pales.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Rocky white head on a clear copper coloured body.
Punchy hop & malt aroma - proper 70's Bitter aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a dry back.
Malt, toffee, caramel, tea & spiced berry tastes with a long bitter finish.
Proper good Yawkshire Bitter - It's all in the water.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Pale Ale (Bottle) from Theakston 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
(Draught at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 16 Aug 2025) Golden amber colour, slightly hazy, with frothy offf-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grapefruit, grass and fresh hops. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of crisp-bread, citrus, grapefruit and a balanced citric/grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, dry. Smooth and refreshing. Quite nice.