jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Old Peculier (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle-pours a rich light tan head and black color with red tint. Aroma is mild medium/dark malt, faint wood/spice. Taste is roasty medium/dark malt-molasses/chocolate, secondary wood/spice with some sharpness, dry, nutty. OK carbonation.
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Lightfoot Bitter (Cask) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy dark blond ale. Sharp zesty aroma. Flavour is bitter but the sharp edge makes it very refreshing. Sweeter notes of banana and lemon are present.
Downender (11275) reviewed Traditional Mild (Cask) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), London WC2 16/5/08. Deep brown with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish malt and fruit aroma. Flavour was sweet, with coffee, berries and a savoury edge, before a short bitter finish. Ok.
Drake (22934) reviewed Old Peculier (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours a reddish brown with a small, quickly disappearing head. Aroma of toffee, banana and a touch of sweaty sock. Much lighter than expected. A bit thin, but creamy. Banana and that same off taste from the aroma, but a bit strong. This is indeed peculiar. Not a fan.
cheap (9533) reviewed Old Peculier (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Dark root beer appearance from a brown bottle. Clean fragrance. taste is certainly peculiar to say the least. Not exceptionally rootbeer citrus bitter yet offensive to an extent in it’s own interesting way. Calm leather and saddle mixed with dirty root vegetables. At times seems to be alky in nature, but not like 6%. A near chocolate finish withoout medicinal attributes.
Downender (11275) reviewed XB (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Chestnut coloured with a moderate off-white head. Dry malt and red fruit aroma. Chewy malt flavours with a touch of sweetness and an earthy, bitter finish. Drinkable.
Downender (11275) reviewed Black Bull Bitter from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 30/3/08. A standard session bitter with a sweet edge. Amber with a decent white head. Did not stand out but perfectly drinkable.
SimonF (3322) reviewed Old Peculier (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
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.
Fin (18365) reviewed Black Bull Bitter from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[i] [b] Cask at The Penny Black,JDW, Bicester, Oxon, 29-03-08 [/i] [/b] Mid amber pour with a good white bubbly head, in fact a pretty good looker. Some strawberry cream in the mouth with a layering of light vanilla, I suppose like one of those biscuits with a creamy vanilla filling. Lacking in the bitterness stakes or hops but its fine, gets a bit furry in the mouth after a while.
Downender (11275) reviewed Old Peculier (Bottle) from Theakston 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
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.