Theakston Brewery
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Theakston is a British regional brewery founded in 1827 by Robert Theakston and John Wood at the Black Bull in Masham, North Yorkshire.
Brief details
The company produces cask ale and pasteurised bottled ales.History
T&R Theakston Ltd. was founded in 1827 by Robert Theakston and John Wood at the Black Bull pub in Masham. By 1832 Theakston had sole ownership of the brewery which in 1875 he passes control over to his son Thomas who expanded the range of buildings. In 1919 the company acquires and closes down the Lightfoot Brewery.Paul Theakston, left the business in 1992 and set up the Black Sheep Brewery in the old Lightfoot Brewery premises.
Theasktons at one time had a brewery in Carlisle.
In 1987 the company was purchased by Scottish & Newcastle. In 2004 the business returned to family ownership after being purchased back from Scottish & Newcastle by four of the Theakston brothers.
Beers
The company produces five regular cask ales and six seasonal. Some of the beers are filtered and pasteurised and made available in bottles, most notably XB and Old Peculier.
Old Peculier is Theakston's most famous beer. Old Peculier has been made under this name since the 1890s. In 2000, it won the silver medal in CAMRA's Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2000 competition. The label on the bottle describes it as a "full bodied, rich, smooth tasting ale with a mysterious and distinctive flavour". It is named after the peculier of Masham, a peculier being a parish outside the jurisdiction of a diocese.
Availability
Theakston cask ales are widely available in pubs throughout Britain. The bottled beers are also widely distributed to British supermarkets and exported to Germany and the United States.External links
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