Theakston (officially T&R Theakston Ltd.) are brewers of beer in Masham, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The company is family-owned and was established in 1827. In 1984 the company was purchased by Matthew Brown who 3 years later were themselves purchased by Scottish & Newcastle. Map sources for Masham at grid reference SE2280 Masham (pronounced Massam) is a market town in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. ... North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ... Scottish & Newcastle is one of the worlds leading brewers, and the largest British brewing company (unless London-based SABMiller, which does very little business in the UK, is counted as British). ...
In 2004 the business returned to family ownership after being purchased back from Scottish & Newcastle by Paul Theakston who had left to set up the Black Sheep Brewery (also in Masham). Black Sheep ale Black Sheep brewery is a brewery in Masham, Yorkshire. ...
Their range of beers include Best Bitter, Old Peculier, XB, Mild and Black Bull. Their beers are often difficult to get hold of on draught in pubs outside of Yorkshire, but it is possible to find them in bottled form in other areas of the UK (especially in supermarkets) and around the world. Old Peculier (the mis-spelling is intentional) is a British strong ale brewed by Theakston. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... The White Yorkshire rose. ... Exterior appearance of typical supermarket (Safeway Inc. ...
Old Peculier is named after the Peculier of Masham, a Peculier being a parish outside the jurisdiction of a diocese. Old Peculier (the mis-spelling is intentional) is a British strong ale brewed by Theakston. ... A Peculier is an ecclesiastical term relating to a parish outside of the jurisdiction of any diocese. ... Map sources for Masham at grid reference SE2280 Masham (pronounced Massam) is a market town in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. ...
Michael James Theakston was born in Putney, south-west London, on August 15 1925 and educated at Sedburgh.
His father, a grandson of Robert Theakston, the brewery's founder, was a mechanical engineer in London, but retained an interest in the family brewery through his position as a director.
Michael Theakston remained, though, and even in semi-retirement continued to exert a guiding influence on the firm's fortunes until such time as his sons re-established the family's control.
He was the great-grandson of the founder Robert Theakston, who had started brewing at the Black Bull pub in Masham in 1827, and was the grandson of Thomas Theakston, who built the present brewery in 1875.
Theakston's became a cult brand as beer lovers discovered its now legendary strong ale, Old Peculier: the name marks the time, in the Middle Ages, when Masham was a "peculier", a parish outside the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Theakston eventually stood down as chairman, but continued to play a close role in the brewery, taking parties of visitors round the site, which included one of the few remaining coopers' workshops where wooden casks were made.
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