Masham Glory -Theakston (4.7% ABV)

Masham Glory is a 'Tesco Only' beer that has an unfortunate name that sounds like some sort of euphemism. Never had this before, but Theakston can be trusted to deliver a good brew.

Pours amber with a small white head. Nothing out of the ordinary really. The nose, however, is quite out of the ordinary... Cooked orchard fruits, bananas and raisins with a spicy sweetness and some mild floral hops. Quite weird; I'm not sure if its a nice smell or not.

Taste offers up more cooked apples and plenty of banana flavour with some toffee sweetness. Almost tastes like banoffee pie. Malt flavour is barely evident, and the only real hops flavour is a boring resin bitterness which lingers for approx 0.1 seconds. The whole thing is a mess that tastes stale, boring and without any real malt or hop presence.

Mouthfeel doesn't offer much solace. Wet, thin with boring carbonation.

Really disappointed in this. It tastes like some shitty homebrew gone wrong. The BB date is 10 months away, so that's not the problem. It was just too fruity, and the fruit flavour didn't blend well - and it doesn't help when said fruits taste & smell stale & funky.