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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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3433.07/5.03.06/5.05%45.1English pint
Commercial Description:
Only available bottled (not bottle conditioned).
This was the first beer brewed for the Duchy Originals organic range. The beer is brewed using a rare breed of organic barley - Plumage Archer - harvested from The Prince’s Home Farm at Highgrove.
Duchy Originals Organic Ale has opted for a traditional, British barley variety Plumage Archer to give the beer a rich depth of flavour.
The organic hops for this delicious beer are also British, First Gold, a new dwarf hop variety grown in Kent and Worcestershire. The beer is brewed to Duchy Originals' recipe.
The Duchy Originals Organic Ale is a ruby-coloured flavour-packed beer which combines the rich caramel flavours of the barley malt with the signature ripe orange nuance of the First Gold hop.
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 wilderthanyou (415), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/102/512/20
Apr 20, 2007  
A deep orange/amber beer, with a creamy froathy head. Aroma of grass, lite malts, and bread. Aroma slightly reminds me of wychwoods scarecrow beer, so I’m assuming the the bread and grass aroma comes from the Plumage Archer barley. Flavors of malts, and hops, with some bready character. The palat has some decent carbonation, but a watery dry finish wich leaves somethign to be desired. Not a bad beer, but certainely could be better.


 Sammy (3977), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/103/513/20
Apr 19, 2007  
Generous head and lacing. Fresh, The hophead dose of a double IPA in a 5% beer. Much higher IBU tasting than a typical English bitter or IPA style. Hop leaf taste, grassy, mildly astringent, some malt and bitterness in a long aftertaste. Offset was beery cheese aroma.


 Sanchex (223), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/101/511/20
Apr 18, 2007  
Fruity/bubblegum nose. Head is loose and quickly dissipates. It’s a little too heavy on the tongue for my tastes. Burnt sugar and bready notes. I prefer my Bitters with a little more bit. Cheers!


 TheJester (702), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 17, 2007  
500 mL bottle. Lovely copper colour with nice head. Pleasant aroma of sweet malt, balanced by a hoppy tanginess. Tastes very . . . fresh. Again, nice malt/hops balance. You need to let it warm up a bit to get the full effect of the malt. Caramel sweetness comes through just before the finish. Nice bitter (and slightly metallic) finish. More heavily carbonated than some other premium bitters. Not bad, and bonus points for being organic.


 VeloVampire (489), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 16, 2007    Updated: Apr 17, 2007
500 ml bottle - pours clear rust colour with a decent 2 finger white head. Very earthy and malty aroma, with some yeast as well. Alcohol present in the aroma as well. Flavours fairly subdued, mainly grainy/malty with some woody hops. Nice round body, and good soft carbonation. Better than the sum of its parts because it’s very drinkable.


 GregClow (2495), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 16, 2007  
Bottle from the LCBO. Nice brilliant copper colour with a good sized white head. The aroma is decent, with some solid maltiness, and notes of caramel and orange peel. Body is good for the style, with soft carbonation. The flavour is pleasant and well balanced, with malt and grain notes off the top, some orange-candy sweetness in the middle, and a grassy hoppiness to finish. A very nice ale.


 pootzboy (1045), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 14, 2007  
500ml bottle Poured a light copper color with a 2 finger white cap that lasts and laces. Aromas of leafy herbs and succulent fruits under a caramel malt tone. Flavor is quite pleasant and surprisingly more complex than I would have expected for an organic brew. Upfront caramel malts mingle with ambiances of ripe succulent fruits, floral tones of upland botanicals like heather, mid palate a nice swirl of toasty-char astringency mingles with the now bittering hops, finish is wet with a light fruit-malt sweetness riding over a light metallic bittering. Very nicely put together ESB, pleasant, drinkable, complex enough to be interesting and the flavors seem more discrete. ESB is not a style I’m partial to but this ale is quite pleasant and surprisingly more complex than I would have expected for an organic brew. This is the 3rd organic brew I’ve found to do this and it validates the contention that organic malts, hops and other botanicals used in brewing are more flavorful.


 Cartoonkhaki (1150), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 12, 2007  
Clean amber, orange. Little off white head. Malty sweet aroma, with like floaral hop aroma. Flavour is sweet and malty caramelish. Had a dry finish with light hop bitters.



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