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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 tupalev (2611), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 12, 2007  
Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry and MDS, my bottle courtesy of my buddy who brought it back from England. Pleasant grainy aroma. Dark orange, rusty copper, small white head - looks really good. Neat taste: malt, odd grain like quality - like drinking 12 Grain bread. Nice sweetness to round it out. Bottle tasted surprisingly fresh after a long trip and a few months in storage. A neat lighter ale!


 Rictus (126), Camdenton, Missouri, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 9, 2007  
Floral, grassy, aroma. Copper with a quickly diminishing head. Nice balanced hoppy taste. Alittle bready. Palate is average all around. We need a less boring organic ale.


 JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 8, 2007  
500 ml bottle. Clear orange-amber beer with a white head. Aroma is quite leafy with orange marmalade notes and a soft earthy character as well. There is a bit of cherry and a touch of celery as well. Lovely malt character. Very British tasting (perhaps unsurprisingly). Flavour also shows soft leafy hoppiness behind the sweet pale malt. Decent brew.


 Brewosk (137), Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 6, 2007  
Some citrus orange flavor. Nice amber orange color. Fruity hoppiness with interesting peppery bitterness. Organic, from a bottle, 16.9 ounces at Woodman’s.


 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 1, 2007  
Pours copper with a thin ring of white bubbles. Smells of citrus, earthy tea and pepper. Tastes of oranges and aspirin with a tangy finish.


 faroeviking (6023), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 24, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a nice amber colour with a small mostly diminishing creamy off-whitish head leaving a decent lacing. Aroma of toastymalt, caramel, good fruitiness. Flavour of fruity hops, some caramel, toasted malt, barley, some citrus. Pleasant bitterness in the finish.


 5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Mar 23, 2007  
Bottle: Hazy amber, dark, moderate to large fluffy sand colored head, patchy lacing.   Pale malt nose, even softer hop presense   Seems to be a very slight foral/herbal aspect.   Some biscuit, dull plant like flavors as well.   Maybe like those indoor cactus plants.   Soft malts, Marris otter maybe?   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Fairly clean finish, soft biscuit lingers.   Enjoyable.


 beachbum25 (783), Powellville, Maryland, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/56/20
Mar 6, 2007  
500 ML Bottle-Poured a cloudy amber color w/a slight head. Floral hopped aroma. Stale bread dough/yeast flavor w/a creamy texture I didn’t find too appealing. Didn’t find this to have much of a hop flavor, maybe the barley was just too strong & overpowered it. Did have a little bit of a bitter finish but it wasn’t enough to save this one, didn’t taste nearly as good as it looked. I wouldn’t drink it again.



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