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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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 Derek881 (493), Frederick, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/514/20
Mar 5, 2007  
Enjoyed this beer poured from a 500 mL bottle; mine was labeled "English Ale," but assuming this beer is the same. The aroma was quite good, sweet floral hops, with piney and citrus hints too. Some caramel malt, and some fruity scents too of pear and orange. It poured a cloudy, orange-amber color with a thin white head that was quickly gone. The taste was a unique with mild bitterness, some sour aspects and a hearty wheatiness; it really did taste extra fresh and organic. The beer was wet with only light carbonation and a slightly dry finish; it had a grainy, natural taste and texture. When I was done the aftertaste and feeling in my mouth was almost as if I had just eaten a pear.


 jazz88 (2236), San Francisco, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Bottle. A hazed reddish orange color (a/ka/ murkey amber) with a quickly laced white bubley head. Malty, caramel, bright hops, flowers, with an earthy base. Wet on the palate with an organic grain like finish.


 Tmoney99 (4714), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Feb 17, 2007  
Bottle from Party Source. Poured dark amber color with an average fizzy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Light sour citrus and sweet malt aroma. Light to medium body with a dry texture. Medium sweet flavor with a medium balanced finish of moderate duration.


 mds (2112), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Feb 15, 2007  
Bottle. Hazy light orange body with a small white head. The aroma is moderately chalky, minerals, somewhat fruity (oranges), and with some dirty bread notes. Dark, bready flavour that is fairly straightforward. Clean finish.


 Braudog (3752), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Feb 15, 2007  
I had no idea this was a Wychwood beer until I read the fine print. Wow. Anyway, mine’s labeled "English Ale", but I’m pretty sure this is the same beer. Mine poured a ruddy, rusty orage with a wet, bumpy head. The aroma is very airy, but bittersweet, almost sour, musty, and honey-like. The same impression carries to the flavors ... slightly sour, almost citrusy, but like a blood orange, rindy, and while short of puckery, a bit tart. (#2707, 2/15/2007)


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/513/20
Feb 11, 2007  
Bottle. Iced-tea body with a foamy half-inch head. Nose-dirty, lightly smokey, spoiled apple juice. Taste-unsweet apple juice, light straw, medium to high CO2, light cherry cough syrup, unsweet granny smith apples, strawberry, black pepper, medium hop bitterness, syrupy sweet.


 HogTownHarry (3991), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 9, 2007  
Bottle (500ml). Shared with mds and tupalev, tupalev’s bottle. Hazy orange, smallish bubbly-frothy head. Soft, earthy bready yeast aroma, sweet but light. Very grainy and soft taste, odd hint of orange zest in it, sweet aftertaste. Light yet full body, wheaty and mildly malty, not much carbonation - a little sweet for an ESB, but pleasant.


 Miguel (1181), Saint-Ours, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 3, 2007  
Robe ambrés légèrement voilée surmontée d’une mince mousse blanche qui s’estompe. Arômes de malt, de houblon herbacé et de levures. Saveurs de fruits et de houblon citronné.



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