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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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 KAggie97 (2427), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/512/20
Nov 27, 2006  
Bottle at The Anchor, Wichita, KS. Pours a muddy caramel with a leafy, earthy malt aroma. Lemon sweetened tea with a malty finish. Decent mouthfeel. Not bad, but it looks like melted poo.


 mjg74 (1995), La Mesa, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
Nov 18, 2006  
Bottle from BevMo La Mesa. Pours a medium copper color. Aroam is sweet with some acidity. It also has a little bit of an aroma like those orange chewy peanut candies. Some roasted malts too. Nice bitter malty character with that earthy English thing going on. Finish is a little hoppy and bitter. Not bad.


 nimbleprop (844), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 12, 2006  
Poured a murky copper orange with a lacing but whispy white head. Malty aroma with just a hit of hops, aroma similar to most ESBs. Satisfying flavor, but not extraordinary. Pleasant and refreshing but hardly unique.


 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 11, 2006  
Murky copper body with a finger of off-white head. Smells like malt and Enlish hops. Tastes malty with a fair bit of hops. Flavor is not overpowering... Medium bodied... Rather tasty IMO. A solid ale.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 7, 2006  
Bottle. Bronze beer with a nice off-white head. Toffee/malt aroma with some grass. Nice malt/caramel flavor with earthy/citrus/grassy hops. Good balance. Medium bodied. Easy drinking. Lingering balanced flavor that lasts.


aaschenbach (3), Germantown, Maryland, USA
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1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/59/20
Nov 5, 2006  
Pours a cloudy amber color with a thick head complied of large bubbles that slowly fades away. An unpleasant aroma is followed by a not so pleasant taste.


 Quixote18 (230), Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 3, 2006  
Poured from a bottle into an English pint glass, this hazy amber ale developed a small beige head with a few soapy bubbles floating around in there too. Very effervescent appearance, but I didn’t feel it was overcarbonated in the texture. The nosing was initially grainy, with a crisp hop presence. This mellowed after a little warming into a smoother bready malt aroma. The flavor was on the dry side, not particularly notable, but still pleasant. Finishes bitter.


 biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Clear amber with a thin head. Sticky English hop aroma, mild, a bit spicy with citrus hints. Buttery caramel notes also. Nice big smooth palate. Toffee and mellow, slightly woody hop flavor. Perfect balancing bitterness. Lingering hop finish. Nice ale.



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