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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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common

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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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 Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2006  
Pours a yellow orange color with a fairly thick white head and absolutely fantastic lacing. Not much to the aroma. A bit of bittering hops on top of a fairly malty english ale. The American in me wants more hops, more alcohol, more malt, more more more but it’s a solid easy drinking beer as it is.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 8, 2006  
Bottle from Super Saver. Medium brown pour with aroma of caramel, toffee, and dark fruit. Tastes caramel malty, with some bitter hops, brown sugar, and cacao. Gets more bitter and vinous as it warms.


 apoptosis (1316), Long Island, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 6, 2006  
This looks like a decent ESB, with a copper-colored body, clear, and a white head. The aroma is quite malty, with hints of caramel and yet it is slightly bitter. Decently full-nosed, but not overwhelmingly so. The flavor isn’t very complex, and not too bitter. Pretty smooth, drinkable and light.


 notalush (2645), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 6, 2006  
Cloudy straw pour with impressive lacing - bright, fruity aroma, withg copious fresh hops (the hops almost smell american or german, as opposed to the stale hop smell I’m used to in a lot of british ales) - dry, hoppy bitterness up front - followed by a strong citrus and apple flavor - then slight bready malts round things out - the flavor is there, but overall it’s a bit thin and "flat" in a way I’ve experienced with a lot of other organic ales - it’s not something that can really be described, but once you’ve had enough organic beer, you notice it right away.


 rybowen (105), Los Angeles 90039, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 5, 2006  
Pours a pretty dark copper color with minimal head. Caramely, toasted notes in the flavor with a moderate balanced hop flavor. Somewhat heavy, but very nice. Overall a good one.


 thedm (3834), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/512/20
Aug 4, 2006  
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that was mostly lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated light orange brown colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was musty and dirty smelling. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and strongly tingly at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt mild hops sweet and crisp. An OK brew just nothing special.


 dj (419), Gloucestershire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 23, 2006  
Bottle, 500ml. A dark amber coloured pour with a small lasting head. Aromas of sweet fruit (plum, citrus), malt and hops. A well-balanced hoppy and malty taste with hints of citrus, honey and roasted notes standing out. Alcohol is noticable. A somewhat sweet, fruity finish with a hint of malt. Moderate carbonation. This is good stuff.


 STEPHENDR (478), California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/510/20
Jul 19, 2006  
Honey color- white head- slight hop, citrus, honey, nose- bitter malt taste- sour aftertaste



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