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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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 RAYBOY01 (1828), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 12, 2006  
Medium caramel profile. Light floral hopping in the traditional English style. Somewhat bland and timidly bittered. A tad watery as well. Not bad, but I wished for a braver hand at the hops scoop.


 Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Mar 6, 2006  
Nice amber body with a light head. Malts, wheat, oats dominate the aroma. Very refreshing body, good malts but very thin. Again, a thin ending...


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 6, 2006  
Hazy dark amber color with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel malt. Somewhat thin flavor of caramel and toffee with some light hops.


 DJMonarch (6777), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 5, 2006  
Bottle 10/05/2004 Amber coloured with some alcohol present. Fruity aroma. Pleasant lasting malt finish.


 Kinz (2201), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 2, 2006  
Medium amber, decent head. Aroma was very nice, loads of caramel and a bit of toffee, almost like a barleywine. Very faint vegetal hop, but it didn’t detract. Flavor was nothing like the nose. Medium biscuit malts, faint floral hop bitterness on the finish. Very clean flavor, this wasn’t a bad beer, just not what I expected from the aroma.


 IrishBoy (2705), Bakersfield, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 28, 2006  
Orange-gold color with a whitish orange head. Hoppy aroma. Flavor is sweet turning to a light hop bitterness.


 pantani (1896), Salinas, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 28, 2006  
Light amber body, no head. Aroma is malt, slight hop element, rather boring. Taste is caramel, weak hop background, and that’s about it.


 henry3r (586), Wichita, Kansas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 26, 2006  
The bottle poured a clear ruby-amber colored beverage with a small creamy white head that was mostly lasting and left good lacing on the glass. The aroma held a predominance of bubble gum and rock candy with notes of grass and malt in the background. The body was medium to thin with smooth carbonation and a thin, dry texture. The flavor starts off somewhat sweet but this quickly turns to a nice bitterness which lasts throughout the long, somewhat dry finish.



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