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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

Duchy Originals Organic Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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52
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Brewed by Wychwood (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Witney, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3413.06/5.03.06/5.05%44.8English pint
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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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 cfrancis (293), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Very smooth beer, hop taste but with little or no bitterness afterwards, which I found odd. Pleasant to the palate but it falls short with the fullness and length.


 drpimento (785), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 11, 2009  
Nice bitter. Got this bottle at Sam’s in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. Poured with a medium tan head that settled down to a partial thin cover and a little lace. Color is a clear nice medium honey amber. Aroma is tropical fruits at first then a little hoppy, malty, and burnt sugar. Flavor’s very similar, but more dominant burnt sugar, and hops. Good carbonation and mouth. Nice bittersweet finish. Session beer.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Bottle at home. Cloudy amber coloured with a medium sized lacing white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits. Sweet flavour of malts and caramel with notes of hops. Sweet finish. Nice aroma, but boring flavour.


 dkoonce (880), People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/103/514/20
Jun 5, 2009  
Bottle. Beautiful copper, clear, with a massive head that laces well. This is what a beer should look like. Peaty-malt aroma, with very little hop notes. Heavy, but dry, with a bit of a sour finish.


 sm89walt (434), Norwich, Norfolk, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
May 22, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear orange-hued amber with a fine off-white head with good retention. Fruity aromas and a caramel maltiness, which is almost choclately at times. A good balance between the caramel and fruitiness of the malts and the grassy hop quality with a mild biscuity tone. Mild carbonation, oily palate texture and lasting hoppy finish. Nice.


apingos (77), Rockford, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/56/103/514/20
May 7, 2009  
bottle. Poured amber, a bit of a skunk aroma at first but the ale tasted sweet with a dry bitter, spicy orange after. Good mouth feel. A bit too much carbonation. not overly hopped.


 Pinball (2693), Allerød, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/511/20
Apr 13, 2009  
50cl bottle at home. cloudy orange, small offwhite head. aroma is dominatd by bitterhops , caramel and toffee. faint smoke or burned plastic. not very appetizing. flavor is caramelly, herbal, bitterhoppy, faint sawdust. much better than aroma, a little too bittersweet for my taste though.


 Theis (3617), Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 8, 2009  
Bottle at home - Easter Party. Clear amber - white head. Berries, caramel, light wood, grass, pine, light pleasant hoppy, citrus, fruity, honey sweetness. OK.



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