Duchy Originals Organic Ale

1 pt. bottle. Pours a hazy amber/orange with a small, creamy, white head. The head is pretty quick to fade. Honey, heather, a touch of yeast, and a bit of citrus in the nose. Medium low carbonation with a dry mouthfeel and a light body. Honey notes, malt, and a solid bitterness on the palate. It is okay, but nothing spectacular.

Reviewed 04/02/2009 (Bottle): Pours a cloudy orange red body, dark. Foamy whitish colored head, diminishing. Sweet fruit aroma. Very dusty musty English smelling aroma. Watery, not carbonated honey taste. Sweet tasting but not sickly palate, or taste. Very English tasting.

smells like an englishmans breath ... decent lacing .. . some sweet aromas .. . a decent english ale not that offensive.. pretty good head .. . giraffes!

Pours a deep amber with almost no head. Aroma of plums and English hops. Taste is the same with sweet malt and understated bitterness. While not one of my favorite ESBs, it’s a pleasant session beer nonetheless.

Ruby red colour with grippy sour grapes and strong grains. Quite chewy. very nice alse.

A small redeaming feature is the crisp pureness to the taste....but that crisp pureness holds very little body and character, with zero aftertaste and absolutely nothing on the nose. I tried hard to pick out the barley in this one and I’m sure it did add to the pureness...but it certainly didn’t play the tasteful role I expected. Unfortunate here as I love organics...

Bottle. (as "Organic English Ale"). Sweet caramel aroma. Cloudy orange body, small off-white head. Flavor is moderately sweet, very malty and caramel. Not bad, but not terribly interesting.

Bottle. Pours a murky copper orange with a thin white head. Malty aroma with just a hit of hops, the taste is bitter with plenty of malts, with a bitter dry finish. Not a bad beer one of Wychwood better efforts.