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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

Duchy Originals Organic Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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

Witney, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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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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 CapFlu (3480), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/511/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Purchased at the Spinnakers Spirit Merchant in Vic West. Pours a headless light copper body. Nose of caramel malt and golding hops. Very mild flavour, the hops kick it up a bit but all in all its fairly plain like most of the organic beers I’ve encountered. Somewhat thin texture with a tart hop finish. Average


 oh6gdx (8794), Vasa, Finland
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, yeast and some wooden notes. Flavour is yeast and some wooden notes. Flavour is yeast, some hay and grass along with harsh notes of wood.


 moelikebeer (219), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottle. Slightly foggy orange/amber pour with little head. Aroma of british malt and hops. Similar flavor. Light body; somewhat watery.


 gilvanblight (390), Windsor, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/513/20
Jul 20, 2008  
Deep orangeish red pour with a nice bubbly head Scent of hops and malts, the malts are sweet smelling almost like honey. Very full bodied. Definately malty with a bitter hopped finish. A little too bitter for me. Hat that bite the back of your throat taste I am not fond of.


 FatPhil (3440), Espoo, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
500ml bottle (Sainsbury’s)
Rich orange. Soft sweet aroma. Reasonable carbonation. Some early fruity hops, solid malty body, and late biting hoppiness. Well balanced, overall solid bitter. Oozes quality.


 Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/512/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Bottle. Pours an amber body with a light head. Nice barley sweetness and malty but somehow you can tell its organic. A little bit of citrus orange, some light hoppiness.


 cellar (483), Dublin, Ireland
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/513/20
Jul 1, 2008  
thx 4 great tasting Kimjohansen, formely known as Beljohansen :-) light amber, no head, malty frutity aroma. Sweet


 JohnnyOS (646), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Pours cloudy dark with thin off white head. Floral hop and malt aroma with a crisp hop and caramel flavor.



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