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Duchy Originals Organic Ale 3.06 344

Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3443.07/5.03.06/5.05%45.7English 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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 stouby (1950), Holbaek, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 18, 2005  
Bottle, in GB. Redbrown with light brown head, normal size, quickly gone. Almost no lacings. Aroma of malt (nutty, caramel) and hops (flowery). Flavor moderat sweet, light bitter, long bitter finish. Light to medium body, watery, soft carbonated. Organic.


 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/512/20
Mar 9, 2008  
A dark orange to copper color. A slightly musty aroma with some brown sugar, molasses, caramel and some light citrus. The flavor is somewhat sour with a hint of sweetness. Some lemons, caramel, and toffee. Only a hint of bitterness in the finish. This one might have some unwanted age on it but overall a decent session ale.


 DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/512/20
Sep 2, 2004  
Bottle from Waitrose, Marlborough, Wilts. Amber coloured, with a small white head and lacing. Rich toffee aroma. Very balanced session ale. Subtle toffee flavour - slightly dry to finish, with a lingering aftertaste. Nutty flavour + chocolate bunny and jelly goldfish - reminds me of a trip to Thorntons. Overall: quietly effective.


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Dec 1, 2004  
Bottle from Sainsburys>. Sweet & malty with a few hops. Not really that nice, there’s worse though, but if people can rate this high imagine if they tried a decent cask conditioned bitter?


 frankenkitty (1903), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/513/20
Mar 27, 2006  
Poured with a creamy tan head over a mid-hazed, coppery/orange body. Aroma finds soapy florals over dusty grains. Sharp sourness emerges later with an earthen/herbal tilt. A smooth palate carries an unassuming bittersweet flavor to a sweet & sour finish with light vegetal notes. Not bad... simply nothing much.

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 pantani (1902), 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.


 Beerdedone (1885), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a rich mahogany color with a small beigh head. Aroma of toasted grain, caramel, light oak, and some light citrus. Flavor is caramel, light fruit, toffee, malt sweetness and a hint of floral hops. light to medium body with a dry and bitter finish.


 TheGrandMaster (1869), Auckland, New Zealand
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/55/105/513/20
May 9, 2005  
Poured from the bottle, a copper brown with a little carbonation, the head disappointingly disappears quickly. The aroma is very strong - of fruity hops and a hint of melon. The flavour is malty, a little sweet in my opinion. On the palate though is the perfect amount of bitterness.



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