Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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

Clear amber with a thin head. Sticky English hop aroma, mild, a bit spicy with citrus hints. Buttery caramel notes also. Nice big smooth palate. Toffee and mellow, slightly woody hop flavor. Perfect balancing bitterness. Lingering hop finish. Nice ale.

This looks like a decent ESB, with a copper-colored body, clear, and a white head. The aroma is quite malty, with hints of caramel and yet it is slightly bitter. Decently full-nosed, but not overwhelmingly so. The flavor isn’t very complex, and not too bitter. Pretty smooth, drinkable and light.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 21 JAN 08, savoured on March 29 2008; eye: copper with a reddish hue, clear, slight effervescence, beige head made up of rather large bubbles, a bit of lacing; nose: floral hops, caramelized malt, light fruity; mouth: grainy caramelized malt, light fruity, light hops, a bit of pepper, rose water, banana just before the finale, finale in grainy malt, a bit watery, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 21 JAN 08, savourée le 29 mars 2008; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, légère effervescence, mousse beige formée de bulles plutôt grosses, un peu de dentelle; nez : houblon floral, malt caramélisé, léger fruité; bouche : malt caramélisé granuleux, léger fruité, léger houblon, un peu de poivre, eau de rose, banane juste avant la finale, finale en malt caramélisé granuleux, un peu aqueuse, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

Not my favorite example of the style. Malt and English hops, but not Marris Otter, not Fuggles or Goldings. More floral than bitter in the taste, although moderate bitter finish. Overall sense is a beautiful beer, more watery than bitter. Beautiful deep amber, clear, with bright head that vanishes quickly. Nose of malts and floral hops. Taste of malt and floral hops, but without intensity, moderate bitter finish. Thin in the mouth.

Bottled from Sainsburys. Clear amber body, slight fruity nose, nice malt lingering finish.

Bottled. Beer is clear, medium-brown. Head is frothy, off-white, smaller than average. Mostly lasting<P> The aroma: Well, it sure smells British. ;) It’s malty with light notes of toasted grain, caramel; Hoppy with moderate notes of dusty, sharpish resin/pine, herbal note of weak mint; Yeasty with moderate note of dank basement; Light miscellaneous note of sweet, rotting, wooden planks.<P> The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter with a short, lightly sweet, trace acidic finish. Watery.<P> Body is light, texture is watery and the carbonation is softer than average.

Bottle.

Pours amber with a limited head. Restrained aroma, grassy with a bit of apple. The flavor is grainy, bready, metallic, and disappointing. None of the warm malts of the better examples of the style, and not much going on here.

Robe ambrés légèrement voilée surmontée d’une mince mousse blanche qui s’estompe. Arômes de malt, de houblon herbacé et de levures. Saveurs de fruits et de houblon citronné.