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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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3433.07/5.03.06/5.05%45.1English 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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 Wulfstan (509), California, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/520/20
Dec 21, 2007    Updated: Feb 5, 2008
This is a nice, solid, and very satisfying & refreshing English bitter/ESB. It is amber with a medium, dense light tan head that slowly dissipates to a ring and wispy top. The aroma is rich, toasty grain, toffee, flowery hops with a pine element, and toasted bread. The taste is a solid bitter/beer character, hard to pin down otherwise in the way I like bitter. It has elements of toffee, earth/leaves, both very light, in a body that is mostly toasty malty grain and piney hops, with a clean, crips, smooth bitterness taking over after a second, followed by a nice lightly toasted grain finish. It is crisp and clean, with great bittersweet balance, and a fruity hint. It’s a little less dry and bitter than Black Sheep Ale, but also a tad less clean and aromatic.


 bembelembe (150), Zagreb, Croatia
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/519/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Very good organic beer. Roasted malt with very herbal flavor mixed with bitter hoppy taste. Traces of fruit (orange), caramel aroma and hints of nutmeg. Bittery herbal aftertaste. Amber-copper color. Medium carbonated.


 shrubber85 (2881), Wallhalben, Germany
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/105/517/20
Aug 5, 2004  
A very nice flowery hops aroma. Tan with a light brown head. Hops are much lighter in flavor - suprisingly mild but with a full body. A very nice bitter.


 Whelk (124), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Jun 20, 2007  
Bottle--known as Dutchy Originals Organic English Ale in the US, it pours a deep coopery-ruby with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is earthy, light citrus fruit and malt. Flavor is caramel, light orange/fruity, and is quite smooth.


 Sigmund (2275), Hafrsfjord, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 28, 2004  
(500 ml bottle, bought in Denmark). Amber colour, moderate head. Lovely hoppy aroma, hints of heather, tobacco and spices. Flavour is nutty and biscuity, a hint of toffee but not really sweet, good bitterness which lingers in the aftertaste. Very nice.


 thehinge (244), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 21, 2009  
Murky orange pour. Thin white head. Grassy, hoppy aroma. Front end has hints of spices with undertone of oranges. Nice and crisp on the palate. Aftertaste is just subtly bitter.


aknod (16), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 17, 2007  
worth trying. solid, balanced and is not heavy on the palate or your gut. It froths nicely without the overburdening head that never ceases. One characteristic is its clean tasting properties which draws attention to the care taken to produce the beverage. Brownish in color, almost an amber hue. Enjoy!


 beervana (781), Libertyville, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Jun 2, 2006  
(04.23.06) One pint, 0.9 oz brown bottle from Whole Foods, Deerfield, IL. Poured clear amber with small white head. Good carbonation. Fresh fruity/malty aroma. Medium bodied ale that starts dry with light toasted malt flavor. Finished dry with light hop bitterness. Mild delicate malt flavor. Well-balanced, this is a delicious drinkable ale. Hard to believe that this very good beer was brewed by Wychwood as I tried three of their other beers and found them to be wanting.



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