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Duchy Originals Organic Ale 3.06 345

Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3453.07/5.03.06/5.05%46.5English 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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 Nuffield (2728), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 18, 2003  
A bottle purchased from the a small table that Wychwood put up at the Charlbury Beer Festival, a local 17-beer town hall event; brought back to Texas and shared. Bright gold with big head, only a thin head retained. Decent hop aroma, not revealing the presence of some dirtier flavors, musty and malty. Smooth palate. Above average, and compliments to Prince Charles for driving the organic line, although that angle is not something that drives most beer drinkers, I think. I agree with Duff that this beer doesn't escape from the overall mediocrity of composition that Wychwood gives most of its beers.


 Defreni (1034), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 6, 2007  
Flaske. Lettere mørkerødlig, og meget domineret af malt. Ekstrem drikbar med en meget lille snert af bitterhed til sidst. Udemærket af en økologisk øl, med et håb om at der snart kommer mere af den skuffe.


 sm89walt (466), Norwich, Norfolk, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
May 22, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a clear orange-hued amber with a fine off-white head with good retention. Fruity aromas and a caramel maltiness, which is almost choclately at times. A good balance between the caramel and fruitiness of the malts and the grassy hop quality with a mild biscuity tone. Mild carbonation, oily palate texture and lasting hoppy finish. Nice.


 Swalden28 (1531), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Bottle. Poured a somewhat hazy orange with a very nice floral/citris/malty aroma. Flavor was nice, malty with a hoppy light citris. Medium mouth feel, medium carbonation.....pretty decient ale.....I liked it.


 moelikebeer (220), 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.


 terrybail (340), London, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 31, 2009  
500ml bottle from the LCBO Pours a cxloudy oraongy copper witha small beige head some lacing on the way down the aroma is sweet carmal and hops The taste is light and refershing slight bitter hop finish


 PaulHegedus (468), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottle at cellar temperature. It’s a really warm amber orange in colour with a sizable off-white head. There’s soft toffee in the aroma with some dark grapes, raisin then orange and light grapefruit in the hops. The mouthfeel is thin and a bit on the watery side. In flavour, it’s an ale full of bready malt, some honey, orange zest with light grass and dandelion in the hops. The finish is medium with citrus and mild bitterness.


 cfrancis (357), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Very smooth beer, hop taste but with little or no bitterness afterwards, which I found odd. Pleasant to the palate but it falls short with the fullness and length.



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