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Duchy Originals Organic Ale

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 jerohen (1614), Bussum, Netherlands
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 24, 2005  
Bottled. Amber coloured, small head. Nice hoppy character, pleasantly bitter. Not overly complex, but worth a try.


 NJBeerman013 (778), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a golden amber mahogany in color with a pure white head. It has a clean, fresh, tangy hop aroma with a slight citrus touch. It has a rich, full, malty flavor with a ripe, fruity citrus note. It has a medium mouthfeel with a clean, refreshing finish.


 LoveCaissa (873), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 25, 2004  
Is this Wychwood? I’ll be damned! Beautiful reddish brown colour, high carbonation. Aroma and flavour is nicely malty and very hoppy. Long and dry bitter finish. Nicely balanced but it needs more complexity for a top rating IMHO.


 RichardGretton (3145), Leicestershire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 4, 2003  
Dark ale with a dryly hopped and very bitter aroma. A very bitter and hopped flavour. A very bitter and dry drink but nice.


 SilkTork (4173), Rochester, Kent, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 13, 2003  
Bottle. Well, is like other Wychwood beers or not? That seems to be the main question. It doesn't have the Wychwood aroma. Indeed, this smells as though it has been more fully brewed and has better quality hops. The aroma is top drawer - good musty oak. The appearance is Wychwood - a sort of bland attractiveness; mahogony. Better mouthfeel than Wychwood - not sticky, though there's a harshness that I don't like. A pleasant, slightly tangy ale as a traditional bitter should be, with an attractive musty oak. A very decent ale indeed. The character is more in line with Usher's than Wychwood.


 Cartoonkhaki (1150), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 12, 2007  
Clean amber, orange. Little off white head. Malty sweet aroma, with like floaral hop aroma. Flavour is sweet and malty caramelish. Had a dry finish with light hop bitters.


 dwyerpg (2537), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/102/514/20
May 9, 2008  
Smells very nice. Chewy caramel. A nice light flavor. A bit of floral aspects but also stays on the teeth for awhile. Maybe lingers just a bit too long.


 Kinz (2205), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 2, 2006  
Medium amber, decent head. Aroma was very nice, loads of caramel and a bit of toffee, almost like a barleywine. Very faint vegetal hop, but it didn’t detract. Flavor was nothing like the nose. Medium biscuit malts, faint floral hop bitterness on the finish. Very clean flavor, this wasn’t a bad beer, just not what I expected from the aroma.



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