Svesse (15611) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Bottle) Pale amber colour, cloudy, with frothy off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of apricots, orange and citrussy hops. Slightly perfumy. Fruity taste with orange peel, apricots and citrussy hops in a rather short finish. Slight wheatish hints towards the finish. A decent summer ale, but hardly exciting.
omhper (44378) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. Golden colour, very lightly hazy golden, firm head.Orangey nose. Medium sweet and lightly fruity with light bready malt. Some unpleasant boiled vegetables lure underneath a thim blanket or grassy, orangey hops. Vairly clean mouthfeel. The finish has a slight metallic edge, some sticky sweet orange marmelade and some light salty bitterness. Industrial and dull.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
[b]bottle[/b] Deep golden with a slight haze. Low but firm head. Leafy hops on the nose with notes of oranges. Flavour is biscuits followed by a grassy bitterness. Somewhat watery. An OK session beer.
Fin (18271) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[i] Bottle from Waitrose, Thame, Oxon, 27-07-07 [/i] Poured golden in colour, some hops on nose, quite bitter and dry tasting with some sweet malts undepinning things. Not bad.
Anders37 (30391) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Malty bitter hoppy floral aroma. Sweet malty bitter and hoppy flavor, with some citrus hints. Has a dry bitter finish.
TBone (30035) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BB 01/2008)
Clear amber brown color, small white head. Light yeasty, bready and hoppy aroma. Bready malty, slightly yeasty with late bitterness from English hops. Maybe ok as a session beer, but could be more powerful. The best part of this is propably stylish bottle, it is not par with beer itself.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity hops along with slight grassy and earthy notes. Flavour is zest, fruity and flowery hops and some dry fruits. Aftertaste has zest and slight earthy notes in it. Refreshing!
gnoff (11190) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
(50 cl bottle from Systembolaget) Clear golden color, white head. Sweet and ahoppy slight soapy scent. Mostly harsh bitter taste, husky. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
cagarvie (39800) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Golden orange colour, with a very slight medicinal tones in a high tart hop fruit. Goes down better than initial sip sugests
berkshirejohn (10200) reviewed Duchy Originals Summer Ale from Waitrose 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Completely flat whenpoured, and rather lifeless. Pleasant citrus tang, but disappointing overall.