Duchy Organic Old Ruby Ale Plumage Archer
Waitrose in Bracknell, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.48
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Clear amber beer, moderate rocky off-white head. stays as a filmy layer on surface. The aroma is candy, biscuit, fruit esters. Medium body. Oily to creamy texture. Malty taste with lots of caramel, lollipop, esters again, light hoppy grassiness. More hops would made sense, I guess. Still decent enough.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head. Aroma is biscuity malt, caramel, dried fruit or red berries. Taste is medium sweet, toffee, toasted grains, malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle at home, 23/02/19. Light brown with a decent off white head. Nose is stewed fruits, brown bread, hint of red berry, biscuit. Taste comprises fruit slice, dried fruits, malt forward, grains, biscuit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Passable number or at least the best of a bad bunch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from their West Byfleet branch. Fruity slightly vinous and malty aroma. Light chestnut. Thin creamy off-white head. Light bitter and malty but the sweet nuttiness is what first comes through. Medium bodied. Verging on creamy. Average carbonation. Long sickly finish. It's alright just a tad too sweet for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the Waitrose at Gloucester Rd. Pours clear, bright copper with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, slightly roasty malt. Med body. Flavor is sweet, slightly roasty malt, but there’s some floral, some fruit, and particularly I’m picking up something like plum. Drier than not. Moderately bitter. Individual flavors are light, but together the sum is impressive. Not a 100 ale, but a nice, flavorful work-a-day drink. Underrated IMHO.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Waitrose, Manchester. Deeper amber with a head. Aroma is sweet, taste is sweet too with a hint of red berry. Certainly a bitter in style and fuller-bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Copper in colour, with a tight, off-white, head and plenty of carbonation. Malty aroma, with some ripe cereals, a hint of red berries and leafy hops. Flavour was sweetish, with some barley sugar, slightly bready malts and more fruit before a moderately bitter finish. Solid drinking.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, 500 ml. Dark cloudy orange, minimal white head. Caramel, malty, some dried fruit, toffee. Sweet. Low carbonation. Medium- bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from Waitrose, Wokingham. A gold amber pour with a fast fading white head; the aroma is fruity with a touch of spice; sweet caramel taste with a spicy bitterness; and a pleasant savoury finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Waitrose. Appearance - deep copper to red. Nice fluffy head. Nose - toffee and some red fruit. Light biscuit. Taste - tonnes if caramel biscuit. Light redcurrant note. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture. Dry crunchy finish. Overall - liked this.