Waitrose Duchy Originals Organic Golden Ale

Duchy Originals Organic Golden Ale

 

Waitrose in Bracknell, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brewed at/by: Wychwood Brewery
  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
5.69
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 21
Duchy Originals Golden Ale is infused with a hint of elderflower. Specially selected ingredients give it a warm golden colour with a fruity aroma and a crisp bitter finish. Traditionally brewed using a blend of the finest aroma hops and malt, including Plumage Archer barley, harvested from selected organic farms in Britain, including the Home Farm at Highgrove.
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle: Deep golden, a bit unclear, stable medium-sized off-white head, grainy and slightly bisquity nose with some citrussy edges; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied, soft MF; slightly lingering citrussy-bitter finish. 0.K.…

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2012 at 08:24


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle all the way from Waitrose. A malty aroma but has the flavour of a poor 1970's lager with a strange and quite unpleasant aftertaste. Will avoid in future. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2012 at 13:31


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle shared with friends. Thin white head. Clear amber/golden pour. Quite nice. Low carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2012 at 13:24


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle. Clear orangey golden colour with average frothy to creamy lacing white head. Slightly fruity and malty aroma. Malty taste with a fruity touch, husk overtone.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2012 at 12:48


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

(bottle, 4.2% abv) Slightly unclear, deep golden colour with a medium-sized and slightly off-white foamy head. Slightly grainy malty aroma flowery notes and hints of citric hops. Mildly bitter flavour, light bodied with a moderate carbonation. Dry malt-character with shy grainy and doughy notes; dry and moderately bitter finish with delicately citric hops. 28.V.12

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2012 at 23:42


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Clear amber, small head. Faint hay aroma. Dry and grainy with medium body. Notes of berries and ash. Low bitterness. Decent effort for being Wychwood. --- Beer merged from original tick of Organic Ale on 16 Jan 2005 at 13:20 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5. Original review text: Bottled. Hazy golden. Dryish and light bodied. Some sulphur and metal. Clean mouthfeel, low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2011 at 08:36


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[500ml bottle, gift from wife] Colour veering towards mid-brown - darker than one would expect for the style of ale. Good and lasting creamy head. Sweet, fresh, delicious aroma. Taste initially sweet and malty, and very smooth. The middle of the bottle went very sour for a few mouthfuls - quite a strange interlude - before the sweetness returned towards the end of the bottle - it was only at this point that the elderflower suddenly came through. Left a pleasantly light, fresh, hoppy aftertaste. This went down very easily, and would make a nice summer ale. A good effort from Charley boy (or at least from Wychwood Brewery, who have contract-brewed this beer for him) but it was somehow a little too light. If you’re looking for a similar organic ale with just a little more kick than this, try Shepherd Neame’s Whitstable Bay. However, I will definitely look forward to other beers from our monarch-in-waiting!

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2008 at 18:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home ... amber ... light fruity hop ... balanced fruity ... light fruit little malt ... gentle floral hop ...

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2007 at 14:36


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

[i] Bottle from Sainsbury’s Kidlington 13-11-07 [/i] Poured golden in colour with white head. Some fruit, hops and a bit of malt on the nose but I didn’t get much elderflower. Tasted fine, bit florally but again not really noticing the elderflower, some bitterness and a bit of crisp lemon there.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2007 at 01:45


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle from Waitrose. Copper colour with thin white head. Slightly sulphur and spicey hop aromas. OK in mouth with more spicey hop on the end. Almost like ginger. Fine , just a little bit dead and metalllic

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2005 at 15:02