Duchy Originals Organic Ale
Waitrose in Bracknell, Berkshire, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Wychwood BreweryBitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
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Score
6.21
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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.
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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5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours muddy brown in glass. Nose is malts and some resins. Taste is almost all dry malt. Pretty dry overall.
Tried
on 20 May 2010
at 15:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle) clear amber brown colour with small, short lasting white head; slightly fruity, predominantly malty aroma; malty flavour with long very slight bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2010
at 16:43
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Grabbed a bottle on walk home from train station along with two other beers i hadn’t tried, one tragically cracked open in my bag making it a soggy 2 mile walk home. Pours a light amber color. Its dry, slightly bitter, with some earthiness. Maybe some subtle fruit tones and some hops. This screams Britain to me and is pleasant enough for a hot April Fools Day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2010
at 16:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Organic english ale Pint glass out of a bottle. Beautiful redish-orange, clear color with a massive full and chunky head. Aromas of bread, sweet malt, some grassy hops. Mouthfeel is medium-thin and has a slick glide across the tongue at first, but lingers for a while and ends with a full-ish sense from the barley. Nice malt on the front leads to bread, biscuit and granite on the finish - the barley is really present - and some hops are present as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2010
at 12:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear amber-tinted copper coloured body with a thin (one centimetre) slightly off-white head. Decent looking, nothing special though. Aroma of fruit, raisins, pit fruits, caramel, malt and a touch of hops. Medium-bodied; Malty flavour up front with an odd cereal taste in the middle along with a nutty finish. Aftertaste shows caramel, pit fruits and an overwhelmingly bitter malt taste - no hops at all. Overall, a decent beer - not amazing by any means, but not horrible either. I sampled this 500 mL bottle purchased from the LCBO (Summerhill) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 11-October-2009, sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 24-October-2009.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2009
at 14:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very nice and appealing aroma of breadiness and barley that makes the brew definitely inviting. Looks good, nice brown colour, could likely use more head. I like this flavour - bready but fruity, some sweet notes and citrusy hints, slightly dry finish but not too dry. Feels okay on the mouth. A really good ale overall and definitely worth a little attention.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2009
at 18:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark reddish colour with small head.Aroma is sweet malty and flowery,mild tosted mouthfeels and good mild caramel flavor,hint of dry fruits aswell.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2009
at 06:08
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice copper color. Fruity hop aroma. Thin malt flavor, with a bit of caramel and fruit, yet decent hopping. Good enough but unexciting and too light.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2009
at 22:28
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle at home. cloudy orange, small offwhite head. aroma is dominatd by bitterhops , caramel and toffee. faint smoke or burned plastic. not very appetizing. flavor is caramelly, herbal, bitterhoppy, faint sawdust. much better than aroma, a little too bittersweet for my taste though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 13:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Biggish yellowish head. Slightly hazy brownish amber body with small floaties. Fruity wooden perfumy aroma. Sharp dry-sweetish fruity wooden taste with toffee, perfume, and metal notes. Sharpish mouthfeel. Fullish body. Dry citric fruity wooden aftertaste with lingering perfumy notes. Meaty, papery notes linger. Not bad, but not great, either. (0.5l bottle, from some corner store in Copenhagen. BBD 2009-04-13.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2009
at 13:25