Duchy Originals Organic Ale
Waitrose in Bracknell, Berkshire, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Wychwood BreweryBitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
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Score
6.20
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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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6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500 mL bottle from Whole Foods Market in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a medium amber color with a large white creamy head. Good retention and lacing. Fruity and slightly bitter hops in the aroma with some toasted grain notes. Taste is toasted malts with tea and fruity hop notes. Medium bodied. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 12:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber colour, tiny white head. Aroma has bitter hops. Flavour is more of caramel malts and bread. Clean palate. Light bitter.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2008
at 15:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
16.9oz bottle-pours a rich tan head that laces and slightly hazed copper color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, bread, medium fruit-plum. Taste is earthy medium malt-caramel, bread, medium fruit-plum, some herbal. Some off notes. Mild carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2008
at 07:33
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
From the comments in the store I thought this would be great, but it was actually disappointing. Amber, small beige head. Very sweet and musty malt nose. Starts sweet, unpleasant astringent mid, mild lasting hop bitterness in finish which somehow isn’t quite right.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2008
at 20:27
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, yeast and some wooden notes. Flavour is yeast and some wooden notes. Flavour is yeast, some hay and grass along with harsh notes of wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2008
at 03:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
A hazy dark amber ale with a thin off white head. Light herbal hops and malt in aroma, faint. In mouth, good crisp ale with good resinous hops, light caramel, and light mineral notes, herbaceous qualities. Nice ale. Bought at LCBO. BB 5/12/08.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2008
at 19:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cL bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a lacing off-white head. Light sweet caramel malt and minor fruity note in the aroma. Flavour holds a light spiced and liqourice like hops note. Light fruity hops flavour following. Goes into a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2008
at 12:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 21 JAN 08, savoured on March 29 2008; eye: copper with a reddish hue, clear, slight effervescence, beige head made up of rather large bubbles, a bit of lacing; nose: floral hops, caramelized malt, light fruity; mouth: grainy caramelized malt, light fruity, light hops, a bit of pepper, rose water, banana just before the finale, finale in grainy malt, a bit watery, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 21 JAN 08, savourée le 29 mars 2008; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte rougeâtre, claire, légère effervescence, mousse beige formée de bulles plutôt grosses, un peu de dentelle; nez : houblon floral, malt caramélisé, léger fruité; bouche : malt caramélisé granuleux, léger fruité, léger houblon, un peu de poivre, eau de rose, banane juste avant la finale, finale en malt caramélisé granuleux, un peu aqueuse, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2008
at 14:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear deep amber with meidum off white head. Sweet aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with hops, caramel and malty notes. Ends bitter. Very good balanced beer.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2008
at 16:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsburys. Pale copper coloured with a decent off-white head. Earthy malt aroma with a whiff of grassy hops. Flavour was malty, with a touch of orange peel and a decent bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2008
at 14:52