Bottle 500ml. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
[ Vintage 2007 ]. Clear light to medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is sour sweet pear. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20081230]

Bottle. (as Originals Select Ale) It pours a clear, deep golden body with a finger-thick, creamy, off-white head. Quite sweetish on the nose, with dried fruits, toffee, some raspberries, a touch of alcohol, some nuttyness, dark plums and candy. Candy-ish sweet on the palate, full-bodied, smooth and quite effervescent. Alcohol warmth, hoppy bitterness, dried fruits, some nuttyness or maybe marzipan, raspberry jam, a little metallic note and some toffee as well. Lasting, sweetish finish with dried fruits and a balancing bitterness. Someone mentioned peppery notes too, and I agree on that. Not much though, I probably wouldn’t have noticed if I didn’t accidently see it in another rating. A strange one, both quite complex and quite simple. I like it very much though. A bit too sparkling though. Needs some mature cheese or/and canned pears I think. At least in order to perform at its best. (090222)

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.)

500 ml bottle. Clear,dark amber body with a medium but dense off-white head. Aroma is light malty, slightly burnt caramel and floor sealing. Flavor is sweet malty and caramel with a discreet bitterness. Medium body, quite smooth but rather boring.

500ml bottle as Select Ale from Vinmonopolet, outlet in Tromsø. Clear chestnut body with ruby highlights. Solid stand of off-white head and good glass-lacing. Plain malty aroma. Rather rich flavoured with dark caramel malts up front followed by hints of plums, and spiced with a touch of pepper. Bittersweet tail. Medium bodied [Friday eve at home in Tromsø, 23.01.2009].

Biggish offwhite head. Reddish brown body. Strong fruity roasty nutty aroma with perfumy raspberry notes. Dry-sweetish fruity raspberry taste with wooden rye notes. Faint alcohol heat, slightly astringent mouthfeel. Full body. Dry metallic perfumy raspberry aftertaste with stale papery caramel notes. Quite nice, but not too great, and slightly artificial as well as somewhat harsh. (0.5l bottle, Wine Monopoly.)

500 ml bottle, as Duchy Originals Organic Select Ale, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Also available in Norway at Vinmonopolet. ABV is 6.2%. Clear and deep amber colour, moderate off-white head. Fairly strong and sweetish aroma with vinous and fruity notes (dates, figs), also notes of malts, pastry and caramel. The mouthfeel is fairly rich and full. The flavour is malty but not very sweet, earthy notes, some toffee and caramel, with fruity hops in the finish, leaving a decent bitterness in the aftertaste. Not bad at all.

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.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.[ As Duchy Originals Select Ale ]. Clear medium to dark amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, spicy, toffee, caramel notes, light to moderate hoppy, citrus notes, light alcoholic. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration, and light spicy peppery after burn. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (250808)

Amber colour, tiny white head. Aroma has bitter hops. Flavour is more of caramel malts and bread. Clean palate. Light bitter.