Duchy Originals Organic Ale
Only available bottled (not bottle conditioned).
This was the first beer brewed for the Duchy Originals organic range. The beer is brewed using a rare breed of organic barley - Plumage Archer - harvested from The Prince’s Home Farm at Highgrove.
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.
This was the first beer brewed for the Duchy Originals organic range. The beer is brewed using a rare breed of organic barley - Plumage Archer - harvested from The Prince’s Home Farm at Highgrove.
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.
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412 reviews
Witney, England
Community reviews
Bottle. Very clear bronze with no carbonation. Malty medium body with a clean sharp taste, Malty aftertaste. A well bottled and quite impressive beer.
Fruity, but weak, aroma. Clear amber (not ruby). Pleasant creamy and fruity taste, with a full body. A pretty decent English ale.
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I like this stuff. Beautiful amber color and an attractive label on the bottle. Clean, crisp, slightly bitter with a flavorful dry finish. Medium-bodied mouthfeel, nice level of lively carbonation and I really like the hops in this stuff.
Caramel and a tinge vinous in the aroma while the appearance is medium amber and cloudy. The flavor is a mix of old ale and premium bitter, the vinous part of an old ale and general characteristics of a premium bitter. Rather different for a premium bitter, the vinous flavor is a bit out of place and the body was relatively thin, but overall it wasn’t that bad.
Appearance: clear dark amber with copper highlights. Aroma: sour fruit and musty grains. Taste: slightly sour and bitter, with hoppy fruit up front and some sweet malts. Finish: medium bitter tang of hops gives way to tart dryness and hidden undertone of sweet graham cracker. Notes: While the very end of the finish was a pleasant surprise, this was simply not my cup of tea, guv’nor.
Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, fruity and hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. A bit light bodied. A pleasant surprise. 050311
Pours a slightly hazy Amber with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is dominated by sweet, bready malts. Flavor has a similar, sweet bready malt flavor, with a little citrus and a slightly hoppy, slightly bitter finish. This is a clean beer. Drink it at room temp... you miss most of the flavors when it’s chilled.
This pours a cloudy red with some orange hue’s. It has a white head that reduces to a cap and some spotty lacing. It has a mild amount of carb and a medium body.
On the nose some strong grapefruit notes. As well a little dark fruit.
The flavor has some almost sour citrus notes more than likely grapefruit. It does feel a little thin sometimes. None of the elements are really over powering the other.
It finishes with a blend of sour and bitterness that leaves an odd aftertaste. This is a strange beer. Not sure what I could finish off with here. I guess it’s worth a try. The one positive thing is some of the proceeds go to charity. So if me drinking beer helps charity than I am all for it.
Bottled. Thx Peter
Deep golden with a small head.
Light toffee-aroma.
Light bitterness and body.
amber, hazy, white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, salty, medium body, thick feel, average carbonation,
Prob wouldnt go out of my way to purchase this. It is not quite a typical bitter. It pours quite cloudy. it has a nice taste though
Bottle @ Home
Pours a cloudy amber with a fluffy off white head, dissipates quickly. Smells strongly floral and fruity. The flavour is long lasting, consisting of a hoppy bitterness with spicy/fruity malt notes. Has a dry bitter finish. Full bodied. A fine beer.
Originally rated May 2007. Comes in a classy-labeled brown bottle, that seperates this brew from others that Wychwood brews. Best before date is 21 JAN 08. This organic ale pours a clean copper colour with an off-white head, that is creamy, but does not stay as long as most beer of this type. Still, some decent lacing remains on the glass and a tiny coating on the brew itself. The carbonation is average. The aromas are on the sweet side, but not too much. A bit of fudge and fruits. Wow ! The taste I must say, is very, very good and well-balanced. Some grain and caramel at first, with then, some mild bitterness, wood and smoke in the aftertaste. All of that, and not too strong, so that this brew is still refreshing for all seasons. The mouthfeel is almost dry. Usually, I find organic beers to be quite different, but if someone did not know this fact, they would think this is a regular, very well-brewed bitter. Surprisingly inexpensive at the LCBO, for this kind of quality. Very much recommended.
Le liquide voilé a une teinte cuivré orangé. La tête mousseuse est petite avec une faible rétention. Les arômes de grains maltés grillés sont délicats. Les houblons manifestent timidement leur caractère épicé et terreux. Au goût, les houblons se définissent davantage avec des notes légèrement fruitées. Le malt est aussi présent avec des notes grillées et des notes de caramel mais légèrement en désaccord de force avec les saveurs et l’amertume des houblons. En bouche, le liquide me semble faiblement structuré avec sa texture moyennement mince et sa faible effervescence. En finale, que de faibles mais assez longues morsures laissées derrière la langue.
Bottle @ home. Dark amber pour, small off white head.
Aroma is fruity hops, malt and some spices.
Flavour is quite dry mild hop bitterness with malts and spices.
Nice one.
Decent enough. Hazy orange with a smallish head. Sweet malt and a hint of fruit on the nose. Some spiciness, but a nice mild flavour overall that leaves behind a dry bitter finish.
Nice to see that Prince Charles has finally accomplished something of note!
Bottle from Sac Bevmo. Pours cloudy dark amber with a decent beige head and a floral aroma. There is a decent barley malt flavor with some toffee and a carbonated bitter finish.
Created by Charlie himself, so says the 500mL bottle. Pours hazy gold with a thin off-white head. Subdued aroma of grass, citrus and burnt malt. medium sweetness and low bitterness. Nothing offensive, but bland. Light-medium bodied and watery, soft carbonation and a toasty finish. Perhaps he created it with a pre-hopped home brew kit.
Toffee nose. Clear amber, thin yellow head. Malty toffee flavor. Standard bitter. Remarkably unremarkable. Faint orange finish.
Unsure about this. It was pretty good but also not great. If I was the Prince of Wales I would offer some princely advise about how I would like my ESB to be a bit different but still let the royal brewer know what I liked about the beer to offer positive encouragement. Other Duchy Original projects are pretty good though including the Green tea. Nice to see it is organic. Serving: Bottle
This ale poured a cloudy dark orange colour with a nice frothy off-white head. Scents include citrus, spice and some dough. First taste was a little over carbonated and a little thin.Strong hop flavour with a bitter finish. Hops continue through the palate a little too much.
500 ML. In a pint glass.
Forms a neat, albeit pretty small whitehead. Pours amber. A bit hazy, but still translucent.
The aroma is predominantly malty : mostly bread, with a small hint of nuts. While one can notice hops in the aroma, their mostly subdued. Overall, the aroma could be a little stronger.
The taste is basically bitter, but that one isn’t extremely bitter either. A light-to-medium body, with very soft carbonation. Notes of butterscotch, bread (not the right-out-of-the-oven variety) and plum in this one. Rather subtile. Can be enjoyed, and proves once again that it’s totally possible to brew good organic beer. But -- in the end, it’s not much more than an average brew.
EDIT : Never rate a beer before finishing it! The more I progress, the more the "not-so-fresh" bread taste becomes unbearable.
500ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber, with a firm head. As it progresses, it leaves good lacing. The nose is mainly smooth malt, with hints of sweet citrus and floral hops. The initial hops flavour is very interesting: fruity, with strong candied orange peel notes. It continues into a slightly unusual, yet quite pleasant, sweet malt finish, with a lingering aftertaste. A very enjoyable beer - I must applaud HRH Prince Charles for his fine creation, as I am certain he had much to do with the production of this beer. Jokes aside, it is great to taste an organic beer that is actually very enjoyable, as opposed to bland or unpalatable, which describe most other organic beers I have had.
Appearance: Pours out a clear, bronze-hued body with a finger of white head depositing small flecks of suds on the way down.
Smell: Light nose smelling of barley-based bread with some distant, vaguely sweetish toffee accents and notes of spicy, dried herbs.
Taste: Humble, even obsequious maltiness tasting of three-day-old bread marked with a bit of sweet toffee. Lightly spicy, herbal hop character hinting at basic black tea. Modestly bitter. A little barnyard apple comes about as it warms. Gently drying finish with those tea-like tones lingering into the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-low carbonation. Soft, easy-going mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Simple, subtle, but easy to drink, it’s a satisfactory beer to wile away the time with. So about as much as anything rolling out of Wychwood aspires to be.
A bit cloudy, brown to copper coloured. This beer has an interesting aroma, more complex than bitters from the larger breweries. Butterscotch, earthy, slight roasty notes make for a complexity that stands out. The palate is quite full, finishes dry and has good malt and hop aroma. Im thinking there is a reasonable yeast derived character here too, would love to know which yeast they use.
A light copper colored beer that is fairly well carbonated. It has a two finger tan head that never goes away and leaves some lacing. The aroma is soft malt and light cinnamon. Flavor offers sweet fruit, rich malt, mild spice, and equally mild hop bitterness. A pleasant beer that wold make for a nice session.
Pours muddy brown in glass. Nose is malts and some resins. Taste is almost all dry malt. Pretty dry overall.
Pours a ruddy, slightly hazy gold with a nice creamy, slightly offwhite head. Nose is by far the best quality, with a pronounced rich malty character usually associated with Old Ales: strong notes of golden raisins, earthy british hops, and dried figs. Unfortunately, the palate doesn’t live up to the aroma: feels very thin for a bitter, with a mild medicinal hoppiness dominating the cereal malt base, finishing clean and with mild bitterness and some oxidation. A quaffable if unremarkable bitter, could probably benefit from bottle conditioning.
Pours a tan to orange color with modest head, and a bit of haze. Nose has some black tea & herbal components, with maybe a hint of orange. On the palate the tea flavor returns with some apple cidery flavors, and a modest amount of hop bitterness to balance the sweetness. Creamy mouthfeel with nice carbonation, and rather easy drinking.