{"id":579,"date":"2008-11-14T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T11:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=579"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:13:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:13:11","slug":"duchy-originals-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/11\/14\/duchy-originals-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchy Originals Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duchy Originals Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve already said<\/a> how utterly indifferent I am to the organic fad, so when Prince Charles’ outfit present me with a ‘classic ruby ale’ to try, I’m flooded with conflicting emotions: apathy, curiousness, anti-Monarchism (but I always have that), a desire to not give money to Prince Charles but still to have his beer, and — above all, thirst. My conflict was solved when a customer bought one for me, out of the blue. Nice.<\/p>\n

Which is a good word for the beer: nice. It won’t change your life, but it’s solid. Not overly ‘ruby’ for a ‘ruby’ ale, you’d have to say, but it’s a good little quaffer.<\/p>\n

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Diary entry #63, Duchy Originals Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Duchy Originals Organic Ale. 14\/11\/08 $12.5 @ Malthouse. 5.0% 500ml. Shouted by a customer, so my republican cred is intact. An organic ruby ale. Classic English. Don’t give a toss about organic-ness, of course, but this is very pleasant. Quite accessible, I think. Some reviews say its hardcore. Maybe my taste is skewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve already said how utterly indifferent I am to the organic fad, so when Prince Charles’ outfit present me with a ‘classic ruby ale’ to try, I’m flooded with conflicting emotions: apathy, curiousness, anti-Monarchism (but I always have that), a desire to not give money to Prince Charles but still to have his beer, and … Continue reading Duchy Originals Ale<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,6,17],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-ale","tag-pages","tag-england"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":600,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/11\/25\/three-boys-golden-ale\/","url_meta":{"origin":579,"position":0},"title":"Three Boys Golden Ale","author":"Phil","date":"November 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Pure summer gorgeousness. 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