Verhaeghe Duchesse Chocolate Cherry

Duchesse Chocolate Cherry

 

Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Flemish Red / Bruin Special
Score
7.29
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 103
Chocolate Duchesse Cherry“ is as its name suggests a chocolate and cherry beer. This beer is an ode to Belgian know-how. We are known and recognized for our delicious beers and exquisite chocolates. We had the crazy idea of mixing the two and making them a unique product.

Brewed only with real Belgian cherries (no flavor enhancers or cherry extracts). The fruit comes from the region of Sint-Truiden in Limburg (Belgium).
The base beer of the “Chocolate Duchesse Cherry“ is a red-brown from West Flanders with mixed fermentation. This beer has a high fermentation base and is then matured in oak casks where it undergoes a second wild fermentation. The tannins in the casks (very large barrel used for the storage of great Bordeaux wines) give Chocolate Duchesse Cherry its sweet, fruity, refreshing and bittersweet taste.

Once the base beer is ready, the master brewer adds 20 Kg of "Kriek Gorsem" (Belgian sour cherries) per 100 liters to the beer. For 6 months, the beer macerates with the cherries. The cherries give a fresh and fruity taste to the beer which has a sweet and sour base. After, we add cocoa to the beer which will soften (without going overboard) the beer and give it a chocolate aftertaste. the total process take 24 months.
 

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle Beer Wiking 2025-09-18 Göteborg AR: chocolate, cherries, wee sour sweet, yeasty AP: dark ruby , frothy head F: chocolate, cherries, wee sour sweet, yeasty

Tried from Bottle from Beerviking on 21 Sep 2025 at 21:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Kicsi, nem túl tartós hab, sötétvörös szín. Istállós, balzsamecetes, meggyes, hordós illat. Savanykás, istállós, balzsamecetes, meggyes, hordós, vaníliás, leheletnyit kakaós íz. Közepesen testes, erősen szénsavas, icipicit kesernyés. A sima változat jobban ízlik.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2025 at 16:46


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7.9
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Die fruchtig-saure Baronin 👑 haut sich hier etwas Schoki 🍫 in die Figur 🤰.
Es hat die klassischen Sauerbiernoten nach Kirsche 🍒 und Zitrone 🍋 gepaart mit etwas heller Schokolade im Abgang, wenn dies auch etwas intensiver ausfallen könnte.
Ein schön volles Sauerbier mit extra Frucht und Säure 🍋‍🟩 , mit einem starken runden Körper.

Tried from Bottle from BeerLovers (Heineken) on 04 Jul 2025 at 19:33


8

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2025 at 16:27


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml. @ Movino, Nørregade, Holstebro, Danmark. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As Duchesse Chocolate Cherry ]. ABV:6.8%. [20250613]. 8/4/8/4/16

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2025 at 13:35


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Duchesse Cherry Chocolate 6,8% ABV. Dunkles Kirschrot und blank. Es riecht nach wenig Kirsche und viel Holz, dazu aber noch unangenehmes Vanille  Aroma. Sehr sprudelig, sehr sauer und vollmundig . Im Geschmack auch Balsamico und Frucht aber auch das schon gerochene Vanille Aroma. Das wirkt künstlich und ist nicht wirklich gut. Note 4 Hop 2 vollmundig 5 rezent 7 Säure 7

Tried from Bottle at Dulle Griet on 01 May 2025 at 09:16


3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Ok, funk and chocolate do not go togethet. This is one nasty beer. Aroma is basement funk and chocolate. Tasye is cheesy, fruit and chocolate.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:00


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

В аромате преобладает все таки вишня, в целом запах сильный лишь на оттенке нотки от шоколадки, весьма странной, не молочной и не горькой, кислота есть, немного нотки от хлева. Цвет безумно красивый, яркий и тонный, как от сока вишневого, немного пенки которая быстро опадает со звуками шипения. Вкус уже почти без шоколадки, много вишни, кислота весьма сильная но быстрая, при этом нотки от хлева все не уходит. Очень сильная газация, даже может слишком местами. Послевкусие уже больше с соком, но на уровне все равно. В целом, версия с только вишней мне зашла больше.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:29


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7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Capped ~375 from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours clear ruddy amber with a significant but transient beige head. Aroma of cherry followed by a bit of chocolate. Dry and tart/sour. Flavor is cherry, astringent wood notes and a touch of chocolate. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 17:24


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Foodery I think: pours brownish red with white head. Cherry, vinegar and a hint of chocolate. Acidic. Sour. Sweet. A bit decadent.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 23:48