Duchesse Chocolate Cherry
Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Special|
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7.29
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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.
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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Olive-coloured bottle, 33 cl, purchased at the LCBO - Rideau on 10 August 2023, savoured on 27 May 2025; eye: rosewood-coloured, opaque, no effervescence, patches of beige head, no lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, cherry, balsamic vinegar; mouth: acidity, sourness, cherry, balsamic vinegar, light woody notes, finale in balsamic vinegar with presence of residual sugar, medium-bodied, good carbonation, mildly sweet, smooth texture; in summary: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille olive, 33 cl, achetée à la LCBO - Rideau le 10 août 2023, savourée le 27 mai 2025; œil : bois de rose, opaque, pas d’effervescence, îlots de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, cerise, vinaigre balsamique; bouche : acidité, aigreur, cerise, vinaigre balsamique, léger boisé, finale en vinaigre balsamique avec présence de sucre résiduel, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille olive, 33 cl, achetée à la LCBO - Rideau le 10 août 2023, savourée le 27 mai 2025; œil : bois de rose, opaque, pas d’effervescence, îlots de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, cerise, vinaigre balsamique; bouche : acidité, aigreur, cerise, vinaigre balsamique, léger boisé, finale en vinaigre balsamique avec présence de sucre résiduel, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
from
LCBO 38 - Rideau & King Edward
on 27 May 2025
at 20:08
4/10
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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
3.4/10
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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
8.5/10
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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
7.9/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose is balsamic, cherry, red berry, funky, brett, cherry pie, overlayed with milk chocolate. Taste is puckering sour, blasamic, raspberry, brett, funk, cheese, oak leading to cheap milk chocolate, lemon, green apple. Its a really nice beer, but the chocolate element does not work well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2024
at 20:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Roodbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is licht friszuur en fruitig met overduidelijk iets van kersen en een vleug cocao. Heel goed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2024
at 11:43
8/10
Tried
on 17 Aug 2024
at 20:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
14/VI/24 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ home, BB: 16/VI/22 (2024-389)
Clear red brown beer, creamy smooth yellowish to off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: lots of cocoa powder, dry, earthy, wood notes, sourish impression, lactic acid, a hint of vanilla, caramel, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sour start, lots of chocolate notes indeed, milk chocolate, fake ersatz chocolate, fruity, red berries, some vinegar, a bit sweet, pretty oxidized. Aftertaste: some cardboard, oxidized (my bad, I know), sugary, very sour, a little bitter, fruity touch in the finish.
Clear red brown beer, creamy smooth yellowish to off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly. Aroma: lots of cocoa powder, dry, earthy, wood notes, sourish impression, lactic acid, a hint of vanilla, caramel, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sour start, lots of chocolate notes indeed, milk chocolate, fake ersatz chocolate, fruity, red berries, some vinegar, a bit sweet, pretty oxidized. Aftertaste: some cardboard, oxidized (my bad, I know), sugary, very sour, a little bitter, fruity touch in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Dranken Geers
on 14 Jun 2024
at 19:00