Duchesse Cherry
Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.49
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“Duchesse Cherry“ is as its name suggests a cherry beer. Brewed only with real Belgian cherries (no flavor enhancers or cherry extracts). The fruit comes from the region of Sint-Truiden in Limburg (Belgium).
Unlike the more famous Kriek beers, the basic beer of the "Duchess Cherry" is not a Lambic. but a Flanders red ale of mixed fermentation. This beer has a top fermented base and is then matured in oak casks where it undergoes a second wild fermentation. The tannins in the foeders (very large barrel used for the storage of great Bordeaux wines) give the Duchess 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 24 months of process, the beer is ready to be filtered and racked .
Unlike the more famous Kriek beers, the basic beer of the "Duchess Cherry" is not a Lambic. but a Flanders red ale of mixed fermentation. This beer has a top fermented base and is then matured in oak casks where it undergoes a second wild fermentation. The tannins in the foeders (very large barrel used for the storage of great Bordeaux wines) give the Duchess 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 24 months of process, the beer is ready to be filtered and racked .
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
(Draft at Akkurat, Stockholm, 17 Apr 2026) Ruby red colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, spicy nose with notes of cherries, almonds, oak wood and hints of vinegar. Fruity, tart taste with cherries, oak wood, almonds, brown sugar and balsamic vinegar. Hardly any bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Rich, tasty and complex. The cherries add an extra dimension to the woody acidity. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Akkurat
on 23 May 2026
at 21:39
7/10
To my dear friend Louise, who loved the original Duchesse.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2025
at 17:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Kicsi, nem túl tartós hab, sötétvörös szín. Istállós, meggyes, hordós illat. Édeskés-savanykás, istállós, balzsamecetes, meggyes, hordós íz. Közepesen testes, erősen szénsavas, leheletnyit kesernyés. Isteni finom.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2025
at 17:21
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2025
at 19:08
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Duchesse Cherry 6,3% ABV. Dunkelrot und blank mit wenig Schaum. Es riecht leicht nach Kirsche und ganz intensiv nach Holzfass und Brett. Der Antrunk beginnt vollmundig, angenehm rezent und sehr sauer. Im Geschmack nur wenig Kirsche, dafür viel Balsamico, minimale aber spürbare Restsüße. Adstringierender Nachtrunk mit wenig Hopfen. Super gut. Note 9 Hop 2 vollmundig 5 rezent 5 Säure 7
Tried
from Bottle
at
Dulle Griet
on 01 May 2025
at 09:14
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2025
at 22:44
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Аромат спелой вишни, а скорее даже черешни, совсем тонкие легкие нотки алкоголя и брожения. Сильный душок от сена и коровника, в хорошем смысле этого слова, также немного хмелевых ноток и яблок. Цвет потрясающий, бледно красный, без осадка, пенка чуть розоватая, мыльная. Вкус не такой кислый как я ожидал, уже больше вишни во вкусе чем черешни, есть нотки других ягод вроде клюквы. Классические нотки моченых яблок, но не сильно ударивших по небу. При глотке резкая но быстрая и не бьющая по горлу кислинка, ягодная что ли. Затем легкая терпкость от косточки вишни, буквально ощущаешь спелую вишню во рту, кайф. Хотя это длиться очень даже быстро, к сожалению. Но в целом прост топ от мира кислого эля.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 0,33 ltr: Clear dark red coloured brew with an fine delicious sour taste with hints of cherry, wood and vinegar. Sounds weird but tastes great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a dark ruby with a small slightly pinkish white head. The aroma is an exotic mix of molasses, balsam and cherries. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before it is swamped by extreme acidic bitter and sourness, with a slight juicy hint. Flavour is cherries and dark fruits. Sourness lasts into the finish. This is a decent properly sour beer – though I think I preferred the original version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2024
at 21:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle with a best date of 2023-01-22. Pours a deep burgundy with a small off-white head and lots of floaties. Lovely cherry skin and fruit aromas on the nose. As it warms brett starts to show. Hay, brett, sweet cherry fruit and dry cherry stone are all present. Intense cherry flavor on the finish with lingering brett. Quite enjoyable even a few years base the BB date.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 14 Sep 2024
at 01:27