Duchesse Cherry
Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.48
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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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7/10
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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
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle 0,33l from pivogrando.cz online shop) Overall: Pleasant sour with cherries. Aroma: Sour, tart, brett, light cherries. Appearance: Dark ruby-red. Minimal, pink-ish head. Taste: Medium sweet, medium sour, tart, cherries, light leather. Palate: Medium body. Sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2024
at 20:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft, flight pour, at The Bar on 22, 3/12/24. (1) Clear reddish color, beige head. Tart, cherry, and funk. Sweeter and less vinegary than I expected. Big punch of deer cherry over some sour / funkiness. Tasty. I liked this one quite a bit.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2024
at 17:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Skaal Sønderborg. Quite acidic aroma, acetic, fruity, with notes of nail polish remover. Clear deep red colour. Small head. The flavour has a sweet cherry note with lots of cherry pit and acid. Tastes good. Bites a bit. Late paint thinner finish.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2024
at 19:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours nearly clear ruby with airy pinkish head. Dry, vinous aroma with notes of cherries and hints of malt. Dry flavour of berries and sour yeast, with sweetish notes of cherries and touches of malt. Dry aftertaste with estery, malty, and cherrylike notes. Decent work.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2024
at 19:07