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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Roodbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is fris fruitig zuur met duidelijk iets van kersen en wat rode wijn. Eigenlijk past de kersensmaak perfect in dit bier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2023
at 11:30
6/10
Sour, acidic, cherries, raw, fruity, sweet
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 21:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Barwa ciemnorubinowa, lekko zamglone, piana biała, średnio obfita, dość trwała. W aromacie wiśnia, lekki ocet, nuty korzenno-drewniane. W smaku dość wytrawne, spora kwaskowość, wiśnia, fenole, czerwone wino, trochę nut skórzanych a la bretty. Nieco przypraw i tanin na finiszu. Alkohol nie wyczuwalny, lekka słodycz od owoców. Bogate i złożone. Prawie tak znakomite jak wersja podstawowa.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2023
at 18:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, thanks Mowbeer for sharing! Ruby red body, off-white head. Sour, acidic, cherry aroma. Cherry aceto. Sweet, funky taste, cherry, light glue, some bretty toothrot, light, pleasantly sweet and sour. Prefer the choco cherry version but this is very good too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2023
at 17:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours reddish brown, almost plum, with Aroma is a mix of wood, leather, cherries. Body is average, with good carbonation. Taste is medium high sour, though the acetic character is less marked than in the normal Duchesse. Final is fairly long.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2023
at 19:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at 't Mouterijtje Kortrijk. Dark ruby brown red beer thin pink head. Cherry aroma with some sourness. Yep that's pretty good. I like the cherry fruit. It's sour but not overly sour. A bit sweeter than the straight Duchesse. I liked it. Woke my palate up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2023
at 17:49
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Apr 2023
at 16:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled (from Alko Web). Deep murky ruby colour with a mediumsized pink head. Aroma is raspberries, some tartness and mild fruity tones. Flavour is raspberries, fruity, some toffee and raspberry jam.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2023
at 01:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Erlings. Clear red brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, cherries, dark fruit, tart and light wood. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 070123
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2023
at 15:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8th November 2022
Clear cherry red amber beer, good but short lived pink head. Light and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Nice cherry, not too sour thanks to some oak barrel vanilla. The sourness of the base beer seems tamed here, just a touch of aceticness on the dry finish. Nice cherry beer then, tres drinkable.
Clear cherry red amber beer, good but short lived pink head. Light and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Nice cherry, not too sour thanks to some oak barrel vanilla. The sourness of the base beer seems tamed here, just a touch of aceticness on the dry finish. Nice cherry beer then, tres drinkable.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2022
at 01:22