Verhaeghe Duchesse Cherry

Duchesse Cherry

 

Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Flemish Red / Bruin Regular
Score
7.49
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 110
“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 .
 

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7/10
Botella de @Cimmeria, Oviedo. 21/09/2021. Color ambarino espuma escasa, aromas cereza, sabor cereza, ácida, notas madera.
Tried on 21 Sep 2021 at 18:14

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
bottle. Clear red, red-brown, small red head. aroma is cherries and belgian sour beer flavor is sweet cherries, sour beer, wood. the beer is okay balanced, I do think the cherry sweetness is too high, though. It seems to me that the otherwise balanced sweet cherry and sour ale never reallly meets and blend well. Usually i find cherries a plus, but with this one, the base beer is probably already so good it can't be improved upon by adding cherries.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2021 at 09:46

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, 330 ml at Ambasada. Shared with Miro B. Brown with off white head. Malty, cherry, quite sweet, sugary, medium+ carbonation. Way too sweet.
Tried from Bottle from Ambasada. on 26 Aug 2021 at 21:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Ruby-colored, clear, pinkish foam. Aroma: sour, cherry, a little pomegranate, cherry stone, wine vinegar, caramel. Sour taste, a bit sweet, cherry, a little homemade wine and oak, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2021 at 08:41

7/10
De gewone is beter. Beetje munt, zuur, fruitig, kersen.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2021 at 20:49

7.5/10
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2021 at 21:29

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle. shared with tomek today at my home. wisnie, slodycz, nadmierna slodycz, taki wisniowy kompot slodzony. jest tu tyle cukru co podatku w tym zakfaszajacym produkcie. barwa fajna czerwona, krwista niczym zeby draculi po objedzie. dla mnie zle, za malo wytrawne i kwasne. przeslodzona ta wisienka na torcie.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2021 at 19:01

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Brygshoppen. Nice head with good duration. Color is ruby. Aroma and taste are rich cherry, sour fruits, wood, brett, malt, hops and has a nice cherry tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2021 at 17:52

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle 330ml @ home
Pours dark red with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, tartness, funk, cherry and oak. Taste is medium sweet and light sour with a long light tart, funky, cherry and oak finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2021 at 19:40

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
From bottle i Kristiansand 23.03.21. Red copper. White head and lacing. Excellent aroma and taste of cherries, cherry pits and malt. Dry and acid mouthfeel. Good!
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2021 at 22:44