Duchesse Red
Verhaeghe in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Flemish Red / Bruin Regular|
Score
7.22
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Duchesse RED is a top-fermented Flanders Red Ale matured in wine oak casks for several months and macerated with cherries. Featuring aromas of fruit with hints of almonds and light sour cherries, the taste is initially sweet and fruity and keeps the balance nicely with a refreshing aftertaste.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Hops, Crewe. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal tan head. The aroma has cherries tempered with oak wood and nuts. In the mouth it is definitely sharp and sour but with a little underlying sweetness. Flavour is mainly dark cherries plus oak and currants with hints of vanilla and molasses coming later leading to a rather sharp finish. The jury is still out on this one. Decent enough but too much cherry for me really – I prefer the original version.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hops
on 10 Apr 2026
at 14:05
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Draught @ Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury with Ewan, Mike, Simon, Mark and Soph. Pours a deep dark reddish brown, thin cream coloured head. Bears a deeper cherry sweet resonance and refined barrel aging and excellent harmony of flavours without getting too tangy or sour. Not a tame Duchesse by any stretch but perhaps more mature. Prefer to the original if I'm honest.
Tried
from Draft
at
Admiral Benbow
on 02 Mar 2026
at 08:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18/XI/25 - on tap @ HoReCa Expo (Gent), BB: n/a (2025-1294) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear deep ruby red beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: oh my, very sweet impression, lots of marzipan, almonds, amaretto, feels like artificial flavourings. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty acidic start, sourish, artificial cherry flavouring, candy, but not really sweet or sugary. Aftertaste: more acidic, fruity, very sour finish, artificial cherry candy flavourings.
Clear deep ruby red beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: oh my, very sweet impression, lots of marzipan, almonds, amaretto, feels like artificial flavourings. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty acidic start, sourish, artificial cherry flavouring, candy, but not really sweet or sugary. Aftertaste: more acidic, fruity, very sour finish, artificial cherry candy flavourings.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2025
at 14:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
0.33 l bottle from 'SpeciaalBierPakket.nl', best before February 2027. Hazy, ruby with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Intensely sweetish, minimally sourish, rather fruity and a bit artificial aroma of lots of cherry juice,some almond and light redcurrant. Rather sweet, gently sour, very fruity and a bit artificial taste of cherry juice, almond, vinegar, lemon and some redcurrant, followed by a medium long, gently tart finish. Medium body, slightly astringent and gently effervescent momouthfeel, soft carbonation. Too sweet, even a bit artificial, the base beer too far in the back. Not bad, but still quite disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 20 Aug 2025
at 18:43
8/10
Anton berg cerry madeira
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2025
at 17:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Canned, courtesy of and shared with Brada. Dark brown with large white head. Caramel, sugar, dark fruit. Way too sweet with some tartness. Somewhat artificial
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2024
at 23:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Epcot. Pours dark mahogany with a small beige head, good lacing. Cherries, dark fruit, vanilla, sugar, mild tart. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2024
at 19:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cam from foodery: pours brownish with brownish beige head. Aroma is cherry, sugary pastry, light vinegar. Taste is sweetish, cherry. Pleasant and refreshing.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2024
at 03:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2021 can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a dark ruby red with dark purple highlights and a small off-white head that dissipates. Lovely dark cherry fruit aromas on the nose. As it warms some light toasted vanilla from the oak and vinous red wine character on the palate. Sweet at first, but a nice tart, refreshing finish that lingers. Lots of depth and flavor. Excellent!
Tried
from Can
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 22 Sep 2024
at 02:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Lukt: Syrlig fruktig, marsipan, mandel. Utseende: Mørk brun. Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum. Smak: Syrlig fruktig, marsipan, mandel. Medium: Rating:3,5-747413, Tapp@250ml, ABV@7%, Når@30.08.2024. Hvor: Kjøpt@Mellombels Ølstove, Bryne. Verhaeghe Duchesse Red Sour Flemish Ale - Flanders Red / Oud Bruin
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2024
at 15:34