Verhaeghe

Regional Brewery in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1885

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Sint-Dierikserf 1, Vichte, 8570, Belgium
Description
Brewery Verhaeghe Vichte is a small family-owned Brewery in the southwest of the province of West Flanders, Belgium. The history of the brewery dates back to 1885. Brewery Verhaeghe Vichte was founded as a brewery-malterie by Paul Verhaeghe. Most of the Belgian breweries of this time organised their sales in the immediate vicinity of the brewery. In this sense we can say that the Verhaeghe brewery already showed a great commercial activity in the previous period to the great war. Through a railway line linking Vichte with Brussels, the Verhaeghe brewery was able to sell a significant part of its production on the Brussels market. At the outbreak of the first world war, Paul Verhaeghe responded to the call of the Belgian Government to resist the German occupation economically by stopping the production. The refusal of brewing during the war was responded in turn by the Germans by the dismantling of the brewery. After four years of inactivity, the brewery had lost all its customers in Brussels and was put in front of the investment of a whole new production equipment. In the post war period the brewery remained bind regionally and adapted to new trends in the market. The first brews of beer of low fermentation by the brewery date from this period. The brewery was focused also on the improvement of the quality of its existing beers.

At the present time the Verhaeghe brewery feels itself confirmed in its earlier choice : a little less, but better. Not only in Belgium, but also far outside the Belgian borders, the consumer prefers more and more beers of high quality with a unique identity. The commercial success of the "Duchess of Burgundy" beer,is the best proof : The Duchess of Burgundy is a red brown of West Flanders, matured in oak casks and is brewed according to an ancient method that is geographically linked with the southwest of the province of West Flanders.

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6

Sour, acidic, cherries, raw, fruity, sweet

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2023 at 21:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Barwa ciemnorubinowa, nieco zamglone, piana jasno różowa, dość obfita, dość trwała. W aromacie sporo czekolady, nieco wiśni i octu. W smaku półwytrawne, wiśnia, czekolada, czerwone wino, średnia kwaskowość, ocet. Po ogrzaniu wychodzą taniny i nuty skórzane, lekkie przyprawy na języku. Wysycenie w normie, ciało też. Bardzo dobre, jednak podstawka była wyraźnie lepsza.

Tried on 19 Aug 2023 at 19:46


8.4
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


6

Sour, acidic, sweet, cherry, chocolate, sharp

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2023 at 21:46


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Smell-weak acidic tones, weak sweetness. Foam-thin, acidic, weak sweetness, weak sugar. Head is small, pink. Appearance- brewer bottle cap, simple label. Clear dark ruby color, weak carbonation. From - pint Taste - weak sweetness, weak acidic tones, bitter tones. Sweet sou. I dont like this, I don't like style :D I see the appeal, but this is not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2023 at 18:26


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

33 cL bottle. Pours a dark, ruby brown color, with a big, bubbly, beige head. The aroma is bright cherry, milk chocolate, lime, vanilla, and light earth. The chocolate really comes forward in the aftertaste. Sweet and sugary, with a mellow, bright sour flavor. Light, zesty, and slick. Easy, beautiful sour.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2023 at 14:04


7

Tried on 10 Jun 2023 at 17:04


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

OK, so I had the duchesse years ago and I really digged it & liked it; and I thought this was the same beer but it's not. So, here goes: Pour is darker brownish, almost dark marron in nature. Smell is that of a sweeter wild fermented beer. Ummmmm, taste is so good, I love these flemish beers, they are so enjoyable. Has all the hallmarks of the first duchesse I did. Yea, this stuff is good, I should have bought a six pack of these. Crisp fun cutting co2 too! Man, so enjoyable, so refreshing, just like a good ol' rodenbach. Did they figger out a way to mass produce this stuff? considering the price on the clearance rack? Less than 2$??? Every beer should be a tart flem, ferget about those stupid ass IPA, this is what the old country beer is all about, yummy, yummy. Oh, its all gone, darn, darn!! Wow, a lovely beer tasting experience.

Tried on 09 Jun 2023 at 20:46


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Clear dark red mahagony with a small white head leaving no lasting impression. Aroma of balsamico vinegar and wood. Taste of cherries, raspberries, wood and vinegar. Sour and tart. Low bitterness. Medium carbonation. Easy drinking, very refreshing and so very delicious that I struggle again to not just chug it away.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2023 at 07:14


8

Super tidy, cherry, chocolate, tart and delicate. Quite impressed!

Tried from Draft on 25 May 2023 at 21:18