Verhaeghe in Belgium - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

Verhaeghe

Regional Brewery in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1885

Contact

Sint-Dierikserf 1, Vichte, 8570, Belgium

+32(0)56 77 70 32

info@brouwerijverhaeghe.be

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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7.1

dragnet101 (5171) reviewed Duchesse De Bourgogne from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from House of Trembling Madness, online. Pours a dark ruby-brown with small off-white head Aroma is aged, vinous, cherries, spices. Taste is very sour and sharp, vinous, fruity, cherries, oak, yeast. Medium bodied, fine zingy carbonation. A little full on for me.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:22

4.6

Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Duchesse De Bourgogne from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:16

7.9

bhensonb (22552) reviewed Duchesse Chocolate Cherry from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

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

Capped ~375 from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours clear ruddy amber with a significant but transient beige head. Aroma of cherry followed by a bit of chocolate. Dry and tart/sour. Flavor is cherry, astringent wood notes and a touch of chocolate. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 17:24

5.8

Goozen (5540) reviewed Vera Pils from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Golden coloured Belgian lager with an grassy hoppy taste, much better than the nation biggest.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:40

6.4

Goozen (5540) reviewed Duchesse De Bourgogne from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0,25ltr: Dark red coloured ale with an fruity sweet taste and some hints of sourness. An good drinkable Flemish Red indeed.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:40

6.5

Goozen (5540) reviewed Barbe d'Or from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,33ltr: Quite good blond coloured brew, with a good fruity bitter taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:40

7.1

Goozen (5540) reviewed Barbe Noire / Barbe Black from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Opaque black brew when opened the bottle an choclate smell will be noticed. Sweet bitter taste with hints of roasted malts, dark fruits, caramel and vanilla.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:36

Goozen (5540) reviewed Echt Kriekenbier from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 0,25ltr: Red colored brew with an good balanced sour taste and nice sharp cherry hints and some oak.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:32

7.6

Goozen (5540) reviewed Vichtenaar from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 0,25ltr: Dark brown/red colored brew with an sweet taste and sourness in the back. Hints of red berries, slightly roasted malts and the oak-barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:32

7.9

Goozen (5540) reviewed Duchesse Cherry from Verhaeghe 11 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 0,33 ltr: Clear dark red coloured brew with an fine delicious sour taste with hints of cherry, wood and vinegar. Sounds weird but tastes great.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:13

Brewery Stats

Score	6.61
Beers	35
Ticks	1572

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