Verhaeghe

Regional Brewery in Vichte, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 1885

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Sint-Dierikserf 1, Vichte, 8570, Belgium
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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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Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:42


7

Botella @Cerveceria Internacional, Sevilla. 06/12/2024. Color amarillo corona de espuma blanca aromas y sabores cereal, especiados malta, caramelo

Tried on 06 Dec 2024 at 19:22


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#winter

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2024 at 00:14


6.5
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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Foodery I think: pours brownish red with white head. Cherry, vinegar and a hint of chocolate. Acidic. Sour. Sweet. A bit decadent.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 23:48


7.1
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
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
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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a dark ruby with a small slightly pinkish white head. The aroma is an exotic mix of molasses, balsam and cherries. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before it is swamped by extreme acidic bitter and sourness, with a slight juicy hint. Flavour is cherries and dark fruits. Sourness lasts into the finish. This is a decent properly sour beer – though I think I preferred the original version.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2024 at 21:24


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle with a best date of 2023-01-22. Pours a deep burgundy with a small off-white head and lots of floaties. Lovely cherry skin and fruit aromas on the nose. As it warms brett starts to show. Hay, brett, sweet cherry fruit and dry cherry stone are all present. Intense cherry flavor on the finish with lingering brett. Quite enjoyable even a few years base the BB date.

Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 14 Sep 2024 at 01:27


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