Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne

Brewed by Verhaeghe
Style: Sour Ale
Vichte, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Dark redish brown, cherry, malty, yeast, little wood, little dark fruit, dry finish.

I tasted this beer before I got my account with ratebeer, so I can’t really remember all the flavors.

Bottle: Nice mahoghany pour with a reddish tint. Smaller beige head with great lacing. Aroma is sort of vinegar filled at first, but softens up to a cidery type of fruit and tart. Mellow flavors with some barrel aged notes. Sweet and little bits of tart. Not as sour as anticipated and certainly no vinegar in the taste. I like a sour to be more of a sipper; I started to put this one away far to quickly. **Note: Once it warmed up to room temp, the flavors blended and balanced much better. Should have waited longer at first, but with improvement comes a few more points on the rating. Thanks to tytoanderso for this as a bonus brew.

Picked up in Bruges by my friend Gyurke. Pours a reddish brown color. Aromas of dark fruit, yeast, and a touch of wood. Flavor is sour cherries, yeast, wood, and a couple of sweet tarts.

Wow, a nice fruity beer. Bought @ the beerkoning Amsterdam. Dark red/amber color. Fruity taste like grapes etc. Very nice

Pours a reddish deep brown, copper when held to the light. Off white head without much retention. Smells strongly of balsamic vinegar, yeast, cherries, and grapes. Has a sharp up front taste, which proceeds to the feeling you have just ate a slice of bread. Not as sour as the aroma leads on, but could be too much for some people.

Brownish-red pour with quickly diminishing head. Lovely color. Smell is of sour fruit, cassis and cherry, with strong balsemic vinegar. Taste is of dark cherry and fruits, sourness of vinegar. Palate is fizzy and clean. This beer is a real treat, a personal favourite.

Wow - pours a dark reddish brown, almost no head, but a bit of lacing is evident with each sip. Amazing flavor, sour apples, malt and grapes. Finishes very dryly, with oak and soil.