Verhaeghe Vichtenaar

I really loved this- tasting just like the Duchesse, this beer is thick, sugarry, and sour. Barnyard flavors- hey and earth, plums, wood. Bottle from Knightly Spirits, Orlando.

25cl bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a chesnut brown colour with a reddish sheen. Beige long lasting head. Vinous nose. Aromas of sour cherries, toffee, strawberries. Quite tart. Flavours of sour cherries, red wine vinegar, stewed apples. Finishes fruity and sweet with only a hint of sourness. Excellent sour ale almost as good as Rodenbach’s wonderful grand cru.

Rustyham, thanks. Brown pour. Sour aroma with some red wine vinegar and some light sweet tart notes. Flavor has some sweet tarts for sure, cherries and berries.

Clear, reddish pour, soapy white head. Aroma = Duchesse, but more buttery. The flavor is similar, but continues to improve as the beer warms. Cherry, raspberry, mild strawberry. Sweet, but never too sweet. Maybe not quite as good as Duchesse, but very close once the beer has had a little time to breathe.

Pours reddish brown with a big tan head. Aroma is sour fruits, with a little cherry and apple coming through. Flavor is interesting malty, slightly sweet roasty flavor with a little bit of sourness. Very good.

A nose of oak, vinegar and lingonberries. Taste is of red wine, strawberry jam and a good deal of smokey funk. It’s sweet, drinkable and really good. Not unlike its sibling, the Duchesse, albeit not as good.

dark brown pour. lots of frothy tan head. malty fruity nose. Sweet taste with fruit notes remaining on the palate. Very clean fruity finish.

Aroma of green apples and toffe. Appearance is brown and red with a small white head. Flavor is souer and sweet with hints of apple tart and maybe cola. A very nice beer with a gentle oak aged character.