Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne

In the bottle thanks to Rich S. of Beerme.com. Such a dark brown sepia color that it is nearly black. Medium white head. Musty fruity and large acetone notes in the aroma. Flavor is candy sweet and has a thick chewy body. Very complex in all its rich fruity flavors. The oakiness is there, but hidden behind the port flavors. There’s a lot going on with this one.

rich red amber hue with a thin white head that never really went away. tons of lacing. aroma of vinegar, cherry and green apple. taste -- sour apple, light pepper, sweet. great palate. vinous I think. a little tingly carbonation and then tart acidic finish. I’ve had some sour ales on my travel but am a relative newbie at this point. I feel like I’ll like them eventually. this is good.

750 ml cork and caged bottle purchased from Oak Tree served in my Duvel 135th Anniversary tulip. Pours an ugly murky brown with a very large and very long lasting foamy very light beige head. I would have gave this one a 3 on appearance if it wasn’t for that incredible head. Aroma of rotting fruit, very tart and sour with some vinegar as well. Light bodied with light bubbly carbonation and a smooth finish. Flavor is sour and tart with lots of fruit.

Very enjoyable. The nose is the down side and gave me bad feeling. Fig prune and date rotting fruit. This belies the mild sweet and sour ballance of the brew that makes it so drinkable. Notes of sugar snap peas. Red brown with a wet bubbly head.

Enjoyed one of these, dont think I could drink more than one though. A little like spoiled wine, very sour cherry flavor. I dont think i would buy this again, but thats just my taste in beer. Would recommend anyone to try it.

a nice surprise from Bob while sunning in Pasadena. a fruit front starts off followed by a sour candy after taste. nice sweet floral sugars. big fluffy brown head. nice from start to finish.

Picked this up from Westholme Stores, Goring on Thames, Oxon leg 5 of the Thames Tipple, Goring to Wargrave 14-06-08 consumed 15-06-08 Had this a few times before when in Belgium but never got around to rating unfortunately. Pours reddy brown flew out like an erupting volcano, head is off white. Aroma is sour with some fruity sherbert, taste is lovely sour fruitiness there is a real lovely cherry spikiness to this, quite lovely I forgot how nice this was.

Dark, Dark red pour with big fluffy carbonated head. With a sour, malty and bread aroma, maybe slight vinegar. Sour fruite taste. Its not called a sour ale for nothing! This is my first beer like this.....it was a great taste its judt not for me. I loved the color though