Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne

On tap. Ruby brown with a tiny off white head. The aroma is cherries, wood and funk. Tart flavor at first then the sweetness comes in and balances it out, the sourness is there but not overpowering. There is a almost foamy mouth feel while it’s in your mouth and leaves a clean tart taste in the finish. This is a great beer, the oak flavor and the bugs give this one a great complexity.

Bottle. Pours a lightly hazy brown with a medium to large tanned beige head that slowly falls off. Light wood and hay, touch of funk and some candied apples. Light apple and caramel, nice sweetness. Finishes with a nice tingly hint of sourness and some nice sweet wood notes. Not nearly as sour as I usually like, but an excellent introduction to the style.

bottled, pour very deep ruby with medium off white head, aroma of sour/apple/fig with bread, sweet and tart up front with huge carbonation, slight grapefruit flavor, clean residual tart flavor in end, zero hops noted, could drink it down like fruit juice

A wonderful beer. Pours the color of old-fashioned birch-beer, with a lovely aged ivory head. In a tulip glass it smells like dreid figs & dark caramel. A lovely bright sweetness with a refreshing carbonation reminiscent of San Pellegrino water. Paris perfectly with cold ham slices on a hot summer day. Smooth, long finish. Many women would find Duchesse an inviting door to the world of fine beer - share a bottle with your girlfriend and you’ll have a convert.

Bottle from La Bodega Beer of the Month Club. WOW, this is beautiful. Pours a reddish brown with a light tan head. The nose reminds me of wine, much like a nail polish remover. Not bad but different. Once you take a drink it is a totally different brew. This is so smooth and fruity, lots of cherry. There is a good amount of carbonation. This dances on your tounge beautifully. There are sweet, tart, and sour notes all the way through this beer. The finish is smooth going down, a dry beer. Very tasty, and very drinkable. I love this sour ale, I WILL get this again.

bottle. Wow this is the second time I drink this and the aroma is so vinegar, almost fresh ketchup, hard nose to get over. Flavor of fresh cherries with silky finish. It’s beautiful once it’s in your mouth.

ruby red pour with a large head with a red tint...Im not sure what’s up with this beer, but I cant get past the vinegar, acetone nose, flavor is sweet and tart with cherries in the finish