Duchesse de Bourgogne Verhaeghe (330ml)
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Country
Belgium
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Region
Vichte
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Sub-Region
Bourgogne
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Size
330ml
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Beer Style
Flanders Red Learn More
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Beer Type
Ale Learn More
Brewery Verhaeghe is the brewery that produces Duchesse de Bourgogne. They are a small family-owned brewery in the southwest of West Flanders, Belgium. The history of the brewery dates back to 1885.
Tasting Notes
Duchesse de Bourgogne is a beer for wine drinkers. The nose has gentle red-wine like aromas, sour cherries, earthy barnyard, and soft toasty oak. The palate is medium-bodied and soft boasting a rich soil and cocoa element quickly followed by a surge of tart cherries and apple peels that finishes complex and dry. A beer to ponder and enjoy.
Method
Flanders red ale is fermented with organisms other than regular ale yeasts, especially Lactobacillus, which produces a sour character attributable to lactic acid. Long periods of aging are employed, a year or more, often in oak barrels, to impart a lactic acid character to the beer. Amber malts are used to give the beer its colour and the matured beer is often blended with a younger batch before bottling to balance and round the character.
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