Duchesse de Bourgogne

Description: Duchesse De Bourgogne from Brewery Verhaeghe is the traditional Flemish red ale. This refreshing ale is matured in oak ... more

Duchesse de Bourgogne ... casks; smooth with a rich texture and interplay of passion fruit, and chocolate, and a long, dry and acidic finish. After the first and secondary fermentation, the beer goes for maturation into the oak barrels for 18 months. The final product is a blend of younger 8 months old beer with 18 months old beer. The average age of the Duchesse de Bourgogne before being bottled is 12 months.

Newest Review: ... either blended with fresher beer or else packaged "neat". The most famous such brewery is Rodenbach, makers of ... more

... the unique and sensational Rodenbach Grand Cru. The most accomplished pretender to the crown is Verhaeghe. Duchesse de Bourgogne is their sweeter more elegant beer. The drier, slightly more traditional Vichtenaar is usually only found in Belgium. When I am trying to lure people into getting the Belgian beer thing, I often aim red wine drinkers at Duchesse, Rodenbach and Vichtenaar. They seem to "get" the oak ageing immediately and then grow into the beeriness....more

More Verhaeghe drinks

Price Comparison for Duchesse de Bourgogne

	Lettres du maréchal de Tessé à Madame laduchesse de Bourgogne etc ... Pages: 545, Paperback, Adamant Media Corporation Last Update 10.12.2009 06:10	£ 12.74	Free! within 24 hours
	The Correspondence of Madame, PrincessPalatine, Mother of the Reg ... Pages: 348, Hardcover, Kessinger Publishing Last Update 10.12.2009 06:10	£ 25.05	Free! within 2 to 3 weeks

Read Reviews for Duchesse de Bourgogne

Duchesse de Bourgogne: A seriously classy act (187 words)
by - written on 23/07/06 (Somewhat useful, 90 readings)
Rating:

The Verhaeghe family brewery at Vichte, near Kortrijk in West Flanders (Belgium) is as higgledy-piggledy an affair as you will find anywhere. As sales grew, each generation added another building without bothering to check whether the heights of the floors matched - so knocking a door through fropm one brewery building to another is a laugh. For centuries the fame of Flemish beer rested on tangy, sourish brown ales that had be stored in oak casks for a year or two before being either blended with fresher beer or else packaged "neat". The most famous such brewery is Rodenbach, makers of the unique and sensational Rodenbach Grand Cru. ... Read the complete review

Lordy, Ladies, keep your dukes off my Duchess! (1681 words)
by - written on 04/12/05 (Very useful, 375 readings)
Rating:

I bet you're all a bit surprised that the Belgian product I'm reviewing here is something other than my beloved chocolate. And I'd be willing to bet that you'd expect someone else here, like proxam or tange for instance, to be reviewing a specialty beer (tange has just posted her review here, by the way). But I do like to think that even a non-beer drinker like myself can have something to say about a product that she doesn't usually indulge herself in. (And knowing me, I'm sure I'll find more than enough to say about any product - large or small!) I also guess you're all wondering how I would come across a beer that impressed me so much as to want to review ... Read the complete review

Duchesse de Bourgogne: The Bird With the Beer! (1038 words)
by - written on 02/12/05 (Very useful, 1215 readings)
Rating:

For the next of my beer reviews I am moving on to another excellent Belgian beer that I sampled at Chesterfield Beer Festival. This is another of my favourites and one that I have since sampled many times, both in Belgium and in the UK. I love Duchesse de Bourgogne and would like to introduce this lovely lady to you! ~~~THE BREWERY. The Duchesse is brewed at the Verhaeghe Brewery which is based in the Flemish town of Vichte. The brewery dates from the end of the 19th Century and they pride themselves on using traditional methods to produce their beers. Their motto is “Better less But Better” ~ not got a clue what it means though I’m ... Read the complete review