A sweet and fruity beer with a pleasant, fresh oak, sour after taste.
Brewed with deep roasted barley malt and hops with a slight bitterness. After the primary fermentation and the second bearing, the beer undergoes a third fermentation of approximately 18 months in oak vats. The tannins present in the oak give the beer its fruity character. After this, the “Duchesse” is blended with younger from 8 months old. The result is a full and sweet flavour. A ruby red jewel of 6.2% which is best served between 8 and 12 degrees. A perfect beer!
Ian –
Not for me. Tastes a bit like a poor homemade attempt at cider.
Ben Jones –
Wow. Knew this was a classic but honestly have never had a beer like it. It smells horrible and the first sip was a vinegary shock, but on warming the taste developed and the fruitiness became more prominent. Such a complex and great beer.
Adam Randall –
The classic Flemish brown ale, which is definitely a love or hate beer. Fruitily sweet but with a balsamic sourness which can shock. Soon grows on you – I am in the love-it camp