Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale Belgian Beer Review - Beer Review Dude

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This week, Ryan and I review the Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale. The Duchesse is a sour beer from Brouwerij Verhaeghe, a brewery located in the West Flanders region of Belgium. According to Verhaeghe's website, the Duchesse "is fermented in oak barrels for 18 months and blended with 8 months old ale before being bottled." We hope you enjoy the review, it's got a little bit of surprise around the 1 minute mark!

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[LHKDeath]

I've gotta try this one again. Hated it the first time I tried it. I just found it was cloyingly sweet and it did have some tang to it (which I wasn't prpared for at the time). I'll pick up a bottle and do a side by side with the Rodenbach Grand Cru (which I like).

By the way, the Grand Cru is higher rated on BA than this one. It is a top 10 for the style though.

[jbrookeiv]

@LHKDeath Yea, had the Grand Cru this past weekend. Both are great, hard to choose between them.

[glitch777]

lol danger cork

[jbrookeiv]

@glitch777 No kidding, it was nuts! Could have easily messed up my eye had it made contact.

[Voxnulla]

@fastand Well, Seeing as it was part of a beer tasting afternoon and 3 of us had these, we compared colour,taste and smell. We sat in a well respected beer cafe in the Netherlands where they specialize in Belgian beer. Two of us didn't like this and one did, because there is no accounting for taste I guess.

2 weeks ago a friend of mine had this one while I stuck to German beer. I did have a quick whiff and it smelled just as artificial to me then before. I think we can rule the bad bottle out.

[fastand]

@Voxnulla I think you got a bad bottle dude...I've had about a hundred and none have smelled like glue or been bitter. This stuff is fantastic, especially on tap.

[Voxnulla]

@Over9000Gingers 75% of taste is smell. Smell, in everything we eat and drink, is the defining factor for how we appreciate it. If you want to know what makes a beer "tick", you have to give it a good whiff. The whole combination of smell, taste and texture are all part of what makes of breaks a beer according to personal preference. What good is it if you just say "yeah, it's good"? perhaps the reasons why you like it put me off completely. Just "It's good" is not objective reviewing.

[Voxnulla]

Probably one of the most overrated Belgian beers of late. Has to do with the Belgian hype I guess and although there is a lot to say for a large selection of beers from Belgium not everything is good.

This is a very poor beer in terms of production quality, continuity and overall recipe. It smells like glue and the fruitiness only partly camouflages a very off balanced combination of boozyness with bitter mustiness.

These recipes are why Germany developed the Reinheitsgebot.

[Goldbloodd]

LOL omg that fuken corke was so funny when it poped lol good thing you didnt have yo9ur face abov it lol ... but shit i was going to give a tip if you dont mind ..... work on the audio in yoru videos use a mic on your cloths or above the camera view it would help the apearance of the video..... just a TIP ............ "HOLLER BACK" .... Goldblooodd

[radagast83]

0:59 Fantastic! I've never had a beer cork shoot out like that simply by removing the cage from the top.

[Over9000Gingers]

@xJG91x No, just don't fucking smell the beer, you don't see me smelling my Dr. Pepper or Coke! Or my water or my piss. wtf dude, just drink the fucking thing and be like, "titties and beer" and tell us if it's good.

And I've never had N/A beer before, I want to try it though.

[StumpyJoeJr]

Great beer! I drank this instead of champagne for New Years. Definitely one of the best examples of the style if not the best.

[thomass0729]

If we ever do a beer trade leave that one out, I'd be scared to open the box. Too funny though, and I love the slow-mo effect.