Duchesse Red Cherry Sour Ale - 12oz can

Brewed only with real Belgian cherries (no flavor enhancers or cherry extracts). The fruit comes from the region of Sint-Truiden in Limburg, Belgium.

Unlike the more famous Kriek beers, the basic beer of the "Duchesse Cherry" is not a Lambic. but a Flanders Red Ale of mixed fermentation. This beer has a top fermented base and is then matured in oak casks where it undergoes a second wild fermentation.


Once the base beer is ready, the master brewer adds 20 Kg of "Kriek Gorsem" (Belgian sour cherries) per 100 liters to the beer. For 6 months, the beer macerates with the cherries. The cherries give a fresh and fruity taste to the beer which has a sweet and sour base. 7.0% abv.