"Duchesse Cherry" is, as the name suggests, a cherry beer.
Only brewed with real Belgian cherries (no flavor enhancers or cherry extracts). The fruit comes from the Sint-Truiden region in Limburg (Belgium).
In contrast to the more famous Kriek beers, the basic beer of the "Duchess Cherry" is not a Lambic, but a red-brown from West Flanders of mixed fermentation. This beer has a top fermentation base and is then aged in oak barrels where it undergoes a second wild fermentation.
The tannins in the foeders (large oak barrel in which great Bordeaux wines are kept) give the Duchesse Cherry its sweet, fruity, refreshing and bittersweet taste.
When the basic beer is ready, the brewer adds 20 kg of "Kriek Gorsem" (Belgian sour cherries) per 100 liters to the beer. The beer macerates with the cherries for 6 months. The cherries give a fresh and fruity taste to the beer with a sweet and sour base. After 24 months of processing, the beer is ready.
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