Mike Loves Beer

Name – Duchesse De Bourgogne
Country – United States
Type – Flanders Red Ale

Appearance – Pours a deep mahogany type color with a big sand colored head.

Smell – Holy hand grenade of Antioch Batman, this thing assaulted my nostrils with vinegar.  There is a funky sweetness to it as well but man is the vinegar smell strong.

Taste – Oh jeez it’s back.  More vinegar in the taste.  Some sourness and in opinion, ham.  Yes the Christmas dinner type of ham.  These are not mixing well to me.

I have not done this in a very long time but this was a sink beer.  I fought through half a glass and just couldn’t take it anymore.  That vinegar and ham taste was way too strong for me.  And this really made me sad because this is one of a very few amount of sour beers we can find easily down here.  I at first thought something was wrong with my bottle but after determining my take on it I saw some reviews and they seem to be one with the vinegar.  I guess that is the way it’s suppose to be.  It’s just not my thing for sour.  I prefer the sweet, tart sour.  I won’t completely murder it’s grade but this is really low on my scale.  Let the hate start flying my way.

Overall Grade – D-