EP016 | The King Wants You There

This editorially independent podcast has been supported by VISITFLANDERS as part of the “Common Place” series of stories. Read more. Duchesse de Bourgogne is a Flemish Red-Brown beer of 6.2% ABV produced by Brouwerij Verhaeghe in Vichte. It’s an oak aged foeder beer of mixed fermentation which represents a style indigenous to the region of South West Flanders and the Leiestreek. We spoke with Karl Verhaeghe of Brouwerij Verhaeghe about how it feels to build your family business around tradition, how he managed to come back from a serious road traffic accident, and why he continues to fight for Flemish Red-Brown beer today in a market that always wants the next and the new. We also spoke to Karl’s wife, Isabelle Eeeman, and to Brouwerij Verhaeghe’s export manager, Amaury Kervyn d’Oud Mooreghem, about what it’s like to know the Duchesse. Sit back, listen and enjoy the story of the Duchesse de Bourgogne.