Tag Archives: Duvel
#215 – Satan Red
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % The de Block brewery in Peizegem is probably most noted for its two Satan beers. Certainly the bulk of the marketing around the brewery centres around the little red devil on the label, although … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Belgian Strong Ale, De Block
Tagged as Arrogant Bastard, De Block, Duivels Bier, Duvel, Lucifer, Red, Satan, Wiggly Piggly
#185 – N’Ice Chouffe
Size: cask ABV: 10 % If you still believe in Father Christmas, as well as little elves, goblins and gnomes then please look away now. In fact I would suggest immersing yourself in the fairy tale of La Chouffe (#168) … Continue reading →
#184 – ‘T Smisje Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % I continued my adventure in the Rake with another beer from ‘T Smisje. The Tripel (#183) had been so good that I opted for the darker double, and am therefore quickly able to continue … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Dubbel, Dog, Smisje
Tagged as Alvinne, BBBourgondier, beer, Belgian, Brandt, Calva, Calvados, dates, De Dolle, de Regenboog, Dubbel, Duvel, Facebook, Guido, hop, Johan, lemon balm, Mater, Moortgat, mustard, Oudenaarde, raisins, Rake, Reserva, Sleedornbier, sloes, Smisje, Smiske, Struise, Tripel, valerian root, Wostyntje
#179 – Duivels Bier
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This is yet another tale of a modern beer with a very rich and gothic history. Frank Boon (#89, #147) our hero and defender of lambic put Duivels Bier on the market in 2003 … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Strong Ale, Boon
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Boon, devil, Duivels Bier, Duivelsbier, Duvel, enamel, Faro, Frank, gothic, Grand Prix, Halle, Moortgat, Petre Freres, Scotch Ale, Vander Linden, World War II
#169 – Lucifer (pre 2008)
Size: 750 ml ABV: 8.5 % There is almost a frightening symbolism to the fate of the beer Lucifer. Here was a strong golden ale which stood proud and strong in the pantheon of beers, and yet following the bankruptcy … Continue reading →
#162 – Duvel Groen
Size: 250 ml ABV: 7.5 % Red devils are commonplace in myth and folklore (and Old Trafford), but very few people have heard of a green devil. The archetypal golden ale of Belgium – Duvel (#34) has been sold successfully … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, Duvel Moortgat
Tagged as beer, Belgian, bottle, conditioning, devil, draft, Duvel, Golden Ale, Golding, green, Groen, hops, Red, Styrian
#159 – Bon Secours Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Bon Secours translates into English as “good help”, and this message is reinforced on the new and improved Bon Secours labels, by the image of a St. Bernard dog – possibly the most symbolic … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Caulier, Dog
Tagged as Alps, barrel, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bon Secours, Duvel, good help, Mastiff, Montjou, pass, rescue, St Bernard, Swiss, Tibetan
#158 – Vedett Extra White
Size: 330 ml ABV: 5 % Just one look at the Vedett website and you know exactly what you are up against. Here is a company which seemingly has recently employed a brand new marketing manager whose illustrious career history … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Belgian White (Witbier), Duvel Moortgat, Polar Bear
Tagged as Ardennes, beer, Belgian, Cement truck, De Koninck, Duvel, Extra, gimmickry, Maredsous, Moortgat, Vedett, White
#151 – Straffe Hendrik
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % The Straffe Hendrik hasn’t always had things it’s own way. Life certainly hasn’t always been kind, and the fact that the beer is still alive and tastes so damn good is one of the … Continue reading →
#122 – De Koninck Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % If you asked me to describe what Antwerp means to me I would probably say three things. Diamonds – shouldn’t it have been Antwerp where James Bond had the infamous fight in the lift … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Tripel, De Koninck
Tagged as Amsterdam, Antwerp, beer, Belgian, cafe, De Koninck, debauchery, Diamonds, Dutch, Duvel, Heineken, Kulminator, Moortgat, Netherlands, recession, Schelde, snus, Zoo
#76 – Sloeber
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % You could at the end of a long evening on the Belgians easily mistakenly pick up a Sloeber, thinking you were going for a Duvel (#34). The colours of the labels are fairly similar, … Continue reading →
#65 – La Moneuse
Size: 375 ml ABV: 8 % There is a most definite morbidity amongst the Belgians. We have already come across and drunk beers known as Judas (#5) and Duvel (#34), and learnt of others called Satan and Lucifer. While there … Continue reading →
#57 – Hopduvel Blondine
Size: 250 ml ABV: 9 % While we are on the subject of blondes, it seems almost the perfect time to introduce the ‘blond/e beer’. When you have a beer called Blondine and a label with a beautiful blonde on … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Abdij, beer, Belgian, bleach, blond, Blondine, brunette, craft, Duvel, Golden Ale, Hopduvel, hoppy, Piraat, red wine, St. Feuillien, Tripel, van Roosenberg, Van Steenberge, white wine
#51 – Abbaye de Forest
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % The light had begun to fade at the campsite after our late start, and it had started to get a little chilly. I dug around for my army jumper, pulled myself up to the … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Silly
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, Brasserie, Brussels, Couvin, Duvel, fire, Forest, French Revolution, Silly, Stella
#44 – Maredsous Tripel 10
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % Maredsous is another example of a range of Abbey beers, whose monks still take the concept extremely seriously. The beers have long since been brewed outside the Abbey, now by Duvel Moortgat, but the … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Duvel Moortgat
Tagged as Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, cheese, Denee, Duvel, Floreffe, French Revolution, Maredsous, Moortgat, Namur, Neo-Gothic, Tripel
#34 – Duvel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % I have been drinking Duvel fairly steadily for the past 6 or 7 years. Fed up with weak tasteless lagers that permeate the world these days, I have always sought out something with a … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Duvel Moortgat
Tagged as Albert, ale, beer, Belgian, devil, Duvel, flagship, Golden Ale, Moortgat, nen echten, tulip, Victory
#5 – Judas
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Judas was first brewed in 1986, probably as a Golden Ale that could compete with the highly successful Duvel (#34) beer made by the Moortgat Brewery. The similarities in title, label and goblet are … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Alken-Maes, Belgian Strong Ale
Tagged as De Block, Duvel, Jesus, Judas, Lucifer, Satan, Stella Artois
