Duvel

Great beer - with a very yellow color and a good head.

Pale yellow, hazy and lively. Big yeasty, fruity aroma. Complex, spicy, funky and immensly complex. Also dangerously drinkable (Damn! Is that bottle already empty?) A world classic that has many followers.

(Bottle 33 cl) Beautiful, huge and stable head. Hazy with lots of yeast in the aroma. Sweetish but never cloying. Very complex strong ale. Reminds me of spring in Antwerpen with all the bourgeois ladies sipping this at the cafés... 220493

Golden colour with a big, thick rich head that makes strange formations if you let it sit. Aroma seems simple at first but has pear/apple esters, light pale malt, sweaty yeast, and a hint of alcohol. The malts are sweetish, esters light, alcohol strong but mainly towards the finish. The yeast note is everpresent, lying underscoring everything.

A tasty beer...BUT...this is the small bottle, which is the only kind I can find in Canada. I find with Duvel more than any other brew bottle size matters. A 750 is a few points higher, especially in flavour and overall. A magnum is better still. I’m going to have to invest in a jereboam at some point, because the 330mls are tasty, but it’s just not a superior beer from that bottle.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with huge chalk white head. Wheaty and yeasty/spiced aroma. Spiced flavour but also a soft mouthfeel givin the beer a nice soft balance. Alcohol is quite present and warming from start to finish.