Duvelとはフランダース語で悪魔を意味し、ぞっとする名前のビールですが、既にご紹介したMort Subite(突然死)のように、奇抜な名前のビールがベルギービールの特徴の一つです。
記録には白ビールとありますが、ストロングゴールデンエールの部類です。私がトライしたのはごく初期の頃で、まだビールの世界をよく知らない時のコメントです。
Duvel means "Devil" in Flemish. The name is said to have been inspired by a brewery workers who tasted it when it was first brewed and declared. "This is a Devil of a good beer". The name is less menacing than the Gueuze Mort Subite which means "Sudden Death".
Although I noted it is a kind of white beer, it seems to belong to Strong Golden Ale.
Country Belgium
Brewer Br. Duvel Moortgat N.V. in Puurs
Foundation 1871
Alcohol 8.5%
Comments
Although it is white beer, the taste is not so bad as it is strong alcohol. Best served at 6-10 C.