Duvel
Duvel is a top-fermented light strong beer from Belgium . It first hit the market in 1918 and got its name in 1923.
prehistory
In 1871 Jan-Leonard Moortgat , who came from a brewery family from Steenhuffel , founded a farmer's brewery with his wife Maria De Block, which was named Moortgat . In the second half of the 19th century there were already around 4,000 small family breweries in Belgium, so the competition was fierce. Moortgat brewed top-fermented beer and sold it under the name Stavelot . He was able to build up a regular clientele that extended far beyond his hometown, even as far as Brussels . In addition, the brewing family opened a branch in Laeken , at that time an independent town, around 1900 .
A victory beer is given a name
During World War I , Moortgat learned about British ale and decided to produce something similar in his brewery. It was important to him to use original brewer's yeast for this. So the brewer traveled to Scotland to procure it , but met strong resistance from local brewers, who probably feared competition. With great difficulty he managed to acquire a suitable yeast strain in a small brewery. When he had finished his first new beer, the First World War had just ended, so Albert Moortgat decided in 1918 to celebrate the end of the war to name his beer Victory Ale ("Beer of Victory"). In 1923 a friend of the master brewer called this beer a real Duvel ("a real devil"), alluding to the high alcohol content (8.5% ), with which the name Duvel was born. As a result, beers emerged in Belgium (Judas, Satan , Lucifer) as well as in France ( Belzébuth , Bière du Démon ) which also made use of this analogy. The name of the Belgian ale was added to the name of the brewery.
Further development
Since 1963, Moortgat Brewery has been brewing Duvel at its new location in Breendonk , Belgium. Maredsous and Vedett are other brands of this brewery. Since autumn 2007, the range has been completed by the Duvel Triple Houblon , which is only available in a very limited quantity of 165 hl (22,000 bottles).
For some time now, the range has been expanded by the Duvel Triple Hop Citra and the latest creation, the Duvel Triple Hop Cashmere . In addition to the traditional Duvel hops, the former also contains citra, the latter a mixture of Cascade and Northern Brewer hops. All bottles have the Steinieform , colloquially often called Maurer bomb called.
Duvel is typically enjoyed in a goblet, a very flat and wide glass.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of the Duvel brewery on their homepage (Dutch), accessed on March 18, 2020.
- ↑ Beer - Beer Gifts Belgium. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Glasses - Beer Gifts Belgium. Retrieved May 11, 2019 .