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==Characteristics of Duivels Bier==
Duivels Bier, in both the historic and the modern style, is an amber or brown beer of around 7-8% ABV (though recent versions such as Vander Linden’s were only 6% ABV). The color of historic Duivels Bier was described as being cognac-like. Historically the beer would have been firmly acidic with a comparable lactic character to lambic of the same time period <ref name = ‘Hors Catégorie Brewing’> [http://www.horscategoriebrewing.com/2016/07/duivelsbier-of-halle.html Hors Catégorie Brewing blog post – Duivelsbier]</ref> and the beer would have been sweetened with candi sugar shortly before serving. The taste profile of Duivels Bier in the early 1900s is described as being between traditional lambic and Flanders red/brown beers <ref name='Petit Journal du Brasseur'/>. More recently Duivels Bier, for example as produced by Vander Linden, would have been a blend of top fermentation beer and lambic <ref name='Belgium by Beer'/>.
Certain special releases from modern lambic brewers and blenders share common ground with Duivels Bier in terms of color, strength, and production, and therefore possibly also taste profile. For example [[3 Fonteinen Straffe Winter]] was an amber colored 8% spontaneously fermented beer with candi sugar which was aged for 2 years in barrels. [[Girardin]]'s [[Dominicus]] also has overlap as an amber colored faro at 6% ABV, the same strength as Vander Linden’s Duivels Bier.
==Photos==
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File:Duivels Bier glass.JPG|Vander Linden's Duivels Bier glass <br> Source: ebay.com
File:Duivelsbier PJB Title.png|Le Petit Journal du Brasseur on Duivelsbier. <br> Source: User:Dave|Dave]]
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==References==
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