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==A Brief History of Duivels Bier==
Duivels Bier originated in the town of Halle and for a time was a popular and a culturally important beer for Halle. Duivels Bier still retains a place in modern Halle culture for the yearly carnival. Lore places the origin of Duivels Bier in the 1700s as a spontaneously fermented brown beer<ref name='Petit Journal du Brasseur'> [https://www.lambic.info/File:Duivelsbier_PJB_Title.png|Frantz Stockmans, La Bière Halloise: «Duivelsbier»] Le Petit Journal du Brasseur, 1912. Confédération des brasseries de Belgique, 1893-1993. </ref> and confirmed producers exist as early as 1883.<ref>[http://www.biernet.nl/bier/brouwerijen/belgie/vlaams-brabant/halle/vander-linden Biernet.nl page on Vander Linden]</ref> The name is reported to derive from pilgrims finding the beer more intoxicating than they had expected and exclaiming, as an excuse for their drunkenness, that the devil must have had a hand in the beer<ref name='Belgium by Beer'> Annie Perrier-Robert and Charles Fontaine, Belgium by Beer - Beer by Belgium, 1996. ISBN: 978-2879530475</ref> (see also [http://www.horscategoriebrewing.com/2016/07/duivelsbier-of-halle.html Hors Catégorie Brewing – Duivelsbier]).
Duivels Bier was produced in Halle by Pêtre Freres from 1883 until the 1952, when the brewery closed. [[Brasserie Vander Linden]], also from Halle, acquired the brand from Pêtre Freres and brewed the beer until the brewery closed in 2001.<ref name='Biernet.nl Duivelsbier'>[http://www.biernet.nl/bier/brouwerijen/belgie/vlaams-brabant/halle/vander-linden Biernet.nl page on Vander Linden]</ref> Vander Linden’s Duivels Bier, at least in its later years if not for the duration of its production, was a blend of top fermentation beer and lambic rather than a fully spontaneously fermented beer.<ref name='Belgium by Beer'/> [[Brouwerij Boon]] acquired the brand from Vander Linden and began producing Duivels Bier in 2003.<ref name='Biernet.nl Duivelsbier'/> Boon’s Duivels Bier is a top fermentation beer without added lambic.