Duvel (pronounced DOO-vle in Flemish and Doo-VELL in French) is brewed at the Moortgat Family brewery (est. 1871) in Puurs, near Antwerp. Before Duvel there was no Strong Golden Ale in Belgium.

Duvel, with its fair appearance, smooth, complex taste and 8.5% alcohol by volume, brooding beneath, spawned the category. These seemingly opposing characteristics are a result of Duvel's three fermentations, the use of premium Pilsner malts and high-grade hops....and time. From brewing to shelf takes about five months, which allows a good deal of maturation, particularly in the bottle where the third fermentation takes place.

Michael Jackson, The Beer Hunter, described Duvel as "having astonishing sophisticated character" and as being "one of the world's most distinctive and individualistic beers." We just like to think of ourselves as different.