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\"Duvel\"<\/a>
Duvel, Leuven Belgian Beer Cafe, 6 May 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Duvel, the gorgeously zesty strong Belgian ale. The name is just “Devil” in Flemish, but mostly because it weighs in around 8.5% booze.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, October 2010:<\/strong> A great beer in a pretty-good bar, on a freaking excellent night. And hey; at least I knew it was an ale<\/a>, by now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verbatim: Duvel, the gorgeously zesty strong Belgian ale. The name is just “Devil” in Flemish, but mostly because it weighs in around 8.5% booze. Afterthoughts, October 2010: A great beer in a pretty-good bar, on a freaking excellent night. And hey; at least I knew it was an ale, by now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[26,16,29],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-belgian","tag-belgium","tag-facebookers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":191,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2004\/12\/25\/duvel\/","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":0},"title":"Duvel","author":"Phil","date":"December 25, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So. 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Of course, it helps when you can also wrangle two friends into thirdsing the cost with you. I have some great memories of standard-edition Duvel; it's probably my most-embarrassing early Diary entry (I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Actual Diary entries"","block_context":{"text":"Actual Diary entries","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/category\/diary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Duvel 'Tripel Hop'","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duvel-Tripel-Hop-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":210,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2005\/03\/19\/judas\/","url_meta":{"origin":381,"position":2},"title":"Judas","author":"Phil","date":"March 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Verbatim: Judas. 330ml, $5, 8.6%, 19\/3\/05. Belgian Blonde. Cool, scary bottle; how could I resist? Nice golden cloudless blonde, bubbles don't hang around much. Got a pleasant little fruitiness in it. 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