Duvel green @ Beer Bistro

Apparently this beer has been hotly anticipated. Michel Moortgat, from Duvel Moortgat, had this to say about Duvel Green in a recent interview : "We in the brewery have enjoyed for decades the fresh, light taste of the 'single-fermented' Duvel, and we have traditionally cold-filtered and bottled a small portion of this beer for sale, but only at the brewery and a few selected locations in Belgium. The beer was labeled with a green label, as the nickname 'kleine' Duvel (or 'Green' Duvel) was used to describe the beer taken at a young stage of the brewing process of Duvel. A small quantity of Duvel Green has now been made available on draft allowing a wider range of beer lovers to discover the beer."

This is what I have to say about Duvel Green: Slightly sour with a slight ale taste like regular Duvel . This new Green label beer however is a unique strong pilsner sour. The concept is interesting but it's rather off putting. The sourness is really unappealing and makes for a squishy face aftertaste. D

Beer Advocate says:

Duvel Draft

BA OVERALL B+ very good w/ 42 Reviews THE BROS N/A no reviews; yet! send 'em beer » rAvg: 3.99 High: A+ / 4.75 Low: C- / 2.7 pDev: 9.02%

Finally, a word about the Beer Bistro : it's a nice, if generic, pub-style beer bar. It's probably the best beer bar in the greater United-Center area, at least that I've tried, as evidenced by the many Blackhawks garb bedecked pregamers that packed the bar. A-