Styled after Duvel: Slightly fruity, dry aroma, well-hopped beer and with a slightly bitter aftertaste

Recipe inspired by a Duvel clone partial mash from a magazine.

Duvel website describes hops used are Saaz & Styrian Golding.

>Make a big yeast starter (3L for 5gal batch).
>Option: alternate yeast is White Labs WLP570 (Belgian Golden ale)
-->used dry trappist yeast this time

>In steeping pot, heat mash water to 72C.
>Add crushed grains in grain bag
>Steep grains at 66C for 45mins
>Prepare brewpot boiling water
>When steep over, add subset of brewpot water (~32% of original steeping volume) to the grain tea in steeping pot, then pour all through the mash grains via colander into brewpot.
>Heat brewpot to boil
>Stir in dried malt extract
>Add hops & begin 60min boil

>With 15 mins left in boil, add kettle candi sugar, hops and Irish moss, then turn off heat and stir in light dried malt extract (substituted for original liquid malt extract)

>Stir well to dissolve extract, then resume heating (keep boil clock running while you stir)
>At end of the boil, add last charge of hops, cool wort and transfer to fermenter.

>Aerate wort and pitch yeast
>Ferment at 20C

>Option:The brewers of duvel pitch at 16C and let the temperature rise to as high as 29C during primary fermentation.
>When primary fermentation is complete, rack to secondary and add dosage candi sugar dissolved in hot water held at 71C for 15 minutes.
>Bottle when beer falls clear