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Today\u2019s guest is Natalya Watson of Duvel Moortgat. Watson\u2019s upbringing was something of an adventure, born to Northern Irish parents in Canada, then living back in Northern Ireland before growing up in California. Watson would then go on to live in New York, before eventually putting her British passport to good use, and moving to London in 2015. The start of her new adventure in beer here in the UK began behind the bar at Mother Kelly\u2019s\u2014an East London bar and bottle shop that\u2019s become something of an institution among beer fans. Shortly after this she landed her current gig at Duvel Moortgat, where she\u2019s held her role as UK marketing manager for almost three years. The Duvel-Moortgat family currently consists of 12 of brands spread acrossmainland Europe and the United States. However, it doesn\u2019t presently have a stake in a UK brewery. The UK arm of its business looks after seven of these brands within this territory, which are: De Koninck, Vedett, Maredsous, Liefmans, Brasserie Achouffe, Boulevard in Kansas City and Duvel itself. Not all of the brands in its portfolio fall under Duvel UK\u2019s jurisdiction, however, with examples like California\u2019s Firestone Walker and Bernard in Czechia acting autonomously in this market. It\u2019s an interesting time for Duvel in the UK\u2014the British beer market is a landscape that\u2019s unrecognizable from what it was 10, maybe even 5 years ago. It needs to find a way to compete in this space but in a way, the activation of the modern UK beer market has been a benefit to the Belgian company. In fact Duvelas a beer saw a 16% retail sales jump in 2017, and this year that figure might be closer to 25%. Remarkable numbers for a beer that will be celebrating itscentenary in 2023. Perhaps this is because as a beer, Duvel no longer looks so alien on the supermarket shelf to some consumers. In Britain\u2014a land built on the back of sessionable ales\u2014an 8.5% Belgian Golden Ale is nothing if not a little intimidating. Now, Duvel has been joined on these shelves by Double IPA\u2019s, Imperial Stouts, Saisons and more, somehow making it feel more accessible than ever. Over the course of the next hour we\u2019ll also find out why Duvel has decided to roll out a new draft version of its flagship using a unique dispense system. And we\u2019ll speak about its US brands like Boulevard, Ommegang and Firestone Walker, examining why some of them are more prevalent here in the UK than others.