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Orval

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Brasserie dOrval
Style: Belgian Ale

Florenville - Villers-d.-Orval, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
22183.92/5.03.91/5.06.2%100Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
In contrast to all the others, the Orval Trappist brewery makes only one beer for the general public. It has an intensely aromatic and dry character. Between the first and second fermentations there is also an additional dry-hopping process. Through this the beer acquires its pronounced hoppy aroma and extra dry taste.
Bottled at 5.2% abv - can go up as high as 7.2%
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 cfrancis (311), Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Amazing beer. Full palate, my mouth thanked me. Beautiful hop taste with slight bitterness. This was just a thing of amazingness.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 10, 2009  
Bottle from 2003. Found this one buried deep in the cellar. Clear amber with a viscous off white head. Incredible, complex aromas of funky, yeasty barnyard and cheese, with wet wood and dry spices. Frothy smooth mouthfeel. Dusty pale malt flavors with earhty leather and dry spices. I really can’t put to words how great this aged bottle was. Fantastic !


direwolf9 (29), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 10, 2009  
Very refreshing beer. Not up to the standards of Westy 12 or Rochefort 10 but pretty darn good. Easier to find than the Westy and Rochefort so its got that going for it.


tmc90 (17), Belgium
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/103/517/20
Jun 10, 2009  
Completely unique beer. I’ll re-rate this after tasting the one-year aged beer from Delirium Café. This is incredibly sharp ang hoppy but very smooth too.


 DalzAle (481), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Bottle. Pumpkin brown colored pour, tons of carbonation. Aroma was sweet malts, hops and rich with spice. Flavor of sweet malts, tons of pepper, spices and finished warm with alcohol (almost like a barleywine). Finish was very smooth and drinkable for the higher ABV. Good beer, but not outstanding.


 MeisterBrew (138), Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/104/519/20
Jun 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a hazy amber-gold with a never-ending foamy head. Aroma of spicy hops and sour lemon. Flavor is fantastic! Nice and tart throughout... slight hop flavor in the mix too. Beautiful ale!


MagnumPI (56), Essex, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 6, 2009  
VALOR ! Served at the perfect temperature as opposed to the chilled examples I have been enjoying over the last few months. This has been my favourite beer until starting my Belgian Odyssey and this unique beer still doesnt disappoint. At a warmer temperature the pour was still electric amber, carbonating and pffing, with a yeasty head. The smell is stupefying and almost as alive as the Rodenbach Grand Cru. The taste is sharp, and sour right to the end, with some orange citrus and a dryness that makes you beg for another. These beers are readily available in large Tesco supermarkets. Stock up, or head to the brewery which is where I plan on being in under 2 weeks


 Vertical Bacon Strips (887), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 6, 2009  
Bottled on 04/05/2004. Poured at 12C. Argubally the best smelling beer I’ve ever had. Thick murky brown/orange with a large off white cap that settles down just enough to cover the top of the beer. What’s cool is watching the carbonation hit the middle of the glass and gradually push the existing head to the sides. Some lacing later on in the beer. Interesting shadows in the beer when put up to a pot light. The aroma is just insane and very prominent. You have to be thinking "WOW". It’s very complex with more than these qualities: fresh, very fruity with cherry (1) and plum (2) dominating, caramel, soft but eye opening spice and I swear I’ve noticed chocolate - yeah, right at the end of the smell. I’ll note that I’ve poured this into a HUGE red wine glass (60% full), my new glass of choice for quality beers. Flavour does not dissapoint, but it doesn’t live up to the aroma. Solid sweet malts, drying yeasts, slight sour raisin (I think) - a fruity sour none the less, slight spice. There’s some sediment too, not much (I’m kind of suprised with that). Medium bodied. Very smooth, soft and almost too easy to consume; some carbonation. Very dry and slighty tart finish. No bitterness - long lasting aftertaste though. Looks like I cellar more again...this time right to the end date. Man, still got that aroma stuck in my head



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