Orval

Brewed by Brasserie dOrval
Style: Belgian Ale
Florenville - Villers-d.-Orval, Belgium

Bottle. 11.2 oz. Pours honey golden orange with a thick, off-white head. Aroma of grapes, lemon, dry hops, soil, and hints of pepper. Medium bodied with a tangy, smooth mouthfeel. Great finish: slow and tart. Excellent sour ale.

Waw what a special beer, hazy ambré and fine white mousse. Aroma is malty, yeast and has hints of pepper, herbes, and sharp yeast. taste is crisp, malty and deliciously bitter with a slight sour accent. a great beer with a very speciale taste.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy rusty orange with a huge foamy off white head and leaves a thick lacing on the Trappist glass. Tart horse blanket aroma with hints of earthy yeast, wood and citrus. The flavor is sour yeast, sweet bread and a light taste of bitter hops. Medium body with active carbonation and a frothy dry mouth feel. This is an interesting beer, the natural Orval funk adds a different dimension that the other Trappist breweries don’t have.

I don’t know if this is just the bottle that I got, but there beer poured pure white head that took forever to go down. The head is composed or large, white bubbles that leaves some nice lacing when it finally starts to dissipate. The beer is a relatively clear golden color with small white bubbles. The aroma is of tart fruits and a bit of yeast with hints of carmel and yeast. The beer has a light sweet flavor with spices and fruit. The flavor of this beer is surprisingly light for such a strong aroma.

Cloudy amber color. Aroma is of big time yeast, grain, and slight banana in the undertones. Taste is of yeast, bitter, and slight citrus. Has a yeasty bitterness in the end.

Bottle. Dark gold pour with very abundant pillowy head. Aroma is strangely tart and funky, red fruits (cherries), some herbal hay-like aromas. Taste is rather grassy, herbal with some good bitterness with a malty background. Aggressive but enjoyable carbonation gives a distinctive mouthfeel.

330ml Bottle served at 12 degrees. Pours with a massive head, copper orange colouring. Lacing down the sides. Hoppy aroma, slight bitter taste almost horsy but very pleasant. an excellent ale to start my ratebeerian tally.

Bottle from Woodys in Franklin, TN. Pours a cloudy amber with a monster white head. Aroma is sweet dark fruits and brown sugar. Flavor is pepper, very slight bitterness, and citrus. Medium-light mouthfeel, pleasantly sticky. Overall I really liked it...definately lived up to the hype...but I gotta say its in the same ballpark as Delirium Tremens and I just dont think it holds up (and neither does Duval).