Orval

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

UPDATED: JUN 20, 2011 Bottle. Pours murky copper with huge foamy head that takes forever to go away. My first sense on the nose was lemon followed by yeast, orange, sweet candy. Taste is an awesome balance of sweet & spicy with a very slight bitterness. Slightly dry finish. Simple yet delicious.

A realy complex beer with a little acidic taste and a good balance between bitterness and sweetness.

Deep orange and cloudy in appearance with a thick white head. Begins with a bubbly bite followed by a surge of fruitiness and then descends into a delightfully sour and dry finale. Orval’s sour flavor characteristic is quite prominent and perhaps unusual, but makes for a very interesting experience.

Served out of a bottle into snifter. Pours an unclear muddy yellow orange with a large slightly off white head. Smell of belgian funkiness, hay, and sweetness. Tastes much the same with a good bit of sweet and bitter citrus notes, tangerine like and some light tartness. I caught some subtle berry flavors too, maybe from the yeast, like raspberry but not quite. Has a fairly prominent sugary profile with loads of carbonation. Funky yeast and a dry hoppy finish linger for a long time, like dry cut grass and dry hay with the yeast sticking to it. Great to sip or tip back this lives up to being a great belgian beer.

Served at Beer bistro. Pours brown/yellow in colour. Aromas are spiced fruit, orange flint, sweet brown sugar. Tastes surprisingly fruity and has a never ending finish. kind of tart.An interesting brew but it was served a little bit too cold.

Hazy orange colour, thick white rocky, long lasting head. Acidic fruity flavour. Great maltyness. Somewhat sour, not as a geuze but it kind of reminds me of one. Some hints of peach/orange in finish. Refreshing.

herbs, cough drop, orangepeel, golden, hazy, frothy, light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, light body, thin feel, fizzy,

The second time I’ve had this and it lived up to the great memory. A kind of initial floral perfume that’s taken over by subtle bitterness. Drank in a 33 cl bottle in Taiwan.