Orval

~11mo old bottle. Pours hazy copper with a humongous head - at least 3 fingers. Aroma of sweet and sour fruits. Flavor is apple, cloves, some citrus, a little chalkiness. Hard to pinpoint precisely all of the flavors in this beer - it’s very complex. Not quite as good as other bottles I’ve had - I think it’s better around the 4-5 month range. Will have to re-rate this one.

11.2oz bottle. Pours light brown with a massive white head that seemed to stick around forever. Welcoming aroma of sour fruit and yeast gives way to a spicy, dry, complex flavor. Palate is medium bodied, astringent, and moderately fizzy. Delicate aftertaste of floral hops. A world class unique beer.

I’ve been contacted randomly by two ex’s in the last 24hours time to have a beer i can reminisce over. Bottle 6.9%. Pours a hazy orange amber body with a tan rocky head. Nice apple peel, dried fruits, apricot, moth, cobwebs, some cane sugar, pear, and light spices. Tart apples with tart fruit and sharp carbonation and light spices. Dry and lightly bitter. A classic beer!

Bottle at redlight. Really cloudy orangey color. Has a white lumpy head. Smells of caramel and light peachy flavors. The best part of this was the mouthfeel...it turns to gas . awesome.

Poured gold with a white head. Aroma of fruit and spice. Some lemon grass flavor with a hint of grapefruit and finished with some spice.

05/05/2008 bottle into chalice. Pours a milky caramel color with a tall, chunky beige head that has great retention. Aroma is lemon, musty hay, cellar, caramel apple, nectarine, mild yeasty dough, hints of underripe banana, cherry jolly rancher and a really nice, musty citrus hop profile. Flavor is yeasty bread rolls, caramel, banana with a chunk of peel on it, nice citrus and earthy hops, cellar, a little bretty funk. Finish is fairly clean with some fruity yeast notes and some nice citrus hops. Palate is thin and a little chalky on the entry with a nice fluffy carbonation in ht middle and a fairly dry finish. Very good and insanely drinkable, if it were about half of the price that it is and it was available closer to home I would probably buy it all the time.

Poured from 11.2 oz bottled on 23.9.2008. Golden amber with huge off white head, very inpressive looking. Aroma of grapefruit, yeast. A bit of a musty smell. Taste was not what I expected, maybe it was the carbonation, very dry to the palate, hops were very subtle, with a good finish.Overall a good beer, but not worth the price.

Pours a cloudy orange with a thin white head, The aroma is very sweet. Banana, grape, and hops stand out. I do detect hints of other dark fruit, maybe plum. The flavor is about the same, the banana really stands out at first, but the finish a a bit bitter with the hops coming through. Not what I expected, but still pretty good.