Orval

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

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.

Pleasant hoppy aroma. Pours a cloudy orange colour with a fairly large and long lasting head. Highly carbonated. Strong hoppy flavour with moderate to high bitterness. An enjoyable beer.

Cloudy pour. Very sweet smell. Several fruit notes detected. Banana, citrus and sweet grape. Taste is reflective of the scent. Sweet fruit with a grape like disposition. Very well done.

Bottle, bottled on date 24/04/2007 best before 24/04/2012. A hazy light amber pour ,loads of carbonation bubbles,and a huge fluffy off white head, wonderful lacing and lasted till the very end. Aroma is a wonderful scent of spices,sugar and lemon,lighter notes of orange and a nice finish of yeast and hops.The flavor is a blend of spices & lemon, Light banana notes and fruity esters form the yeast, nice bready notes, a crisp refreshing mouthfeel with a very dry finish of hops and alcohol. Very complex and balanced.A very fun try .

A slightly hazy bronze with a hefty, aerated, white head. Fuddy, soapy aromas. With hints of brandy booziness lifted by light peaches and sweet caramel biscuits. It holds a lot of brandy and un-peaty whiskey flavours that are again lightened by sweet orange and pear with underlying dark raisins. Some dried apricot flavours match the richness well creating a cakey sweetness. Very smooth, oily and perfectly carbonated. I drank this with a rich cheese souffle, it really lightened the slightly bitter cheese though its carbonation reacted in a curdling way in the mouth. Not a bad match but it could definitely have been better.