Orval

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Poured into trappist glass from bottle. Golden orange with a fluffy, thick white head. Smells sweet and citrus, with some doughy undernotes. Taste is the same - sweet, citrus, a bit of doughy bread. Finishes a bit bitter and very dry. Not overly thick. Med/high carbonation. Very good, but a bit behind other trappists brews.

poured into tulip glass for tasting. upon uncapping the bottle, the tremendous volume of co2 rolled out with a swoosh. slowly poured into my tulip( I have heard reports of aggressive pours making 5+ finger heads). pours a beautiful dark golden orange color with hoppy notes and brett in the aroma. taste is very balanced malt to hop profile, leaning more toward the maltier side of the equation. no attributed extreme sour character from the brett, very well accented. the lingering palate left on the tongue is semi-dry, and a slight bit tart as well. second trappist product ever consumed.

Golden blond pour with frothy white head. Fairly intense fruity, floral, grassy aroma up front that leaves a somewhat sour aftertaste.

Appearance: hazy butterscotch, very small head. Aroma: bitter and floral. Taste: slightly sweet maltiness with piney/floral hops, hint of peppery spice. Finish: lingering, medium bitter/floral hops. Notes: A little too bitter for my taste, but nice with a whole-grain baguette.

Hazy orange brown with a wonderful and huge head. Aroma is spicy. Flavor is very bitter and speciel from there yeast.

Holy apples batman, this is one fruity beer, i really like it but i can see why some don’t. Very fruit nose and body almost to point of taking away from being a beer

Yellow/orange colour with strong head. Complex citrus aroma. Heavy bitterness. Fruity, citric taste. An excellent beer.

Boisson belge de tradition, elle rentre selon moi dans le top mondial, et est une vraie découverte! La preuve que le Val d’Or a du potentiel :)