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

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RATINGS: 2836   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.92   EST. CALORIES: 186   ABV: 6.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
In contrast to all the others, the Orval Trappist brewery makes only one beer for the general public. It has an intensely aromatic and dry character. Between the first and second fermentations there is also an additional dry-hopping process. Through this the beer acquires its pronounced hoppy aroma and extra dry taste.
Bottled at 5.2% abv - can go up as high as 7.2%


3.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Vas (64) - NEW ZEALAND - FEB 3, 2011
Bottle. Lovely aroma of musky, earthy, slight floral notes and fresh compost. Amber/light copper colour, big buffy head that lasts the whole way to the bottome with gorgeous lacing. Taste is dry, bitter, but with a rich organic flavour, loamy, leather, tobacco, old wood, washed rind cheese and finally a tart finish with a slightly sour almost astringent aftertaste. Effervescent in the mouth, light in body with a somewhat chewy texture. There is so much going on here I feel like a liquored up barnyard is rioting in my mouth.

4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
TylerPow (115) - Washington, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 2, 2011
Sexy bottle. Very attractive light plum color with a frothy head. Aroma is hoppy dry and old hay, and some very subtle vanilla-ish spices. They initial tatse is dry and not sweet at all. Clean finish with a lasting dry/sugary/ bread flavored hoppiness . It’s a great effect when millions of tiny bubbles numb down your tounge for a split second before the flavors catch up. The end of this brew is nice and juicy and leaves me wanting more. Too bad, 5$ a bottle is pretty steep... BTW, I think basement temperature is the way to go with this one, it really lets alot of aroma out.

2.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 14/20
cfly_is_high (37) - Ontario, CANADA - FEB 2, 2011
very strong aftertaste, very belgian look to it, nice strong taste, but an overall enjoyable beer

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Doriandm (11) - - FEB 2, 2011
Nice cloudy orange/yellow color, huge fluffy head. Nice citrusy smell to it, very clean. Nice little bite to it as well, outstanding.

4.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
cucuma (77) - kontich, BELGIUM - FEB 1, 2011
My favorite! This is the finest trappiste. Most complex beer. Full malt beer but not that sweet, actually bitter. Unique bottle. I like the story/tell from the well and how the monks obtained the logo (fish and ring).

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
lionel09 (8) - BELGIUM - JAN 30, 2011 does not count
Nice cloudy orange/yellow color, huge fluffy head. Nice citrusy smell to it, very clean. Nice little bite to it as well, outstanding.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Rasmus40 (3011) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - JAN 30, 2011
Beautiful clear orange with a huge white head that lasts until the final zip. Aroma is light sour, sweet, fruity, spicy, yeasty and hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet, light sour and moderate bitter. The finish is dry. 300111

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Prokroustis (359) - Thessaloniki, GREECE - JAN 29, 2011
Hazy pale orange body with a white very long lasting rocky head and great lacing. Great citric spicy and floral aroma. Somewhat watery and smooth with soft carbonation palate. Fruits, sweet bitter and dry flavour.


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