3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a light copper color with big foamy head. Aroma of apples, dried fruit, yeast. Flavor was fruity with notes of bread and clove and a nice dry hoppy finish. I think the finish is what makes this beer so appealing and allows itself to be paired with a variety of foods. Nicely done Belgian!
2.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
12oz bottle pours a hazy copper with a huge white head. Aroma is sour cherries and apples, yeast, floral, grass, and spices. Taste is very dry and sour with bitter aftertaste of alcohol, slight spice. Not digging taste, aromatic flavors not coming through, just awful sour/dry/bitterness that makes me gag.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Lovely looking beer with enormous head. Apples, farmyard and hay in the nose. Fruity and hoppy palate with sour finish. Great beer with food.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JUN 20, 2011 In bottle; pours a golden orange color. Aroma was sweet (citrus and spice). taste was OK (was hoping for more). Citrus, honey and orange notes. Good beer but better Belgium beers out there for sure. UPDATE (Jun 15) - in bottle. aroma a little honey and orange. The beer was better than I remembered last time. Overall, nice very
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: NOV 8, 2011 Bottle. Hazy orange body, huge head. Sweet and unmistakable funky/yeasty aroma. Taste has apricot, honey, some cloves and sweet white grapes. The level of hop crispness varies with age. A truly fascinating beer that develops its character while ageing. A mellow masterpiece. I love the bottle shape too.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Opaque amber in the glass, huge frothy head with unique sculptural qualities as it settles. Intoxicating aroma of tangy fruits, such as green apple and white grape, combined with hints of clove and fresh pine tree sap. Flavors of spicy hops, wild yeast, and more fruit... peach, apricot, apple. A complex blend of tastes with lots of zing.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Always thought it was cool that this is the only beer they make at the orval brewery. Quite a unique beer, you could call it a Belgian amber. Extreme carbonation out of a bottle. smooth caramel and malty flavors, nothing too extreme on the estery side. Well balanced and quite tasty
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
I think Orval is a beer that doesn’t taste like anything else, and I also think it’s delicious. As someone below said, you either love it or you never drink it again.
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