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Orval

Orval - Belgian Ale

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99
overall
Brewed by Brasserie dOrval
Style: Belgian Ale

Florenville - Villers-d.-Orval, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
22073.92/5.03.91/5.06.2%100Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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%
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 bermod (118), Lappeenranta, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Jun 13, 2008    Updated: Dec 8, 2008
[1y old bottle] Dry aroma is sour apple, citrus, spices, yeast, hops. Dry and sour flavor is quite complex; fruits, apple, apple pie, citrus, spices, grass, hops, yeast and maybe some wood also.


 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Jun 12, 2008    Updated: Dec 9, 2008
Rerate Dec 09 2008. Jesus is this a well balanced beer. Everything you could ever want in a beer all wrapped up. Bret yeast hops malt all wrapped into one picture perfect beer. wow.


Theres (23), Tromsø, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/58/104/513/20
Jun 12, 2008  
Blury orange colored body. Nice fruity aroma, quite sweet. Little head, I was hoping for more. Tastes very belgian.... The flavour is alkohol-sweet, fuity, malty, with dry finish. I like. Why haven’t I tried this earlier? Nice bottle as well. (Blårock 050608)


 joeymacaroni (181), West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 12, 2008  
11.2 oz. bottle at West Bradford Grill...pours an unfiltered peachy brown with a fluffy 2-finger foam. aromas of peach, apricot, and a heavy doughiness. flavor is dry, complex, and pleasantly bitter with a tart bubblegum, a solid and intriguing blend of maltiness and hoppiness with citrus, light-skinned fruit and a hard-to-place malty flavor reminiscent of cut wood. a pleasant chewiness to the mouthfeel. finish is bitter, dry, and long-lasting with a predominance of grapefruit peel.


 mabel (2530), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jun 11, 2008  
[1201-20080307] 330mL bottle. Sweet pineapple yeast aroma. Cloudy, brown body with a long-lasting foamy off-white head. Sweet plasticy boozy yeast flavour has a hint of fruity lemon peel. Medium body is thick. Interesting, want to re-rate later.


 Pinball (2692), Allerød, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/54/103/59/20
Jun 11, 2008  
strong full aroma of citrus and good stuff., looks great wih the large head. is muddy though, but looks very appealing. taste is a letdown grass and weeds dominates and not much under that to balance. perhaps it was the great food i had just before. anyways - unbalanced and sort of a mouth full of (knee high)grass feeling. it’s a subtle thing. aroma is GREAT


 Tranquillity (1165), Espoo, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 10, 2008  
Bottled. Long time no see, matey! Hazy orange-brown body, tiny white head. Aroma very subtle, fruits, plum, raisins. Taste very full, extreme finish. Hard to describe, excellent to drink.


 rustychiles (997), Mesa, Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/518/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Pours a hazy murk brownish red with a nice active tan head. Aroma of citrus, malt, yeast, spices. Flavor is floral spices, bitterness, fruit, a little sourness. I think i’m starting to get this one.



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