Orval

bottle. a bit hazy, golden orange color. Spicy and hopy and dry finish. Good beer.

nice complex flavor from a 2005 from mcbackus @ sunseed coop this a beer you need to try more than once i did not care for it the first time but loved after trying again

330 ml bottle. Minimal head and some lacing. Reddish orange and a bit cloudy liquid. Aromas are fresh hops with some grass and citrus fruits and lots of spices. Quite malty flavor and finishes as a bit sour with bitterness. Flavor is somewhat bitter with some malty sweetness. Medium bodied and livey carbonated. Great beer with diverse aromas that are in perfect balance. One of my favourites.

From a bottle. Colour is beautiful amber with a creamy head. This beer grows on you. The first couple of times you taste this magnificent beer you’re not easily impressed. It isn’t until after a couple of tries that you appreciate the incredibly long dry finish and get hooked. The palate itself is fruity, bitter and utterly complex, I do not know a beer with a similar taste. This trappist beer is underrated as far as I am concerned, maybe because trappist lovers expect more alcohol, but real connoisseurs will love it.

33 cl bottle. Appearance is perfect with a large beautiful foamy head over the hazy orange body - extremely nice too look at. Aroma is great - funky, acidic and a bit fruity with sour apples, citrus and barnyard. Flavour is just as good as the aroma with nice funky notes of sour green apples, some barnyard and citrus. Medium bitterness. It’s also got a very nice hoppy character, which makes it unique among the belgians I’ve head. Perfect balance between funk, acidity and bitterness. Mediumbodied. Mouthfeel is overall very dry, not extremely mellow and filling maybe, but for this beer I can’t imagine it to be more perfect. Overall this is an amazing beer. Probably one of the absolute best trappist and a must-try for everyone. The quite low ABV makes this very drinkable. I love it! Totally unique!

11.2 oz bottle date 07/05/07 into goblet. Pours hazy orange with significant, but diminishing head. Smells of sugars and bananas,and maybe cloves. Very tart and dry. Taste is hard to explain for me. Very nice carbonation feel in the mouth. Light taste that cuts sharply. This was my first Orval.

4/23/08 notes: 11oz bottle. Pours with a large, healthy white head and a beautiful cream orange color. The aroma is of orange peel, lemon, and candy sweetness. I really enjoyed the crispness of Orval’s flavor: a surprisingly well blended concoction of citrus fruit (orange, lemon), sugar, and some malty sweetness. Great aftertaste of fruit and slight bitterness.

(Re-rate at Pikkulintu on 2008-10-09, bottled on 05/09/2007) Amber. Hazy. Medium sized quickly disappearing head. Sour, malty, yeasty and fruity nose. Medium bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Raisin, sourness, hops, sweetness and bitterness in taste. Long lasting a bit sour and bitter aftertaste. (Bottle at Hilpeä Hauki on 2008-04-25, I didn’t check the BBE date) Amber and quite clear. White medium sized head. Sour and fruity nose which contains at least apple aromas. Taste contains sour milk and hop bitternes. Some sweetness from malts. Mostly dry palate. Nice and different.