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Orval

Orval - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
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 
22083.92/5.03.91/5.06.2%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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RHSpartan (6), troy, Michigan, USA
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3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/515/20
Aug 14, 2009  
Bottle. Pours cloudy golden with tall delicate white lace head. Slight hop aroma. Slight fruit taste followed by sour bite.


 anders37 (4516), Malmö, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 11, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly yeasty spicy aroma with some weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty slightly bready bitter hoppy flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.


TreborWhip (68), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Bottle poured into a tulip glass produced an enormous tan-colored head with a translucent, deep-amber body. Taste is similar to a lambric and has a dry finish. It was not what I had anticipated. Good, but not one of my favorites.


themightyomega (82), New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Aug 5, 2009  
Bottle: Pours reddish brown, thick off-white head. Hoppy aroma, with hints of fruit and a bit of bread. Flavor dry, crisp, with a nice bready flavor with malt, finishing off with a pleasant bitter tail. Nice beer.


 greenhorn1 (458), Mission Viejo, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Aug 3, 2009  
Bottle. I wasn’t expecting the flavor of this one. After reading recent posts I felt I wasn’t completely off mark. If pours a ridiculous head and the aroma is quite pungent and somewhat flowery. The flavor is sour and the finish is very dry. Nice subtle notes of yeast and spices. Not my favorite trappist, but OK.


tympanic (50), Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/510/20
Aug 3, 2009  
I expected more for the price and the hype. Definitely my least favorite among the Trappist beers, though I appreciate its unique sour flavor. What an enormous, fizzy head this one pours into my tulip glass! This is the first beer I have purchased in Alabama since the "Gourmet Beer Bill" was passed earlier this year. Though not my favorite, its availability symbolizes another victory for beer culture in the Deep South!


Sjef (4), Rossum GLD, Netherlands
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2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/104/54/101/510/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Sorry people Bud this bear is not my facorite one. I dont like the taste off it so sorry bud i put it away It has no flavor at all when i saw the bear i was thinking this will be a very nice bear because it is 1 of the 7 trapissten bear labels I take the drink bud no it is not my bear


 JanEric (167), Meppel, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Amber colour, thick head. Bubbling in the glass. More than average carbonation. Aroma: acid,sour, with orange peels and lime. Tastes fresh soury, ad bitter! Dry long finish. Not an easy to drink trappist, but soft and sparkling in mouth.



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