4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 BlackEyePA (547) - USA - SEP 10, 2010I really like this beer. I buy it in Brussels at the Carrefour by the 4 pack. It was introduced to me by a friend and I liked it right off the bat. Good color, good taste very intriguing, cant put my finger on it, I just got back from a beer fest in Brussels and already drank them all, but if I remeber correctly from earlier, the aroma, was raisins, and bread to me. The whole experiece is great overall, I’m surprised to see it rated 99, although I love all the trappist beers from Belgium and since I’m 2 hours away, I am truly lucky to be so close and it seems like I’m spoiled with all the AMAZING beer around me. I cherish every moment of it because i return to the states in February and this beer will be much harder to find. Lastly, great beer, I like it alot, but I only get it about 3 times a year. If you can get your hands on it, I think you will enjoy it.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 jjgmd (733) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - MAY 19, 2013
Pours an orange amber color with a nice head. Nose is sweet with citrus and floral notes. Taste is subtle yeast with orange peel and floral spices. A well balanced Belgium that slips effortlessly down your palate, full of flavor and drinks easily. Not typical of the Belgian ales i have had, but than again it is not Orval. Finish is dry and short. Quaff Score 9 / 10
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 zgaier (693) - Coral Springs, Florida, USA - MAY 19, 2013
Pours a dark amber orange with a beige head and nice aroma of fruits, spices, citrus and hops. Taste is complex, of hops, yeast, fruits, spices, citrus, and some sweet malt with a dry finish. Very drinkable, well balanced and smooth, great Belgain
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 olliejobbins (327) - Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - MAY 15, 2013
UPDATED: MAY 16, 2013 330ml bottle. Pours a cloudy tanned brown/orange with a thick pillowy head that lasts forever. A fruity beer with caramel notes in taste and aroma. Mildly viscous in consistency. Poured a copper brown/ orange, very fizzy initially, but settled to be very drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Artichoke (17) - California, USA - MAY 15, 2013
Crazy 3.5 finger head. Nice aroma with banana yeast. Taste is odd. There is some sweet at the front but a not so pleasant bitterness in the back.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20 KoNrRiI (223) - Århus, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2013
UPDATED: MAY 16, 2013 0.33 bottle. Humungous, off-white head, leaves some proper lacing, quite hazy amber color. Aroma is so to say Belgian: banana, clove, vanilla, some caramel, perfume, spices and an unfortunate alcoholic note. Taste is mostly bittersweet, somewhat floral, liquorice alongside, with malty undertone. At first appears overly astringent but frankly it just takes some getting used to. Medium body, nice slick texture and a soft carbonation. Finish is longish, a tad off-balance and sourish at the end but otherwise good. All in all it’s a good beer but honestly I expected more from the famed Orval.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 fiammanghilla (95) - Genova, ITALY - MAY 13, 2013
Bottiglia 33 cl
Chiara torbida, schiuma molto abbondante, fine e persistente.
La trappista più beverina, amarognola e di grande struttura, decisamente buona!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 avw1982 (81) - Giessenburg, NETHERLANDS - MAY 13, 2013
33cl bottle. Its a special beer. It’s not like one of the other trappist beers. Its a little more bitter.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 Claves77 (76) - Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 11, 2013
Lots of bubbles, caramel color. Lively nose with sweetness. Light taste with long lasting flavor.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20 jacobbeaven (1) - MCBH Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, USA - MAY 10, 2013 does not count
Great taste, suttle but lasting. Dark amber color. Good head. Appearance of the bottle and beer are great.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Feramabra15 (7) - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL - MAY 9, 2013 does not count
Bread, cereal, floral, grass, citrus, herbs, dry character, only one kind of for general public, two fermentations wither dry hopping process, hoppy aroma
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