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Petit Orval

Petit Orval - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
68
overall
Brewed by Brasserie dOrval
Style: Belgian Ale

Florenville - Villers-d.-Orval, Belgium

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
963.27/5.03.24/5.03.5%69.2Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Only available at the Cafe near the Abbaye. Produced for the Monks at Brasserie dOrval.
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 JorisPPattyn (5155), Antwerpen, Belgium
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Mar 15, 2005  
This beer is more widely known as Orval Vert . Orange-amber, slight haze; huge off-white head. Typical but very intense grapey Orval nose, hops (dry), leather, Brett - including horsey finish - bit of lunaria, herbal-spicey. Bone dry - but light - fruity, grapey taste, rosewater flavour without the sweetness, different herbal flavours, slightly grassy. Quite light MF, but more filled than expected. Watery feeling as fine spring water. Ultra-long typical hop aftertaste (more taste/flavour than bitterness). Very strangely a very pleasing beer. Something to raise (healthy) children on. Or Brits.


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/516/20
Nov 22, 2004  
Similar to the Chimay Doree, this is similar to a Orval Light. No label on the bottle. Cloudy orange color with a smallish head. Aroma is herbal and hoppy. Taste is thin (expected), light toast and mild malt. Another beer I could sit and drink for a day or two, non-stop.


 MilkmanDan (1940), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/55/103/510/20
Nov 21, 2004  
Cloudy light tea color. Phenomenal nose, just fascinating, sour and orange, with apricot and spice. Taste starts fruity but then dies away, is a bit toasty but has an unpleasant almost cheap lager-esque harsh finish.


 egajdzis (3602), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 21, 2004  
Poured an orange golden color with a medium sized white head and left light lacing on the glass. Sweet, light buttery, and spiced aroma. Taste was light, dry, and straw. Wet mouthfeel.


 Emil (6075), Copenhagen, Denmark
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/54/20
Sep 20, 2004    Updated: Nov 16, 2004
Hazy orange color, heavy ashtray aroma, light weak taste, light watery body, light dry finish. Orval with water in it.


 joss (3632), Garching b. München, Germany
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/102/510/20
Sep 17, 2004  
Orangepeel nose. Hazy amber, low creamy head. In the flavor I mostly get light oranges - slightly metallic. Light body. Mhh couldn’t really enjoy this one.


 Engelsmann (653), Copenhagen, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/54/102/513/20
Sep 13, 2004  
Thin hazy brown, with a great spicy aroma. The taste is a bit weak, almost like a watered down Orval.


 Nate (2533), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 5, 2004  
Fruity barnyard yeasty nose, that distinctive Orval spiciness. Orange-dark amber clear, with thin off-white lacing head. Thin body with light-medium carbonation. Starts dry, wiyh light hops and spiciness. Low alcohol is apparent. Low malts, light hops, though the taste itself is very dry. Very simple beer. No match for regular Orval. Good taste, though, just weak.



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