Orval
Brasserie d’Orval in Villers-devant-Orval, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.93
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Orval beer is a high fermentation beer. The ageing process adds a fruity note, which strikes a subtle balance between the beer’s full-bodied yet complex flavour and bitterness.
The beer was first brewed in 1931 and owes its unparalleled taste to the quality of the water, the hops and the yeast used. The brewery has selected very aromatic and unique hop varieties, which hark back to the first brewmaster of Orval, who hailed from Bavaria. The beer’s aromas are very pronounced while maintaining the right level of bitterness thanks to the English method of dry hopping.
The various stages of fermentation – combined fermentation with the original yeast and with wild yeast, followed by fermentation in the bottle – mean the beer must age for some time and requires numerous quality controls.
The beer was first brewed in 1931 and owes its unparalleled taste to the quality of the water, the hops and the yeast used. The brewery has selected very aromatic and unique hop varieties, which hark back to the first brewmaster of Orval, who hailed from Bavaria. The beer’s aromas are very pronounced while maintaining the right level of bitterness thanks to the English method of dry hopping.
The various stages of fermentation – combined fermentation with the original yeast and with wild yeast, followed by fermentation in the bottle – mean the beer must age for some time and requires numerous quality controls.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Fizzy
funky aroma maybe a bit like champagne
Cherry ish champagne bitterness banana and clove is there also
It's different but nice
funky aroma maybe a bit like champagne
Cherry ish champagne bitterness banana and clove is there also
It's different but nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2026
at 17:49
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2026
at 20:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Hop Burns and Black, enjoyed watching Scotland v Morocco. First Orval in years. Pours lightly hazy golden amber with a big fruity white head. Nose is wonderfully complex - caramel, apricot, grape must, some berry notes, gentle citrus. Profile falls somewhere between a blonde and a gueze. Flavour is well balanced, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, light sourness. Medium body, prickly carbonation, refreshingly dry, with a slightly gueze-y must on the finish. Still a beaut.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hop Burns & Black - Dulwich
on 19 Jun 2026
at 22:33
10/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2026
at 18:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared bottle 23/02/2016
Amber with cream coloured thick foam. Funk on the nose. Lively carbonated. Very dry.
Amber with cream coloured thick foam. Funk on the nose. Lively carbonated. Very dry.
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from Bottle
at
Frohnhauser Sudwerkstatt
on 18 Apr 2026
at 17:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Turns out had not tried this one. 2025 batch.
Smell - weak hops, weak belgian tones.
Foam- thin belgian tones, hops, bitter tones. Head is large, white in color.
Appearance - beer-specific cap, nice classic bottle. Clear orange amber.
From - snifter
Taste - bitter tones, hops, faint pulling bitterness, some faint belgian tones. Long-lasting bitter aftertaste. Dunno, for me it feels a bit harsh aftertaste.
Smell - weak hops, weak belgian tones.
Foam- thin belgian tones, hops, bitter tones. Head is large, white in color.
Appearance - beer-specific cap, nice classic bottle. Clear orange amber.
From - snifter
Taste - bitter tones, hops, faint pulling bitterness, some faint belgian tones. Long-lasting bitter aftertaste. Dunno, for me it feels a bit harsh aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Spirits & Wine Domina
on 12 Mar 2026
at 17:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Turns out had not tried this one. 2025 batch.
Smell - weak hops, weak belgian tones.
Foam- thin belgian tones, hops, bitter tones. Head is large, white in color.
Appearance - beer-specific cap, nice classic bottle. Clear orange amber.
From - snifter
Taste - bitter tones, hops, faint pulling bitterness, some faint belgian tones. Long-lasting bitter aftertaste. Dunno, for me it feels a bit harsh aftertaste.
Smell - weak hops, weak belgian tones.
Foam- thin belgian tones, hops, bitter tones. Head is large, white in color.
Appearance - beer-specific cap, nice classic bottle. Clear orange amber.
From - snifter
Taste - bitter tones, hops, faint pulling bitterness, some faint belgian tones. Long-lasting bitter aftertaste. Dunno, for me it feels a bit harsh aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Spirits & Wine Domina
on 12 Mar 2026
at 17:16
9/10
Delightful. 13 months old. That classic mix of hoppy citrus and earthy funk. Orval always dominates.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2026
at 20:20