Orval
Brasserie d’Orval in Villers-devant-Orval, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.91
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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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Psytron (8000) reviewed Orval from Brasserie d’Orval 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Mild smell of sweet malt. Cloudy deep copper colour, very high off-white head. Aroma of malt, raisins, hops, some alcohol. Green apple and herbs in finish. Fizzy carbon. Medium bitter, medium sweet.
wutangfinancial (272) ticked Orval from Brasserie d’Orval 2 months ago
BodyByDuff (214) reviewed Orval from Brasserie d’Orval 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 2024 vintage. Funky yeast aroma with notes of spicy Belgian yeast, lemony citrus, grassy hops, straw and a bit of barnyard. Pours cloudy golden colored with a large off white head that has excellent retention and little lacing. Starts with yeasty funky spicy Belgian yeast and straw flavors as well as having a lovely mouthfeel. Finishes dry but crisp and refreshing with grassy hops and barnyard flavors. Excellent.
blackisle (5698) ticked Orval (2025) from Brasserie d’Orval 6 months ago
Bottle in Orval glass, Prince Baudouin, Namur
aaake (183) ticked Orval from Brasserie d’Orval 6 months ago
hawthorne00 (9781) ticked Orval (2020) from Brasserie d’Orval 7 months ago
Best before... today. Never kept one that long. Lots of nectarines, bracken-like funk. Bone dry. Hints of sherry and boot polish. Carbonation has dropped off but only a bit. Bitterness is lower. Interesting. Happy enough to stick with the 1-2 year olds.
mice (3721) reviewed Orval (2023) from Brasserie d’Orval 9 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0,33l bottle from K-Supermarket Lippulaiva. Bottled 12/04/2023, bbe 12/04/2028. Pours very beautifully with amber color and huge head that stays. Aroma is strong, it has apple, flowers and sourness. Taste has apple, citrus and grass and sourness. Medium carbonation. More belgium yeast when yeast is added from the bottle. Still wonderful.
Maverick (5074) reviewed Orval from Brasserie d’Orval 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Sometimes it?s good, sometimes it?s bad. Orval is always a bit of an adventure. When it?s on it?s good, when it?s not it?s crap.
Rerate a fresh one 5 years later. This was a good one. Love the Brett funk
ShivanDragon (10851) ticked Orval (2023) from Brasserie d’Orval 10 months ago
29/06/2023, prima verder, leuk bret smaakje
Lakatarm (5439) ticked Orval (2024) from Brasserie d’Orval 10 months ago