Orval
(has 22 batches)
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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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Hops, Crewe with appropriate glassware. Pours a hazy golden amber with a decent yeasty off-white head. Nose is like a brown ale with malts and yeast. In the mouth it has a frothy texture with fairly high carbonation. Flavour is mainly malts and yeast plus cloves, bubblegum band hitns of bacon and treacle. Finish is boozy and waming. Only one word for this s-s-s-superb !
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2022
at 15:55
8/10
10 months old. Noticably less good than a 2-year-vintage. This is the only pale ale I've seen where people obsess over the vintage so much. Also the only one I've had that actually tastes so much different aged.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2022
at 21:59
8.5/10
Noticably different, lighter, brighter, more spritely. The flavors are not quite as deep but still full-on, still delicious. I've got a fresh one too, and while curiosity gets me, I'll let that one sit a bit. Definitely prefer it aged.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2022
at 00:09
9/10
Probably my first Orval of this age, and my first Orval in quite some time. Truly lovely stuff, deeper flavors than the newer one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2022
at 00:06
9/10
When in Belgium. Last night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2022
at 10:28
7.5/10
Tried
on 19 Jan 2022
at 08:14
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Embotellada el 09/02/2016. En guarda durante 5 años en bodega, a 17ºC.
Vierte de un color ámbar intenso, casi cobrizo y anaranjado. Bastante turbia al servirla por completo en la copa. Espuma blanca de aspecto compacto, buena retención. Aroma fuerte a fermento (recuerda al queso curado). De fondo se aprecia algo de fruta madura y notas florales del lúpulo. Sabor complejo, dulce (fruta madura) con un punto ácido. Sorprende la presencia del lúpulo tras 5 años en botella, dando notas herbales y florales. Final amargo y seco. Buena sensación en boca, carbonatación suave y textura oleosa. Recuerdos a vino blanco, ahumado y fruta madura (plátano, papaya).
Gran experiencia, cerveza de culto e interesante para experimentar con el tiempo de guarda.
Revisión... Embotellada el 09/07/2020. En guarda durante 2 años esta vez. Espuma muy abundante y carbonatación alta. Aromas intensos (manzana, cítricos, floral...). Sabor mucho más definido hacia lo frutal e incluso dulce de la malta. Cuando coge temperatura se aprecian esas notas del lúpulo, dejando un regusto amargo muy marcado, junto con notas a resina, cítricos y un punto ácido.
Espectacular.
Vierte de un color ámbar intenso, casi cobrizo y anaranjado. Bastante turbia al servirla por completo en la copa. Espuma blanca de aspecto compacto, buena retención. Aroma fuerte a fermento (recuerda al queso curado). De fondo se aprecia algo de fruta madura y notas florales del lúpulo. Sabor complejo, dulce (fruta madura) con un punto ácido. Sorprende la presencia del lúpulo tras 5 años en botella, dando notas herbales y florales. Final amargo y seco. Buena sensación en boca, carbonatación suave y textura oleosa. Recuerdos a vino blanco, ahumado y fruta madura (plátano, papaya).
Gran experiencia, cerveza de culto e interesante para experimentar con el tiempo de guarda.
Revisión... Embotellada el 09/07/2020. En guarda durante 2 años esta vez. Espuma muy abundante y carbonatación alta. Aromas intensos (manzana, cítricos, floral...). Sabor mucho más definido hacia lo frutal e incluso dulce de la malta. Cuando coge temperatura se aprecian esas notas del lúpulo, dejando un regusto amargo muy marcado, junto con notas a resina, cítricos y un punto ácido.
Espectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2021
at 23:48
6/10
Oude checkin
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2021
at 14:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Hazy yellowish-brown. Aroma: like from a perfume shop, powerful, from many shades of malt and hops + magic yeast how these monks do it - is not clear. Taste: dry, malty, spicy, a bit wild, grassy, hoppy, very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2021
at 13:45
8.2/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2021
at 20:35