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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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.
Tried
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
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Vintage 2021 (20.01), taste in 20.08.2023 (poured into orginal Orval glass). Fajne tresciwe, wieksze nagazowanie, piana szybko rosnie niczym ilosc nielegalnej imigracji. Metnawe kwaskowe i bardzo chmielne i ziolowe. Pod koniec lata doskonale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2026
at 22:00
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Vintage 2022 (06.01), taste in 09.10.2022, a wiec na swiezo, jest lekko, poczatkowo nawet wodnisto, spora rosnaca w oczach piana, trwala, metnawe ale srednio, choc osad drozdzowy byl spory, tu pojawia seie cytrusowa nuta, wiecej chmielnosci, wytrawnosci, rumianku, oraz na zakaczenie niewielki posmak slonecznikowego prazonego ziarna. Z tych 2 testow jednego dnia 5 letni Orval i polroczny, chyba ten swiezy mi lepiej podszedl, w przypadku Orvala im starsze tym nie do konca sie smak poprawia w dobra strone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2026
at 21:58