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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle, Poechenellekelder, Brussels, 19 Oct 2024) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, spicy nose with dark bread, apricots and erthy yeasty aromas. Fruity, spicy taste with notes of bread, dried orange peel, apricots, earthy hops, a mild acidity and a balanced earthy/spicy bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Complex, but really well balanced. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Le Poechenellekelder
on 10 Jan 2025
at 22:50
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tried
on 03 Jan 2025
at 01:40
9/10
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 21:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness, online. Drank 2 months after bottling Pours a murky amber with moderate sized white head Aroma of yeasted candied peel and pineapple, caramel. Its very dry and brett like with a champagne like carbonation. Lots of candied fruits and caramel. I like it, its very different, but I don't love it. Maybe its one that's better aged.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle:A special orange-colored abbey brew that tastes very dry and hoppy. Certainly this is a classic in the beer world.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:40
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2024
at 15:42
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:59
9/10
Happy Birthday, untappd. Bringing me to weird places, drinking some weird beer. Spending a whole lot of money. Wouldn't trade it. Ever.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:59
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:48
8/10
Bottle 33cl. bottled 10/07/2024 @Borse Van Amsterdam, Aalst
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2024
at 21:02