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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8.5/10
I enjoyed the beer in Köln but I have to say I was happy to come home to my fridge where this awaited me. The new glass is a genuinely better drinking experience: retains the foam for the whole duration (and I sipped it gently and slowly). Jan'22
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2023
at 21:58
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2023
at 21:42
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2023
at 01:13
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2022
at 17:17
Tried
on 31 Oct 2022
at 18:04
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2022
at 21:10
7.8/10
Really, what more can be said about Orvalles? Lovely balanced earthy hops. A bit of bread crust malt. Touch of Brett
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2022
at 19:47
8/10
Tried
on 05 Sep 2022
at 20:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Whole Paycheck. Wine glass @home. 14/12/2021, 6.9%. Purty, tall, almost bubble-less, lathered head. White pepper, dry rosemary, good bread. Smells great. Dusty, flour-y, saline, dirt dry crust. Not my favorite example of Orval. No detectable brett. Frothy, easy. Need an older bottle. Notes from April 2009 Orval Appreciation Day. Ommegang anniversary glass. Bottled on 20/02/2008. Hiding in the basement since late September. Glass fills with suds on my first attempt. Stiff, cream peaks, orange amber body. Successfully decanted. Patchy lace. Smell is first off, intense bitter melon rind & grapefruit zest. Then, soured sauvignon blanc & straw. Touch of sulfur. Lemon/lime acidity. Peppery yeast. Carbonation is light, almost microbeaded. Taste is grassy & just barely soured. Very dry & mild, acidic hops upfront. Medicinal, plastic-y, & lacking the ripe fruit flavors I get in fresh or exceedingly old bottles. Just a lot of acid. Alcohol is too big. Saltine, cottonmouth finish. This one took a bad turn. Usually one of my favorites. Destined to be reviewed again.
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from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2022
at 21:22