8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A trade with YantarCoast. Huge thanks. Hazy amber. Tall airy head. Average retention. Aroma: leather, horse blanket, fruit, ascorbic acid, brut champagne, floral hop. Medium body. Soft carbonation. Oily textute. Complex dry taste. Fruit & citrus peel. Champagne. Caramel malt. Light refreshing sourness. Solid resiny & floral bitterness. Long hoppy ending. Amazing how craft-like it is! A very distinct one. Great experience.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2016
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Glass at a l’ange gardien. Hazy orange beer medium head. Aroma is yeast, nutty. Taste is the same some hops. Not bad but prefer the "normal" one.
Tried
on 17 Jul 2016
at 13:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(176 nap) Gyönyörű, enyhén homályos, vörösbe hajló borostyán szín. Óriási, nagyon tartós, fehér hab. Határozott gyümölcsös, narancsos-mandarinos illat, némi karamellel. Íze intenzíven komlós keserű, kissé karamellás, citrusos, némi gyantával. Egy icipicit kiérezni az élesztőt. Utóíze hosszan tartó, kesernyés, kicsi gyantával és gyümölcsösséggel. Testes de nem nehéz, nagyon karakteres, de még nincsenek az ízek igazán összesimulva. (314 nap) Különbség: kissé intenzívebb citrusosság, sokkal jobb egyensúly, az élesztősség eltűnt. Ez már egy határozottan jobb sör. (570 nap) A karamell szinte teljesen eltűnt mind az illatából, mind az ízéből. Ízei összesimultak, a gyömölcsösségből csak az ipás keserűssége lóg ki egy kicsit. (804 nap) Egyre inkább ipás, de erősebb fűszerességgel. (900 nap) Utoló üveg, már nem sokat változott, nincs mit hozzátenni az eddigiekhez.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2016
at 15:48
9/10
Served with a casserole made with Orval cheese and some Orval to pour on top (I couldn't resist the complete Orval experience).
Tried
at
De Heeren van Liedekercke
on 23 Jun 2016
at 13:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 ml unlabelled bottle at Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus. Brown color, large white head. Aroma and flavour very much like the ordinary Orval, with "farmhouse" and "spicy" notes, distinct hops. It is quite impressive that so much flavour can be put into a beer of this moderate ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 04:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Re-rate: side by side pour of 33cl bottles (1 year old and 20 years old; 07/07/2022, bb 07/7/2027; 22.05.2003, bb 22.05.2008). Old bottle is hazy deep orange with small white head. New bottle is hazy orangey gold with huge white head. Old bottle is very cardboardy with a feint funk on the nose that comes and goes (7/4/5/3/12=3.1). New bottle has mild hops, quite dry (8/5/7/3/15=3.8). Sept 28, 2022 (8/5/7/3/15=3.8): Poured from 330mL bottle @ Kits home from New District Wine Beer Spirits (ABV listed as 6.9%; bottled 18/02/2020, bb 18/02/2025). Slightly hazed copper gold with full off white head. Spicy Belgian yeast with a gentle fruity funk character underlying, very light hopping on the finish. Bumping up the appearance by .1, but otherwise keeping my same score from 2016 for this. Enjoyable. June 10, 2016 (8/4/7/3/15=3.7): Poured from 33cl bottle [bottled in 2011 (label is messed up so can’t tell when exactly); best before 18/07/2016 - aged]. Clear, orangey brown with off-white head. Aroma of orange and peach, light belgian yeast, some spice. Taste of yeast and spice with very mild brett and a subtle dry hop finish. Flavour actually dissipates a bit quickly and is almost a light watery finish. Quite good, but it doesn’t quite land the vault.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 01:30
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle from the Queen Edith, Cambridge. In a terribly inappropriate glass but I can live with that. Golden with a huge, loose, slightly off-white head. Yeast domimates the aroma with an indefinable floral funk. A perfect aroma. Sweet, yet slightly sour, with a cheeky medicinal hop bitterness at the end. There’s something almost sexual about the aftertaste. I crave this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2016
at 14:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark golden with well lasting frothy white head. Aroma is flowery hops, papaya, passion fruit, citrus, grassy hops. Taste is fruity sour but also bitter. Foamy mouthfeel but atill with a good body. Long hoppy bitter finish. Overall very good. Update: 12 year old version (2004): there is more caramel and forest and the beer is much sweeter.
Tried
on 15 May 2016
at 16:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Ocher-apricot color, off white thick head. Fruity aroma, cherry. Bubblegum flavors, salt, cherry, sweet and sour. Full taste, strong finish, pleasant.
Tried
on 12 May 2016
at 15:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cloudy amber to brown color. Very abundant off-white head. Sourish aroma. Hop bitter, some malt notes. A bit thin texture and abrupt finish,
Tried
on 02 May 2016
at 13:24