8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Location: Somehow I have not rated this beer, so I'm using a 12 oz bottle via jcos to create my rating, 2/1/10
Aroma: Lots of citrus, some orange, other fruits, a good amount of spice, and some yeast
Appearance: Hazy orange color with a large creamy white head that leaves some lace
Flavor: Taste is citrus sweet with some spice and a good amount of hops in the finish
Palate: A medium bodied beer with an above average carbonation and a nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: I can't believe this is my first time rating this beer. Crazy stuff... Anyway, this is a really good beer, and a beer that I have perhaps underestimated...
Aroma: Lots of citrus, some orange, other fruits, a good amount of spice, and some yeast
Appearance: Hazy orange color with a large creamy white head that leaves some lace
Flavor: Taste is citrus sweet with some spice and a good amount of hops in the finish
Palate: A medium bodied beer with an above average carbonation and a nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: I can't believe this is my first time rating this beer. Crazy stuff... Anyway, this is a really good beer, and a beer that I have perhaps underestimated...
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2010
at 18:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a dirty beige color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light barnyard notes with dry hops and some light tart notes also noticeable. Taste is also a very nice mix between some barnyard notes with some tart notes and a dry lightly hoppy finish. Body is more watery then the regular version with great carbonation. Still very much good though I can feel that this is a watered down version of the original.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2010
at 17:34
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
12/09 Orange, viscous pale beige head. Yeast and a riot of hop and spice aromas. Barely ripe nectarine fruitiness and citric bitterness. Complex sour/ dry/ brett finish. Has a sense of being just tamed rather than being fully domesticated. Alive and exciting. [7/11] I’m gradually succumbing to the cult. Cascades of spicy, fruity and yeasty flavours. Tingling dry finish. It’s the liveliness that really charms, though. [4.7] [5/13] A 3/11 bottle. Still looks a treat and the aroma holds up pretty well, although is less vibrant. Oxidised notes hold some charm. Fruit is duller, citrus flavours subdued, still a bretty tang. Looks like the 12-18 months I’ve been drinking them at is the sweet spot for me. 4.0, leaving score unchanged.[7/13] A 9/12 bottle. How is it _still_ possible that about 1 in 10 of these turns out to be the best beer I’ve ever had? Large head, outrageous sheets of lacing. Bursts of nectarines, zingy brett, dry, peppery finish.Bottled mid Feb 2015. Pours clear. This young it actually fits in the glass. Head is retained to the last. Fruity, just a little bretty, dry, quite bitter and very hoppy. So much for the 12-18 months sweet spot, this is another ridiculous one. Up.This 5/10/17 batch is unbelievable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2009
at 03:56
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Refrigerated bottle poured into a trappist glass. Pours copper and enormous fluffy off white head. This beer is well carbonated and has a nice dense fluffy head and some lacing. The taste in general is complex for a lighter colored beer and effervescent. In particular there is some tart fruity notes, has a spicy hoppy character, and some yeasty/breadyness. (At four years old taste is Brett, a little spice, and pretty dry)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2009
at 06:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a copper / golden colour with a humongous off-white head. Aroma is yeast, hops and a little fruity. Creamy, dry mouthful. Flavour is quite mild - citrus, orange, malt, with a yeasty aftertaste. Quite nice, but overrated.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2009
at 20:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orval has a fairly hazy brown / orange color. The foam is very high. The beer smells very special, hay and fruit is the first thing I thought of. Herbs, a little grape and apple. A different taste in many ways, the feeling of the liquid is dry. Bitterness is light and the beer is easy to drink. Ok beer but I was not totally convinced
Tried
on 07 Oct 2009
at 01:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Pours orange with a ridiculously large head. Lots of great lacing!Big brett aroma of lemon, orange, elderberry, apple, grape bubblegum and musty horse-blanket. More like a lambic. Some confectionery notes too, like musk sticks.First up upon tasting is sweet caramel malt, with some faint tart orange tang before a pithy bitterness cuts through. Hints of banana along with elderflower in there somewhere. If the added lacto or pedio to get some sourness this would be amazing.Carbonation is insanely high.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2009
at 03:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Theatre of WIne, Greenwich. Pours a hazy amber with a soft, white head. Aromas of citrus, ginger, cinnamon, lemon zest. Plenty of carbonation. Flavours of lemons, tangerines, black pepper, orange peel. Nice bitter, yeasty, zesty finish. An old friend.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2009
at 11:41
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles 33cl in Brussel. Heerlijk, bittere volle smaak. En toch ook fris en wat zurig. Droog. Veel hop en koolzuur. Fruitig. (9-2009).
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2009
at 21:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly yeasty spicy aroma with some weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty slightly bready bitter hoppy flavor with some yeasty hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2009
at 05:40