A classic Belgian Specialty Ale (16E), Orval is the only beer produced by Brasserie d'Orval - other than a beer for the monks. It is extremely dry and very bitter, though the bitterness does not linger. Dosed with brettanomyces at bottling, it will cellar very well for years and is generally considered at its best at 3 years from bottling.
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11.2 oz bottle poured into St Bernardus chalice. Loud fizzy off white head and leaves a film of lace on the surface. Color is a hazy light orange
Smell is a mild ginger and honey spice. Hints of lemon grass. Very dry. Taste is musty with a bit of a twang from the yeast. Finishes with some cinnamon.
Mouthfeel is dry and crisp. A little bit of a pucker in the finish. Good, but not he best Trappist I've had.
One of Belgium's Trappist beers, it is also one of the few hoppy beers here. It has a distinctive taste that one either likes or does not, and it is not a beer that I am always in the mood for. However, sometimes I am in the mood for only this beer.
Faudra que je ressaye, parce que la dernière fois ça m'a dérouté, dans le mauvais sens.
Didn't like it very much when I tried it, maybe the temperature was way off or maybe it had expired. I am sure that I will give it another try.
This doesn't feel typically Trapist. I love wsweetness cobined wither bitterness and sweetness combined with sourness. Bitterness and sourness is what dominates here - not really my favourite ...
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