Orval

Product of: Belgium

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Brewed with 2-Row malting spring barley, hops and liquid candy sugar. Orval is dry hopped with East Kent Golding after fermentation. More sugar and Brettanomyces yeast is added to induce secondary fermentation. The art-deco influenced skittle-shaped brown bottles are stored for 3 tp 5 weeks at 15°C.

The Orval brewery started up inside the abbey in 1931 and is still overseen by the monks who live there. First brewed in 1932, this is their sole product– no line extensions – these brewers just aim to do the one beer very well.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 28/10/2012

Appearance:

(bottled 30-Apr-12, best before 30-Apr-17) Cloudy, orange amber with long lasting thick ivory coloured head and heavy lacing.

Aroma:

Malty, yeasty grapefruit and poached pears with perfumed floral aromas.

Taste:

Yeasty, rich and full bodied. Pine resin hops perfectly balance sweet malty breadyness with poached pear fruity notes.

Aftertaste:

Lingering white pepper spice with savoury olive breadyness.