Orval 2011 - 33 CL

The Orval brewery produces only one beer to sell, a beer with a top fermentation that continues in the bottle. It has an alcohol content of 6.2%. This beer is brewed exclusively from spring water, barley malt, hop cones, candy sugar and yeast. The aroma and fine taste are due more to the hop cones and yeast than to the malt used. The special thing about Orval beer is that hops are added at two different stages of the production process. First, a large amount of very fine hops are added in the brewing room - this provides the famous bitter taste and is the reason why the beer has a longer shelf life. Later, in the storage cellars, hops are added again. This is the so-called British "dry hopping", which provides the wonderful aroma that completely delights even the most carefully prepared taster. In the tasting room, Orval's beer and cheese make a really good pair: the unique shape of the bottle and glass, the design of the label, the coasters and other publicity material – it's all a throwback to the early 1930s.

Product details:

• Alcohol percentage: 6.2%
• Volume: 33 CL
• Untapped Score: 3.98