Orval 2003 - 33 CL

The Orval brewery produces only one beer to sell, a top-fermented beer that continues in the bottle. It is 6.2% alcohol. 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 in two different phases of the production process. A large amount of very fine hops are first added in the brewing room - this provides the well-known bitter taste and is the reason why the beer has a longer shelf life. Later, hops are added again in the storage cellars. This is the so-called British 'dry hopping', which produces the wonderful aroma that completely delights even the most carefully warned taster. In the tasting room, Orval's beer and cheese make a very 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: 4.03