Category Archives: Orval
#52 – Petit-Orval
Size: 330 ml ABV: 3.5 % Petit-Orval can only supposedly be bought in the L’Auberge de L’Ange Gardien (The Guardian Angel Inn) – the tavern owned by the Orval Monastery, and so that was where I headed while I drove … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Orval, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Ange Gardien, Angel, beer, Belgian, brewery tap, cheese, green, Guardian, inn, Luxembourg, monastery, Orval, Petit, Trappist
#37 – Orval
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.3% Orval is the fourth of the six Trappist breweries we have come across thus far in Belgium, and it is almost certainly the most attractive, set in the grounds of the Abbaye Notre-Dame d’Orval in … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Fish, Orval, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, French Revolution, legend, Luxembourg, Mathilda, monastery, Notre Dame, Orval, Queen of Trappists, spring, Trappist, trout, Tuscany, Val d'Or, Valley of Gold, van der Cruyssen, Virgin Mary, wedding ring
