ChshreCat
Well-Known Member
Then I had my first glass of Orval tonight.
I get it!
I get it!
Here's another Orval fan chiming in. I think it is so great because it is not brash. It is subtle, delicious, and you can drink it all night. Some of the triples and quads can't stand up for all night like that.
While hints of old leather can be considered an attractive flavor/aroma, horse blanket can never be. Sorry you had to experience it.
While hints of old leather can be considered an attractive flavor/aroma, horse blanket can never be. Sorry you had to experience it.
Aroma: A decidedly sour/acidic aroma is often dominant in young examples, but may be more subdued with age as it blends with aromas described as barnyard, earthy, goaty, hay, horsey, and horse blanket...
I picked up a bottle of Orval.
And a Kriek, and a six pack of Old Foghorn, and Hop Stoopid, and Correction Ale...
What can I say I was thirsty.
Here's another Orval fan chiming in. I think it is so great because it is not brash. It is subtle, delicious, and you can drink it all night. Some of the triples and quads can't stand up for all night like that.
I stand corrected. While I find nothing pleasing about the smell of old sweat, it appears some do. Maybe I spent to much time on the farm brushing those sweaty horses.Never? I've seen it described as an attractive aroma in several places for styles incorporating Brett. Say, here, for example:
Unlike Lindeman's which is too sweet and lacking in depth, this Chapeau Kriek (from Brouwerij de Troch) has a nice horse blanket character to it which is nice. If only I could get their oude gueuze I think I'd be a notch closer to heaven...
Onto the Orval in a bit!
EDIT: do'oh, looks like Spec's has their Faro, I didn't see that. I'll have to give that a try as well next time I venture in there.
See if you can find their peach. Chapeau Peche is probably the best peach lambic I've ever had.
I stand corrected. While I find nothing pleasing about the smell of old sweat, it appears some do. Maybe I spent to much time on the farm brushing those sweaty horses.
Yep they have the peach. I'll give it a try, thanks!
Moving onto Nocturnum now. Soon I'll be Noctur-numb.
I came across it for 3 bucks a bottle at QFC, so I had to pick up a few. It's really different from what I'm accustomed to. The spicyness almost burns the tongue like pepper. The earthyness... I'd almost describe the flavor as "dirty". I couldn't drink it all the time, or even drink several in an evening. But I'll be picking up a bottle now and then.
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