26th March is International Orval Day, an event that is celebrated each year. It’s the perfect time to try one for the first time or enjoy one. As most of you know, Orval is a Belgian Trappist beer that is brewed by monks at the Notre Dame d’Orval Monastery. The Monastery dates back to 1070 and the current building was rebuilt in the 1920s and 1930s. It is situated in the Gaume Forest, near to the French / Belgian border. The word Orval translates as “Golden Valley”. This Trappist Monastery is quite unique in the fact that it only brews one Trappist beer – Orval. There aren’t any variations or other types brewed here.

As with other Trappist beers, only natural ingredients are used – namely spring water, two-row malting spring barley, aromatic hops and liquid candy sugar. The skittle-shaped bottle helps the sediment to stay at the bottom, however it can also be drunk and is full of vitamin B. Orval is an amber beer with an ABV of 6.2%. Orval is a popular Trappist beer and is great for aging.

There are only a few Trappist beers brewed around the world, due to the strict laws that have to be adhered to. We sell the following:

  1. Chimay Red
  2. Chimay White
  3. Chimay Blue
  4. Chimay Gold
  5. Chimay 150
  6. Rochefort 6
  7. Rochefort 8
  8. Rochefort 10
  9. Rochefort Triple Extra
  10. Westmalle Dubbel
  11. Westmalle Tripel
  12. Westmalle Extra
  13. Spencer Trappist
  14. La Trappe Dubbel
  15. La Trappe Blond
  16. La Trappe Quadrupel
  17. La Trappe Tripel
  18. La Trappe Witte
  19. La Trappe Puur
  20. Tynt Meadow
  21. Stift Engelszell Gregorius