Orval Trappist Ale has earned global recognition. Sure, beer salespeople often say “there is no other beer like this one,” but we’ll go way out on a limb and say that there really isn’t another beer like Orval: made from pale and caramel malts, with liquid candi sugar; fermented by Orval yeast; dry-hopped, then bottle-conditioned with Brettanomyces, a yeast that slowly consumes complex sugars. This leads to Orval’s ageworthiness, its dry finish, a bold sharpness, and a sourness that is somehow soft and appealing. We enjoy Orval, and we’re proud to have been selling it in the US since 1980, but we still have never found a beer competition category for it!

Orval is an authentic Trappist ale, made within the walls of a monastery. If you don’t know the story of Princess Matilda, her gold ring, and the trout, you should click on over to our website and read it.                   
Orval Day started as a way to recall this wonderful ale, to experience the flavor, and to increase sales of Orval. Profits from Orval and other Trappist breweries go to charity at the brewery level, but for Orval Day Merchant du Vin will make an additional donation of fifty cents for every US bottle of Orval sold.  Our 2019 #OrvalDay charity partner, Safe Water Network, provides safe, sustainable water to people in India and Ghana who don’t have this basic necessity of life. 

Join us Saturday, March 23 at hundreds of accounts around the country that sell Orval: have a delicious treat for a great cause. We have participating #OrvalDay accounts on our website & Facebook page, and will keep adding more in the weeks ahead. 

Merchant du Vin imports Samuel Smith’s from England; Traquair House, Scotland; Ayinger and organic Pinkus beers, Germany. From Belgium: Lindemans lambics, Green's gluten-free beers, Du Bocq, and the Trappist beers of Orval, Rochefort & Westmalle; and Zundert Trappist, Netherlands. 
Craig Hartinger - 253-656-0321 - craigh@mdvbeer.com
David Oshiro     - 253-656-0316 - davido@mdvbeer.com
119 1st Ave. So. - Suite 400  -  Seattle, WA 98104

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