Every year, Merchant du Vin – importers of Orval – designates one a day a year in which a percentage of all sales of Orval will be donated to a select charity. This year’s charity is National Forest Foundation. Orval Trappist Ale was the first Brett beer to land on US shores and has become the favorite beer for many star American brewers. (“Brett” – brettanomyces – is a yeast variety that adds appetizing, sharp acidity and dryness.) Orval is brewed to exquisite perfection within the walls of Notre Dame d’Orval Monastery in Belgium. It’s delicious when it leaves the brewery, but also evolves in the bottle for five years or more.