Sierra Nevada-Abbey of New Clairvaux Ovila Quad

I ordered a glass of Sierra Nevada-Abbey of New Clairvaux collaboration Ovila Quad at Al’s Pub in Enola while watching my buddy Nathan perform live. The beer pours a dark brown color with a thin filmy off-white colored head. The aroma consists of raisins, caramel, pepper, fig, and grass. The taste is smooth and sweet with lots of malts, chocolate, raisin, fig, and red grapes. There is a yeasty finish with toasted malts, coffee, cherry coming out as well. The after taste is dry and smoky. The alcohol content is 10.4% ABV. Of the three Ovila series beer, this one was my favorite, as it was a delicious beer but extremely complex. IT actually is one of the better Quads that I have tried.

Sierra Nevada-Abbey of New Clairvaux Ovila Saison

At Giant Eagle in Pittsburgh, I picked up a bottle of Sierra Nevada-Abbey of New Clairvaux Ovila Saison, the second in the collaboration series. The beer pours a yellow-gold color with an extremely lofty and foamy head the hangs around for a while and leaves a tiny bit of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of lemon, pepper, wheat, and grass. The taste is smooth with a nice lemon flavor, similar to lemon squares, with pepper and grass hops accents the sweetness. There is a hint of cream on the finish and the after taste leaves some dirt flavor behind in the mouth. The alcohol content is 7.0% ABV. This was a clean saison that I thoroughly enjoyed with wonderful lemon and pepper flavors. The finish was the best part that really made it an earthy brew.

Sierra Nevada-New Clairvaux Ovila Dubbel

I picked up a bottle of the Sierra Nevada and The Abbey of New Clairvaux Ovila Dubbel from Al’s of Hampden. The beer pours an orange/dark amber color with a lofty off-white colored head that dissipates rather rapidly. The aroma consists of sweet malts, raisin, Belgian yeast, and bread. The taste is smooth with Belgian yeast, raisin, fig, dates, and a big bready profile. You can definitely pick up on the Sierra Nevada influence in the finish with earthy hops. The mouth feel is very light and foamy with lots of carbonation. The alcohol content is 7.5% ABV. The Ovila Dubbel is a very solid dubbel with a great earthy hop accent, taking a solid Belgian style beer and adding a slight American twist to it.