New Clairvaux Petite Sirah Barrel-Aged Ovila Saison
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Specialty Saison
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.38 | pDev: 8.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 01, 2014
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
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Ovila Abbey Saison aged for 8 months in Petite Sirah red wine barrels produced at the Trappist winery of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Churchkey. Served in a mini snifter. Pours a golden-amber with a thin white head, fading down to a collar. The nose has some red-wine character along with straw and mild earthiness. Touch of pepper. Flavor has some wine along with underlying light malt and faint earthiness. Bit of spice. Light-medium body with good carbonation. Better than the base beer.
Dec 15, 2012
Reviewed by illidurit from California
3.28/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On tap at burger. in Santa Cruz. Pours an unclear pumpkin orange with a lasting off-white head. Dried apricot and apple in the nose with some perfumey alcohol. Nondescript yeasty flavor; a little malty, a little bitter, a little winey. Not really identifiable as a saison, much closer to a tripel. Flabby and sorta sweet. SN can do better, I hope.
Nov 30, 2011
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