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Ovila Quad
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Quadrupel (Quad)
- ABV:
- 10.4%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 10.86%
- Reviews:
- 205
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2011
- Wants:
- 31
- Gots:
- 76
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle at share. Mahogany pour yields a small off-white foamy head. Malty aroma, pit fruit, light woody notes. Taste is fruity, yeasty, got that Belgian thing going on, deep. Cellared for about 8 years, so some detioration noted.
Oct 08, 2023Reviewed by Mavigo from Michigan
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Got this from Fulton Street in Grand Rapids. I can't find a date on the bottle but the dust tells me that it's old. Poured into a snifter.
A: Pours a deep, cloudy, opaque, dark brown with virtually no head, just a thin rim of cream color lace that doesn't stick.
S: The smell of dark fruits is ever present, prunes, raisins, figs, caramel, malts, brown sugar, alcohol, I can tell this is going to be a heavy hitter.
T: Definitely a blast of darkened, sweetened fruits -- figs, raisins, and plums -- very sweet, doused in honey and sugar, a bit heavy and bitter but counter balanced by sweetness.
M: Full mouthfeel, with low carbonation that makes a heavy but smooth drink.
O: I've had many quads and this is a good one, too bad they don't make it anymore. I'm glad I experienced it.
Nov 24, 2021A: Pours a deep, cloudy, opaque, dark brown with virtually no head, just a thin rim of cream color lace that doesn't stick.
S: The smell of dark fruits is ever present, prunes, raisins, figs, caramel, malts, brown sugar, alcohol, I can tell this is going to be a heavy hitter.
T: Definitely a blast of darkened, sweetened fruits -- figs, raisins, and plums -- very sweet, doused in honey and sugar, a bit heavy and bitter but counter balanced by sweetness.
M: Full mouthfeel, with low carbonation that makes a heavy but smooth drink.
O: I've had many quads and this is a good one, too bad they don't make it anymore. I'm glad I experienced it.
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
05/27/20 bottle (cellared @ 53F since purchase) @ home
May 27, 2020Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From old, undated notes. Had on draft.
Murky orange/yellow color.
White head; minimal lace.
Apple juice smell with a hint of yeast.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Apple juice heaven. Delicious.
Jul 01, 2019Murky orange/yellow color.
White head; minimal lace.
Apple juice smell with a hint of yeast.
Medium thin mouthfeel.
Apple juice heaven. Delicious.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A brown color, falling away from clarity aside from the color. Carbonation held in check, I would say maybe a 1/3" off white head. Aroma is dark fruit, sugar, alcohol, mild bubble gum yeastiness.
Taste, strong, brown sugar, prunes, fig, raisin. A mild hop spice presence. Keeps dropping alcohol, but relatively easy going given its double digit abv. The yeast is nice, you get that bubble gum in a small way mixing with dark belgian candy sugar kind of vibe. Keeps an unsweetened brown malt and toffee edge throughout. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.
Dec 13, 2016Taste, strong, brown sugar, prunes, fig, raisin. A mild hop spice presence. Keeps dropping alcohol, but relatively easy going given its double digit abv. The yeast is nice, you get that bubble gum in a small way mixing with dark belgian candy sugar kind of vibe. Keeps an unsweetened brown malt and toffee edge throughout. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.
Rated by samying from California
4.74/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.74/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Original ovila aged about 4 years. Still great.
Dec 23, 2015Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From tasting notes. L: deep garnet to chestnut with ruby notes, head dissipates o film S: Malt, spice, cola, fruit, prune. T: Malt attack and then almost immediately dissolves into fruit, plum, prune over caramel, some spice – possibly cardamom, faint cola, very faint banana and a suggestion of bubble gum F: Juicy, full body, very fine soft carbonation, warming. O: A big, beautiful quad.
Aug 04, 2015
Ovila Quad from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
741 ratings
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