{"id":203,"date":"2012-04-30T01:10:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=203"},"modified":"2012-04-30T01:10:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:10:23","slug":"review-sierra-nevada-ovila-saison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/review-sierra-nevada-ovila-saison\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Sierra Nevada Ovila Saison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Ovila Abbey Saison - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Chico, CA' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/6980464464\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8019\/6980464464_129080c851_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ovila Abbey Saison - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. - Chico, CA\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366; padding: 0px;\" title=\"2.9 out of 5.0\">2.9<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">11\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(241)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, USA &#8211; APR 28, 2012<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #474747; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-top: 14px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #e0e0e0;\">Picked this up at the local Co-Op. I\u2019ve heard mixed reviews. Put it in the fridge for a few days and poured into an Ommegang glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; 2-Finger crystal white head. Great creamy look with lacing. I\u2019m drinking so many saisons lately that this &#8220;light gold&#8221; description is getting pretty old but that\u2019s pretty much it. Light gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Lots of spicy peppers, grapefruit and tangerines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Champagne yeast, lots of spice, funky and wild fermentation taste and honey and birch wood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; 20\/80 carbonation on mouth swish. Dry finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; Decent. I\u2019s not a great Saison but it\u2019s pretty good. I\u2019m just spoiled by Hill Farmstead.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a011\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(241)\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, USA &#8211; APR 28, 2012 Picked this up at the local Co-Op. 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