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- Quad / Belgian Strong
- 9.7% ABV
- Label approved Aug 4
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Sierra Nevada's Quad / Belgian Strong. Label approved 4 August 2026; not spotted yet.
Lighter than 58% of the 132 Belgian Strong Ale labels we've read.
From the label“Finest Quality · Purest Ingredients Age Up To 5 Years · Brewed for Aging Notes of Dark Fruit & Spice TIME: The Evolution Of Beer Family Owned, Operated, and Argued Over®”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 52–58°F (11–14°C)
- Glass
- Chalice: a wide stemmed bowl for sipping malty Belgian ales
About 270–320 calories and 20–33 g carbs
About 190 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Quad / Belgian Strong. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 71st of 122 labels we have from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. It is one of 11 quad / belgian strong labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 6 days after it was submitted.
An ornamental cartouche with Art Nouveau scrollwork occupies the upper half of the label, framing the brewery name in spaced serif capitals. Below, nested rectangular borders contain the beer name in script, style designation, and aging statement, with the entire composition rendered in cream type on a dark navy field. The label employs a symmetrical, heraldic arrangement with no pictorial imagery; decorative spiral volutes and curved flourishes provide visual structure across a type-forward design.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: BelgianBrewery: Sierra Nevada