Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2045

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Chico, California USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
2045	3.89/5.0	3.88/5.0	Winter	9.6%	92.2	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Gold Medal Winner, Great American Beer Festival (Ales: Brown, Bitter and Pale 1987, Barleywine 1988,1992,1995). Sierra Nevada Bigfoot is an award winning example of the English Barley Wine style. It boasts a dense, fruity bouquet; an extremely rich, intense, bittersweet palate; and a deep, reddish-brown color. This ale is superbly balanced between an almost overpowering maltiness and a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness.

Beginning Gravity:23 Plato
Finishing Hops:Cascade & Centennial
Dry Hops:Centennial, Cascade & Chinook
Bittering Hops: Chinook
Ending Gravity:6.0 Plato
Yeast:Top Fermenting Ale Yeast
Malts:Two-row Barley Malt, English Caramel Malt, Dextrin Malt

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CanIHave4Beers (912), Des Moines, Iowa, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 25, 2009

Pours a deep red color with a nice large head that leaves lace and halfway through the glass diminishes into the classic espresso swirl. Aroma is citrusy hops, cherry fruitiness, some rum like booziness, some apple, and some good sweet malt. The hops seem to have faded quite a bit from previous 09 bottles that I have had but even faded this is still one moderately hoppy bitter little barley wine. Plenty of good sweetish malty notes, some burnt sugar flavors, some mild roastiness, and a it of an odd but weirdly pleasant saltiness is fairly dominant in the beer at this point. Fruity notes of some cherry and plum play on the palate. Delicious as always.

DalzAle (505), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jun 23, 2009

Aged 2007 bottle from Moejuck (thanks!) Hazy firebrick brownish/red pour with very little carbonation and a heavy malty aroma. Flavor is excellent caramel, malt, bitter hops and very floral and warming on the aftertaste. Solid barleywine that does very well with age. I’m going to have to make it a point to buy a case next year for aging.

USCBeerMan (109), Columbia, South Carolina, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	6/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	18/20

Jun 22, 2009

This my first barleywine style ale. It was much different than expected but i had heard good things. This ale poured a deep caramel copper bronze with moderate head. There was a slight hint of fruit in the aroma but it was underlying the strong hoppy pine aroma that dominated. Slight oily rich mouth feel that starts mildly sweet and goes to a huge hop bitter very quickly. Over all I was impressed however I will have to explore more like this to determine how highly I rank this style.

PapaSkeetSkeet (65), , Massachusetts, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Jun 21, 2009

Pours dark translucent amber. Smells of nice bittersweet hops, pine, and strong citrus- oranges, pineapple. Hops are stronger in flavor, fruit more subtle, but very good. This is how I like to enjoy hops. Not overdone, good flavor

jonno (596), Brisbane, Australia

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 21, 2009

Quality Barleywine, though not of the Stone or Great Divide Standards. Perhaps showing its age? Poured a luscious auburn with trademark Sierra Nevada Head. Lots of hops in the nose with a well balanced malt and hop body. Very big, but just missing that special something. Not a huge fan of this style but trying to be subjective. 2008 bottle.

dirt55 (155), Washington, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 19, 2009

bottled, pours deep clear amber with medium light tan head that quickly leaves, big notes of grapefruit/citrus from hops, mildly sweet nose as well, wonderful sweet malt up front with full yet clean crisp hop bite, hop bitters reside on palate, good overall package

MJGG (423), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jun 12, 2009

Bouteille de 12 oz, édition 2009. Arômes intenses de houblon résineux. Légère touche de fruits rouges. Robe ambrée et claire, légère mousse. En bouche, le côté aromatique du houblon américain (résine et agrumes) est très présent et est accompagné d’une touche fruitée et d’un malt caramel bien présent. Finale amère de houblon. Très bon et très "clean", comme plusieurs produits Sierra Nevada.

ljay6880 (153), , Pennsylvania, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	8/10	4/5	4/10	2/5	10/20

Jun 7, 2009

I have heard good things about Sierra Nevada, but I could barely finish a 12oz bottle of this brew. It poured a very muddy amber, and smelled like a bouquet of flowers and hops. I very much enjoyed those aspects of it. The taste was far too bitter for me. I think I would have enjoyed this beer if there had been less hops used.

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