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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2044

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20443.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%92.2Snifter
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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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 unclemike (833), Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 11, 2009  
Fresh bottle. Cloudy, maroon/red color with a small white head. Big nose of malt and booze. This one tastes more like a spicy IIPA than a barleywine with that peppery spice flavor. Bitter, very boozy finish that lingers for awhile. Great stuff, and if I remember correctly, it’s better with age, so I’ll have to rate an older one


 Hbuck72 (124), Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/53/103/512/20
May 11, 2009  
pours a beautiful burgundy color with a nice fluffy beige head. The smell kind of took me by suprise, instead of the normal barley wine smell, it was much more sharp with the smells of hops. The taste was very dissapointing, way, way too hoppy. this beer kind of reminds me of the old saying, "just because you can doesnt mean you should". Just becuase you "can" add a ton of hops, doesnt mean you should.


 Rciesla (3830), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
May 10, 2009  
I’ve had a vertical from 2000-2008, so far but i really enjoy this most fresh. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Lots of dark fruits and a strong bittering earthy hop bite, tobacco and caramel. Nice brew.


 petematte46 (227), Dallas, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/518/20
May 6, 2009  
I know this would be less hoppy with age but even now it does not hurt this fine beer. Enjoyed it very much appearance gets high marks for color and nice head. Finishes very well.


kazooka (41), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
May 6, 2009  
Strong hops, fruity and floral, light malty aromas. Opaque reddish-brown, with white tan head receding into a ring. Heavy bitter flavor. Smooth, medium bodied, thin texture, and softly carbonated into long alcoholic bitterness.


 Meatmallet (126), Salem, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/103/513/20
May 6, 2009  
Pours a murky reddish brown with a huge cream head.Smells of grapefruit, hops, and citrus. Overall the smell is very balanced and fresh.Taste of bitter pine flavored hops hits me first. Has a good alcohol taste throughout. Finishes with a malt and a nice alcohol burn. The taste is better than it smells.


 evergreen0199 (290), London, Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
May 5, 2009  
Bottle from Oddbins. Deep amber pour with a reasonable head. Nice aroma of pine, lemon and grapefruit. Brutal bitterness almost too hard to drink. Taste of grapefruit, malt and it is almost sweet. I’ve had this beer a number of times and have never really been a fan but I often buy it when I see it on the shelf. Quite well put together but overrated IMO.


 larryLSB (164), La Selva Beach, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/516/20
May 3, 2009  
Poured from 12 oz. Dark amber with minimal tan head. Mild nose at first, opened up as the beer warmed, I couldn’t wait! Figs, raisins and a little vanilla. Hops were subtle. Taste was similar, but tasted a little too carbonated. Overall enjoyable.



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