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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2045

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20453.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%92.2Snifter
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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 fluffy (229), Florida, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/101/57/20
Apr 24, 2009  
im sure if you are into overtly strong hops flavors, youd like this better. but i dont. so i give it a low rating. its not bad at all, its just not my style. someone please come finish this for me. i cant drink anymore.


 possumjc (100), Charleston - Mt Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/105/512/20
Apr 24, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a deep amber with a tan head. Aroma has nice fruit and malt smells. Strong hops flavor dominates. Since it is a high gravity beer the alcohol flavor is stronger than other beers. This one coats the palate with that nice thick barleywine feel. The flavor is the weakest part of this beer. It’s nice but I was expecting a touch more sweetness.


 DigitalMan (119), Idaho, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/512/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Beautiful looking with a nice aroma. The strong alcohol and very strong hops don’t leave much room to really detect many nuances of flavor here. This beer definitely mellowed and became more drinkable as it warmed up (or maybe as it warmed me up).


 ElDuderino (142), Roslindale, Massachusetts, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 22, 2009  
On tap, 2007 vintage. Dark brown muddy body with a thin tan head. Lots of candy, raisin and alcohol in the nose. Tastes like reduced simple syrup, fruity malts and vodka. The alcohol tastes like it was separated out or someone threw a couple shots of vodka in with a eisbock. Lots of pllum and apricot in with the malts. Kind of a mess for me and really very little hop presence. I’ll take mine fresh please.


 mistersinalin (378), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 21, 2009  
This was my first barley wine and I’m not sure what I was expecting. Maybe it was too strong to enjoy the flavor, but back then, I received this rating.


 MoDog (927), Griffith, Indiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Apr 21, 2009  
12oz bottle (2009 edition) and served in a snifter. This barley wine poured a beautiful dark amber with a creamy head of lasting beige foam. Nice lacing. The aroma consisted of rich caramel, fresh grapefruit, pine, and citrus. Very perfumey and floral, but not enough to cover up the rich malt bill. The flavor was loaded with grapefruit and tropical fruits. Oily and resinous. A good helping of caramel is there to smooth things out, but the hops are the star of the show. The mouthfeel was full-bodied with a lightly sticky, oily feel. Light carbonation. With about two or so months of age, this is drinking very nice. Excellent beer!


 PJClarke (708), London, Greater London, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 20, 2009  
Very lively, bit red/orange with a yellowish head. Big hop bouquet, with small hints of tropical fruits, but not too much really. Very big hops hit here. Very intense and hugely drying. Some very heady fruitiness, maybe something like cranberries with a redcurrant tartness. A nice thickness and carbonation cannot stop this being a hard bottle to get through. A little overly intense and far too drying for a barley wine in my opinion.


 gorditoabd (174), San Diego, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Apr 20, 2009  
2009, 12 oz bottle. Pours amber and brown. Full 2-3 fingers of medium duration, pancake batter consistency head. Buttery-sweet malt aroma. First taste is all bread, but then the bitter hops kick in at the end. Nice beer; alcohol is decently well concealed, but for the warm burn down into the chest about 5 seconds after taking a full drink.



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