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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2045

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20453.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%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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 yemenmocha (417), Glendale, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/516/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Pours off-amber color with some brownish colours. Contrasting off-white had is thick and retains well. Nose has a buttery interpretation of maltiness, reminding me of overbuttered toast in the morning. Bready quality is there. Some citrus prickle too. On the palate the malt is very well balanced with hops. Not a malt monster, not a hop monster either. Big beer, but balanced. Finish is medium long and malty sweet. Drinkability is higher than usual for a b-wine.


foosnbrews (39), Parker, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/511/20
Apr 17, 2009    Updated: Apr 25, 2009
Beer poored deep red with a slight tan head. Aroma had a definate citrus hop note. Beer flavor was extremeley hoppy which was exagerated by the alchol presence. Definate maltiness was also present. Palate was nice for the style but a little sticky. Overall the beer was good. This isn’t something I could drink all the time but on occasion is great


 BREWMUSKCLES (1080), New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 17, 2009  
stinky ear wax aroma. well endowed malt and moderate hop character of pine wood to this slicky alcohol brew that is smooth manly and belies you ’cigar’ ’smoke’! quite woody with a recessed sweetness that is revealed smooth tangy as chalky but not chalky really. i suppose there is a balance of sorts but combat in the brew characteristics clearly exists. a bold adventurers and expeditonists brew in celebration of conquest.


 zizzybalubba (391), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Apr 16, 2009  
2009 edition, 12 oz. bottle from Total Wine. Pours dark orange, almost brown, with a thick, creamy head. Head mostly diminishes rapidly. Aroma is lightly hoppy with some sweetness. Flavor is bitter grapefruit with a malt backbone for a great blend of sweetness. Long and pleasant finish where you fully appreciate the grapefruit flavor. A very well balanced barley wine.


 ben4321 (1040), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 12, 2009  
Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s 4/12/09, for the rating (not my first drinking of this one)

Aroma: Fruits, caramel, some hops
Appearance: Nice reddish brown beer, thin cream head, decent lacing
Flavor: Hoppy bitterness - some citrus here, with just enough malt backing to balance it out properly
Palate: A nice mouthfeel, and a good amount of body
Overall Impression: A really solid barley wine that leans toward the hoppy side. I haven’t had one of these for a while before tonight, and had forgotten how tasty it was.


guerinfbfan (50), Elmwood Park, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/518/20
Apr 12, 2009  
Nice red-brown color. Not a lot of head. Nice fruity taste. Very hoppy. I really enjoy this beer.


 merlin48 (518), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 11, 2009  
Mostly clear, dark amber body with a small offwhite head. Aroma of toasted caramel and resinous hops-floral, pine, and grapefruit. Medium body with appropriate low carbonation. Taste is mostly bitter hops, grapefruit rind and pine. Herbal and spicy notes. Solid cararmel malt backbone. This is the 2008 version and it is an excellent example of an American barleywine. Tasty!


floydo15 (7), Pennsylvania, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot does not count
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/519/20
Apr 8, 2009  
One of my favorite beers so far, up there with dogfish 90 and three floyds pale ale. Great dinner drink, has a lot flavor, and fills you up pretty good. Not easy to find in PA though.



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