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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20413.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%92.1Snifter
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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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 Rustyham (565), miami, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/511/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Taste like just about any other sierra nevada product- hoppy and malty. I thought the barmaid screwed up and gave me a 90 minute IPA, but she proved me wrong. I don’t much of reason to drink this. You’ve All been there and done that.


eyesolus (64), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Bottle; pours light brown; thick caramel color head; a bit oxidized; hints of a flat carbonation with a warming spice; EFG3. (#56)


billlmiky (15), , New York, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Mar 21, 2009  
been looking for this one all winter. found it in the bottle at the coop. really hoppy for a barleywine.


 Leighton (274), New York, New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Honestly, I got a little intimidated as I poured this one into my cup. It’s strong and bold in consistency, color, odor - everything. But it was deliciously potent. Very hoppy, thick head. All kinds of flavors going on in there, very complex. Fruity, florally, earthy - people have different palettes and there will be as many interpretations of flavor as there are palettes with a beer like this. What will you taste?


 foundmd (163), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 21, 2009  
12oz bottle, 2009 release. Pours dark amber with a large, lingering, off-white head. The aroma is floral hops and citrus with some alcohol. Big flavors of hops and pine with hints of citrus and sweet caramel malts. Medium/full bodied with average carbonation. Nicely balanced and well worth the price.


 wilderthanyou (417), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/518/20
Mar 19, 2009  
2009 batch, couldn’t wait. Pours a dark brown amber colour with a off white head that dissipates very quickly. The aroma is tap water at first (strange) then citrus, resiny hops, pine. Very different from all other barley wines i’ve tried, much more hop forward. The flavour is a good reflection of the aroma with big resiny hop flavours of citrus and pine, with light sweet malty notes of manuka honey, and licorice root/anise, the finish is long and sour/bitter. All and all a very interesting and enjoyable beer.


 OD40oz (600), Box Elder, South Dakota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/54/102/510/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Pours a nice red with a frothy, light tan head. Nice lacing. The beer has a nice hoppy aroma. Very grassy taste with a slight citrus aftertaste. The hops were almost overpowering rendering this beer toward the middle of the pack for me.


 scoth (280), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Pours clear, medium brown-amber, with a thin beige head, good lacing. Powerful aroma of dough, apple, caramel, pine and citrus. Thick, velvety, dry body. The flavor is much like the aroma, with lots of sweet malt flavor up-front, changing quickly into a big bitter aftertaste. Definitely a big beer.



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