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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20423.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%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
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 jstraw (769), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Nov 20, 2008    Updated: Apr 25, 2009
On tap at Jerry’s. Caramel-amber with good, creamy beige head / Musty dry hop and citrus nose / Full body, good malts, but with only a touch of sweetness and big, biting hops on the excellent finish / Flavors of cut pine, apricots, and caramel / More of a triple ipa than a barleywine.


3Faveryrogue (82), Asslip, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/517/20
Nov 20, 2008    Updated: Apr 14, 2009
09 Bottle Reddish amber, creamy tan head. Smells of caramel, malt, citrus, pine, fruit, hops. Mouth is oily. Alcohol present, but it is delicious. Screw the vintage. Bigfoot is bigfoot. Would like to have a nice vertical. Hit me up.


 EricE (464), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
2008 bottle. Clear red-orange pour with a thin fluffy white head. Nice lacing on the glass. Fruity aroma with lots of caramel malt. Hints of cream. Creamy malt flavor with peachy grapefruit flavor. Roasty backbone with hints of chocolate. Lots of bitter hops to finish. Alcohol and bitterness linger on the tongue. Still a little harsh.


 MrChopin (643), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Thanks to Hank1980 for the bottle!
Transparent ruby-amber with a large layer of yellowish-white foam for a head. Nose is quite balanced, lots of hop bitterness and caramel playing off of bready malt. A little spicy and earthy in addition to what I think is tangerine. Flavor incorporates floral with the herbal hop and crusty malt, adding a chocolate sweetness. There is more alcohol than the nose. Lots of malt in the aftertaste. Pleasant mouth, not too sticky or salty yet still robust. Overall nicely balanced and simultaneously nicely varied.


 azlondon (664), Fribourg, Switzerland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 15, 2008  
Appearance: 2008. Dark amber. Good amount of off-white head. Aroma: Dark malt, dark fruit. Slightly sweet. Liquorice. Taste: Warming, strong, roasted, liquorice. Very bitter aftertaste. Info: 350ml bottle, 6/11-2008, 188/300


 pepperford (115), robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 31, 2008  
muddy reddish brown. aromas of sweet malt, a bit grainy, and dark fruit. The flavor is very hoppy on the front. A bit of hot alcohol and then the sweetness and stonefruit come in. The finish has an almost cappicino/cocoa or chalky dryness. My first barleywine rating, so I can’t give it a great rating yet.


BeerLS (20), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 31, 2008  
Smell is hops and more hops, a little sweet and a little alcohol. Taste is hops and a roasted flavor, a sweet and alcohol bite. I Like.


 danielcurtis81 (905), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Getting notebook online. Bottle 2007. Very malty with sweetness. Roasted malt some caramel, a bit or dark dried fruits. Very good.



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