Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2044

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Chico, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
2044	3.89/5.0	3.88/5.0	Winter	9.6%	92.2	Snifter

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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Swolf3 (253), Elkton, Maryland, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Oct 11, 2008

Bottle Thanks to BuckeyBoy. Poured nice red brown with thick head. Aroma was very malty, hops, syrup, and dark fruits. Taste very malty maybe a litttle too malty, but nice hop flavor after, with syrup, and dark fruits. finished thick and smooth with a bit of alcohol finish.

Jsawyer (286), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Oct 7, 2008

Bottled. Pours nicely dense brown with decent head. Strong malt aroma but also slightly sweet and hoppy. Flavor is intense; malt, dark fruit, maple syrup, bitter hop and alcohol finish that lingers for awhile. Palate is rich and thick, really nice. Definitely something to drink slowly and really good with something salty.

craftycarl21 (576), South Hero, Vermont, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Sep 26, 2008

pours a dark mahogany with a small head. aroma of cherries, hops, raisin, and some sweet malt- very nice on the nose. Flavor is excellent- surprising amount of bitterness, but still with the sweetness character of barleywine. Palate is very nice- sticks to the tongue, but not so aggressive that it’s not drinkable. Really well crafted brew, one of sierra nevada’s better offerings.

CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 26, 2008

Gonna crush with Jakebra and cellar a few. Lots goin on here. Now that is an aroma. Oooh yeah. Got some fruitiness and some awesomeness and maybe some smokiness. Flavor kicks some serious ass with a badass bitterness in the finish. Now that is a barley wine. Nice.

mekjubaksa (17), Houston, Texas, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	7/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 24, 2008

Bottle. Wow is this good! According to the packaging, this is the 25th "release" of Bigfoot Ale. Not sure if that means it’s 25 years old. Hoppy and sweet with big flavor and a fruity bouquet. Great with American staples like Pizza and burgers, but nothing sweet like BBQ. A great barley wine style beer (no, it’s not mead) to enjoy slowly. The beer has a deep, rich amber colour with a bitter finish.

TEJA (290), Stockholm, Sweden

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	4/10	2/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Sep 23, 2008

Small foam but with almost 10 % alcohole this can be expected. Nice deep amber color. The alcohole dominating the aroma then some dried fruit. The bitterness dominates the taste eaven though the body is big.

nqualls (1428), Nashville, Tennessee, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 18, 2008 Updated: Feb 5, 2009

12 oz 2009 bottle. Poured a clear dark amber color with red highlights and a three finger tan head. The aroma was malty, with vinous notes. The flavor was very well balanced, with a tremendous pine and citrus hop finish. This was an amazing beer. 2008 bottle. Poured a hazy brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of malt and dark fruit. Flavor is quite malty, but balanced out with hops. This is better in my opinion than most of Sierra Nevada’s offerings.

FatguyRacer (132), Crownsville, Maryland, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 16, 2008

2008 bottle. I’ve been wanting to try a barleywine style ale for some time now and when i saw the local store had gotten in some cases, i bought a sixer. It pours a deep reddish brown with little to no head at all. The malt aroma knocked me out. It’s thick and chewy on the palate and again the malts are very overpowering, but the hop back is incredible. This is better slightly warmed up. While this is better than most brews i’ve had in my life, I can see that I’ll probably not go out of my way to drink barleywine style ales. I prefer more dryer and crisper brews. Still, this is a very tasty beverage.

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