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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2044

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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98
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20443.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%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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 beernovice39 (305), South Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 2, 2009  
2009. Don’t normally dig the barley wines but this has enough hop to it for me to enjoy and buy again.


brosen561 (21), Minnesota, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/520/20
Sep 1, 2009  
12 0z bottle into snifter. What a beer. Dark red-mahogany with almost no head. Very robust aromas of grapefruit hoppiness, caramel, and fresh flowers. Very thick, almost syrup mouthfeel. Carries heavy flavors of bittersweet chocolate, brandy, hardwood smoke, and hops. Finishes pretty dry with a good bit of bitterness and alcohol. A hop lovers barley wine.


Shakesbeere (56), Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Aug 28, 2009  
Golden orange pour. Aroma is of fruit, alcohol, and hops. Alcoholic flavor with hints of fruit, wood, and spice. Initially creamy and somewhat sweet, then shifts to a bitter hop aftertaste that dominates over the sweetness. Maybe a little hoppy, but otherwise well balanced.


gastronaut (6), Sweden
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3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/512/20
Aug 28, 2009  
2009 edition. Nice reddish copper appearance with off white head that settles slowly. Hoppy aroma with nice caramel sweetness and a bit of dried fruits and ripe red rind cheese. Complex flavour with long lasting hop bitterness that dominates over the sweetness. Appropriate low carbonation. In my opinion more suitable with food than as a stand alone.


welho (30), Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Aug 23, 2009  
2009 edition, 330ml bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with small white head. Lots of hops and very rich and thick taste. Feels almost Like I need another one to get hang of this.


quierocerveza (18), New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/104/518/20
Aug 23, 2009  
This is El Señor Barley a wonderful brew, if I see it I buy it. Beautiful color and presence, the aroma (citrus, hops, vanilla flan) make you starve for a sip and the taste overcome your senses and diminish your wisdom. So bad it is seasonal brew.


 LanceUppercut (133), Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 22, 2009  
A wonderful smell, typical for some american breweries, emerge from the bottle when opened. It contains basil, citrus and some sort of cookie-ish doughy smell. Very nice! The taste brings out essentially the same notes that were present in the aroma, but the massive bitterness kind of kills it. The rest of my bottles goes in cellar for a looong time.


 TKA300 (100), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/519/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Wow, I’ve been wanting to try this for a while and it was well worth the wait. Pours deep, ruby red with a medium white head. The aroma was full of hops and a little sweet. The taste was fantastic. Very hoppy, but still well balanced, and the finish lasted for a perfect amount of time. Awesome.



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