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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

Percentile
98
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20413.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%92.1Snifter
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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rosebud (47), Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Feb 25, 2001  
What impressed me 1st about this beer was the intense hoppiness and bitter after taste, what I look forward to in a beer. From your 1st sip this beer says ’hello!’. I can’t imagine how much better this beer get with age, I’ll have to buy a case and find out for myself (if I can hold it for that long and not drink it).


mrbeakersalesman99 (17), USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 8, 2001  


 pivo (2535), Germany
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jan 23, 2002  
2001: ’These go to eleven’ (-Spinal Tap). Extreme (ridiculous?) amounts of hops and malt just turn up the volume with this brew. The nose is stong and floral. The intense bitter hop flavor comes through immediately, but is well supported by a rich, malt body. You can perceive the alcohol in the palate, which intensifies an already powerful taste. Not great with most foods, but a perfect dessert beer. Love this stuff because it is over the top.


 pilsnerrogge (1784), Finspång, Sweden
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 1, 2003  
Dark amber, nice head. Hop-fruity (apricot) aroma and flavour with a touch of chocolate. Full-bodied. Long bitter aftertaste. Excellent beer. I want more.


benzim (36), USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 12, 2002  
Best barleywine that I’ve had. Potent, but still tastes like beer (unlike Old Foghorn...great, but more like Sherry than beer)


 HoppedHead (106), seattle, Washington, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Apr 11, 2002  
I agree a huge hop contant doesn’t make a bad beer good, but ir makes a good beer better, atleast for my taste buds...I love thios beer because of it’s bitter, spiceness that can only be achieved with huge hop content, however the flavor of the carmel malts is still detectable, try to age one for a couple years, it mellows the hops just a bit, either way...NOTHING beats a 6-pack of these...


anticop (79), Porterville, California, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 22, 2002  
Great smell, wonderful taste,smooth as hell good fucking beer. knock you on your ass! yep, I love this Beer.


 ENTROPY (141), Terra Bella, California, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 19, 2002  
Right as a beer can get in my book, This now my fav. beer. It reminds me of the first time I ever took a drink of sierra nevada pale ale. great mix, smooth-kickass flavor, and stamp it with a sierra nevada logo and its a winner.



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