Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

This my first barleywine style ale. It was much different than expected but i had heard good things. This ale poured a deep caramel copper bronze with moderate head. There was a slight hint of fruit in the aroma but it was underlying the strong hoppy pine aroma that dominated. Slight oily rich mouth feel that starts mildly sweet and goes to a huge hop bitter very quickly. Over all I was impressed however I will have to explore more like this to determine how highly I rank this style.

Pours dark translucent amber. Smells of nice bittersweet hops, pine, and strong citrus- oranges, pineapple. Hops are stronger in flavor, fruit more subtle, but very good. This is how I like to enjoy hops. Not overdone, good flavor

Quality Barleywine, though not of the Stone or Great Divide Standards. Perhaps showing its age? Poured a luscious auburn with trademark Sierra Nevada Head. Lots of hops in the nose with a well balanced malt and hop body. Very big, but just missing that special something. Not a huge fan of this style but trying to be subjective. 2008 bottle.

bottled, pours deep clear amber with medium light tan head that quickly leaves, big notes of grapefruit/citrus from hops, mildly sweet nose as well, wonderful sweet malt up front with full yet clean crisp hop bite, hop bitters reside on palate, good overall package

Bouteille de 12 oz, édition 2009. Arômes intenses de houblon résineux. Légère touche de fruits rouges. Robe ambrée et claire, légère mousse. En bouche, le côté aromatique du houblon américain (résine et agrumes) est très présent et est accompagné d’une touche fruitée et d’un malt caramel bien présent. Finale amère de houblon. Très bon et très "clean", comme plusieurs produits Sierra Nevada.

I have heard good things about Sierra Nevada, but I could barely finish a 12oz bottle of this brew. It poured a very muddy amber, and smelled like a bouquet of flowers and hops. I very much enjoyed those aspects of it. The taste was far too bitter for me. I think I would have enjoyed this beer if there had been less hops used.

Bottle, The Cave. Clear dark amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is very malty, with some bitter hops. Flavour of pine resin, fruits, and sweet malts. Syrupy. Bitter finish.

i was pretty surprised by this little guy. lots of malts and much more hops than i was expecting. i wasnt sure what to expect in a brewery that is so heavy on hops but i am pleased.