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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20323.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%92.1Snifter
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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
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 savnac (406), Palmer, Alaska, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 5, 2009  
12oz bottle. Aroma of floral resinous hops, alcohol and sweet toasty malt. A clear deep amber brown with a tan thick head that leave nice lacing. The flavor is bitter and alcohol with a sweet background. Sticky thick mouth feel, medium to full bodied with low carbonation. This is a nice barley wine, the high bitterness is balanced well with the sweet malty flavor and the alcohol taste isn’t too strong.


 EHopper (274), Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Saw this on the menu at a great pub, and then later at the day a great beer seller. Corny name but the coincidence got me. Turned out to be surprising good. Smooth, rich barley wine, with some warmth, but with more hops than expected. Worth trying again sometime especially given the relatively low price.


 jameswolfe (142), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 2, 2009  
Dark copper and a beatuful bouquet. This beer is also nice and creamy. It is not as good as Old Foghorn or Behemoth, but not as costly either.


 Butters (1637), Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Mar 31, 2009    Updated: Sep 28, 2009
On draft at the Abbey brewing company. Clear amber pour with fair head retention and legs. Massively hopped. Moderately hot alcohol flavors. I’d love to try this aged. Tried again aged, and this is fantastic. Still has the cascade hops. Very good and balanced. Great brew.


Zaprozdower (41), Boone, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 31, 2009  
Vintage 2009. Great aroma, love that the hops can be found here. Nice head and color, somewhat dark copper. Very balanced for a barleywine, perfect amount of hops to counterbalance the maltyness. Definitely better than the Duck Rabbit barleywine. Aging my 2nd one for a bit as I’m sure it can be even better!


 BOLTZ7555 (1070), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 30, 2009  
2009 Vintage. Thick viscous pour produced a maroon body and tight eggshell head that left ringlets on every sip. Aroma exhibits brown sugar, caramel, and pine. Flavor shows some traditional barley wine qualities (molasses, caramel, toffee, honey) but also has a strong hop presence. Citrus and pine resin are also very apparent and will mellow with time. Wish I had the patience to cellar a few.


jstek (8), USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Dark, hoppy, heavy, and delicious. I was thrilled to find a bottle of this at Otto’s in SE Portland. Between this and my "Kitchen Sink" sandwich, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven, probably thanks to the hgh ABV. Will definitely be seeking this out again.


sparky075 (8), Michigan, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot does not count
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Wow...definately a barleywine. Very hoppy, but delicious. Good head and color. Finishes like a Sierra Nevada--very Pale Ale-ish. Going on my good list.



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