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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
20323.89/5.03.88/5.0Winter9.6%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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 drjay44 (771), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 28, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Vintage 2009. Pours a thick but rapidly diminishing head, with heavy lacing over a clear brownish (SRM15) body....nose is grapefriut and pine, with some floral wafting through....tastes initially of rich sweet malts, with balancing grapefriut and bitter hops, finish is long lingering fruity hop flavors....mouth feel is rich thick and chewy.


jonboy32818 (30), orlando, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Mar 27, 2009  
I wait every year for this. Pours garnet with a thin cream colored head. Aroma is hops upfront and sweet malt. Flavor is bitter c hops and the sweetness in the aroma really doesn’t appear when the beer this young. The body is the best thing about this beer so full and it just sits on the tongue after swallowling. I can’t wait until next year.


 clong83 (243), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 26, 2009  
One of my favorites! Very hoppy but the malts are even bigger here. Syrupy and heavy and it packs a wallop. Caramelish and dark fruits and a bitter kick, with a tinge of alcohol. Really a good beer, but not for the faint of heart.


 Ryan82SM (236), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Mar 26, 2009  
I was nearly shocked to find such a hoppy aroma in a barley wine. Some caramel and molasses as well, though that wasn’t so strange. Dark amber appearance, with a nice low carb. head. I was downright surprised at the hoppiness of this brew. Just like Rustyham below, I wondered if I had a wrong bad pour. Reoccurring caramel and molasses theme, but the hops ruled the day, which I found strange for a barley wine. Palate was creamy and fizzy. Not a bad beer, but not a fan.


 trevor211 (504), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Pours darker than most barley wines - a medium brown. Mostly malts - almost molasses-like. Some oak, even a bit of bourbon - interesting for an ale that hasn’t seen the inside of a barrel. Flavor doesn’t quite pull through - it’s a bit dilute. Slightly smokey, nice and flavorful - some dark fruit in there as well - but the malts really overpower this one.


 iride15 (171), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/510/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Light brown pour, tan/cream head. Heavy aroma and taste. Very hoppy, typical Sierra Nevada. Medium body, poor carbonation. I just didn’t have the taste for this one, even though it’s a decent brew.


 AndyReynolds (281), Wilder, Kentucky, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/104/518/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Tried 2009 bottle. Pours a light brown with a thin white head. Aroma is stong with malts and hops, but there are hints of dark fruits and citrus. Taste is great with not much carbonation. Great lacing.


 Rustyham (556), miami, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/511/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Taste like just about any other sierra nevada product- hoppy and malty. I thought the barmaid screwed up and gave me a 90 minute IPA, but she proved me wrong. I don’t much of reason to drink this. You’ve All been there and done that.



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