Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Chico, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
2032	3.89/5.0	3.88/5.0	Winter	9.6%	92.1	Snifter

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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fastcarjoe (8), Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
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4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 9, 2009

Aroma is densely exquisite, hops shine through and through! Pours a deep reddish brown color with a nice, sticking, off white head. Flavor is also very good, an intense maltiness balanced well with the bitter bite of hops. This beer is intense. Huge on the palate, this one is bound to grab your attention! Great stuff!

joeneugs (308), Livermore, California, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Mar 9, 2009

Pours a beautiful dark hazy amber color with a fluffy offwhite, light orange head. A very pretty beer. It has a hoppy nose with notes of caramel, toffee, bourbon, bitter grapefruit and orange peel. The taste is powerful hoppy flavors with caramel, toffee sweetness and an alcohol edge. Bourbon in particular. This is a strong beer with a moderately thick body and big flavors. Its a bit off balance when cold, but as it nears room temperature, it mellows out nicely. I bet it ages well too. Pretty accessable, tasty barleywine. Sierra Nevada always does a good job of representing their respective styles well. It also gets higher scores for being very reasonably priced for how good a beer it is.

Cavie (1353), Fort Worth, Texas, USA

1.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
1.6	3/10	2/5	3/10	2/5	6/20

Mar 8, 2009

Strong IPA taste. Strong taste of hops remain. The aftertaste lingers for quite awhile.

beeronmypants (15), Des Moines, Iowa, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 8, 2009

This beer beer has a nice amber hue. the pour produced a fluffy head that changed to a foam. Great hoppy bitter smell. The tounge was brought to life by the hops and recieved a nice present of spice in the back of the tounge. great barleywine to enjoy

halfonit (444), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	19/20

Mar 7, 2009

WOW!!! This is great!!! Has a nice deep brown color with a thick caramel head. Smells of sweet hops, with hints of flowers and cloves. Has a serious hoppy flavor with a nice bite in the end. This reminds me of a cross between Dogfish head 90 minute and Palo Santo. Great stuff!

tdcritch (112), Missouri, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 5, 2009

Bottle. Pours darker red to brown. Perfect white head. Very heavy beer, with a full body and lots of alcohol, but it is not overwhelming.

Beardface (984), Eugene, Oregon, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 4, 2009

Pours dark amber/light red in color with a hefty tan head. Scents of caramel, molasses, booze and a light pine hop kick. Taste is much the same, nice brown sugar flavor as well. Pleasant alcohol burn but very mild for a barleywine. Extremely tasty.

vacantskies (79), Spokane, Washington, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 4, 2009

2009 batch. The aroma is nutty and mild. The flavor is strong and smooth. The aftertaste is surprisingly mild. Very tasty.

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