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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
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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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 Ceebs25 (223), Naperville, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Feb 22, 2009  
On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pretty decent and full nose, lots of melon and sweet fruits, yet quite hoppy with a good amount of floral notes. Beautifully appearance overall, with a thick and creamy white head, amazing lace everywhere, rich ruby red in the color, and a medium looking body. Similarly to the aroma, melon and sweet fruits come through strong in the flavor along with a heavy bouquet of bitter hops, and mild malted cherries. Full and heavy through the finish, with the feel being slightly on the harsher/a little too rich side. Though decently balanced, things don’t really come together exactly as i’d like. Good, but definitely not one of my favorites of this style.


 Tripplebrew (492), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/516/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Pours a clear amber copper with very light white head. Aroma is largely alcohol and hazelnut with light notes of a lemon vanilla. Flavor is definite hops with light undertones of vanilla. body is creamy with high carbonation.


 timsilvia32 (446), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Fairly transparent amber pour, white bubbles that disappeared fairly quickly. A lot of hop, pine, citrus and a little booze in the aroma. Surprisingly large amount of piney citrus hop flavor, malt is secondary. Quite lively mouthfeel. A little too bitey for me and a tad bit hot. Finish very clean. OK, I just prefer a malt inclined barleywine.


 dlovell2 (140), Columbia, Maryland, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Feb 21, 2009  
2009 Bottle. Amber brown color with large beige head. Fruity malt and hoppy pine aroma. Fruity, earthy malt flavors followed by a wave of bitter pine hops crashing down on your taste buds. Amazing Brew.


k9coug (40), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 21, 2009  
2009 bottle was not as good as 2008. Don’t know if this is the result of aging or recipe change. It takes me over an hour to sip through one bottle.


 tturner (105), , Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 20, 2009  
rating this a bit high because I found 6 12oz for $10.50. That makes this one of the best beers for the money. Very drinkable. Nice sweet malts on the nose. good fruits, dark, balanced with citrus and grasses. flavor is smooth and rich, malty, mild dark fruit balance, finishes bright, dry and hoppy. very well executed beer.


 snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 20, 2009    Updated: Jun 4, 2009
2006 vintage on tap at Collins Pub (Feb 09). Pours a cloudy dark amber with a good beige head. Aroma is an amazing spicy sweetness. Fruity hops and alcohol hint at strawberry, cherry, and vanilla. Flavor adds some bready malts. Mouthfeel is thick and smooth with a finish of hops and alcohol. Very nice.


 nbutler11 (741), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Feb 20, 2009  
08 and 09 vintages on tap at Papago. Unsure if they mixed up the order, but the 09 had an element of vanilla in the flavor and a balance that the 08 seemed to lack. With age, the alcohol really seems to take over this one, leaving a harsh finish instead of balancing the flavor out. In either case, this barleywine is quite average for the style.



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