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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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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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 TEJA (284), Stockholm, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/104/513/20
Sep 23, 2008  
Small foam but with almost 10 % alcohole this can be expected. Nice deep amber color. The alcohole dominating the aroma then some dried fruit. The bitterness dominates the taste eaven though the body is big.


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 18, 2008    Updated: Feb 5, 2009
12 oz 2009 bottle. Poured a clear dark amber color with red highlights and a three finger tan head. The aroma was malty, with vinous notes. The flavor was very well balanced, with a tremendous pine and citrus hop finish. This was an amazing beer. 2008 bottle. Poured a hazy brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of malt and dark fruit. Flavor is quite malty, but balanced out with hops. This is better in my opinion than most of Sierra Nevada’s offerings.


 FatguyRacer (130), Crownsville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 16, 2008  
2008 bottle. I’ve been wanting to try a barleywine style ale for some time now and when i saw the local store had gotten in some cases, i bought a sixer. It pours a deep reddish brown with little to no head at all. The malt aroma knocked me out. It’s thick and chewy on the palate and again the malts are very overpowering, but the hop back is incredible. This is better slightly warmed up. While this is better than most brews i’ve had in my life, I can see that I’ll probably not go out of my way to drink barleywine style ales. I prefer more dryer and crisper brews. Still, this is a very tasty beverage.


 DTM (541), Winters, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2008  
2008 bottle from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Not usually a big fan of Sierra Nevada, this one may have changed my mind. Just the right amount of hops to balance the malty goodness. Wish I had grabbed another one so I could age it.


 mgermani (863), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Pours a slightly cloudy brownish-red with a small layer of foam with a complex malty aroma with hints of hops as well. Tastes rather astringent with lots of fresh hops and a nice bitter finish. Good carbonation, great body. I suspect this would be much more remarkable when properly aged - it was probably just a bit green when I had it. Hearty and drinkable, but I’ll definitely cellar the next one I find.


 WakeandBake (424), Greenville, Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 7, 2008    Updated: Dec 9, 2008
Bottle.2008.Medium brown in color,small head that faded quite quickly and left a slight laceing on the side of the glass.Hoppy aroma with a slight wine like nose as well.The taste was intense with an abundance of flavors coming through,the main flavor being floral hops,and sweet malt,rasins,brown sugar. A nice balance of sweet and bitter.


 LtDan (478), LA - Originally from South NJ!, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Trademark Sierra Nevada hop scent, dark ruby red with a large fluffy head. Sweet and bitter, almost tasted the same when it was fresh in Jan 08.


 timfoolery (484), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 5, 2008  
2008 bottle. A very good Barleywine put out by Sierra, the Bigfoot shows a different side of the company. Usually, all of their beers taste the same, due to their signature hops and process, but the Bigfoot is much more malty and tasty. I couldn’t drink it all night, but it’s great for sippin.



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