Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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

Hazy mahogany-copper with thick off-white head, very nice looking. Robust rusty aroma with lots of malt, a hint of burnt honey, musk, and woody hops. Soft mouthfeel, solid body. A bit chewy and furry but not so bad. Slightly burnt. Long bitter finish, but very balanced, nicely hopped, and earthy. Solidly good.

Draught @ Abbey. Lasting scattered lace and a head cap that never disappears. Lovely. Great bready aromas. Not at all chewy. Very enjoyable! Upgraded from 3.7.

Aroma:good mixe of grapefruit and raisin aroma... Appearance:Dark ruby-brown,light head.. Flavor:strong bitterness,grapefruit,caramel flavor...

350 ml bottle @ Kaisla, Helsinki. Murky copper color, creamy tan head. Complex aroma: wood, leather, cigars, hops, sweet malts and more. Bitter flavor with notes of alcohol, malts and resin. Syrupy, chalky mouthfeel, full body. Improved once it warmed up a bit, but not my favorite barley wine. Perhaps it’s the exuberant hopping?

Very hoppy for a barley wine. Aroma of perfume and grapefruit with a small allocation of fruit. Frothy off-white head with decent lacing. Murky Medium/dark amber/brown body. Lightly bitter at the start ending with some harsh hops. Medium to full oily body. Alcohol definitely present. A good barley wine.

A very hoppy barley wine, dry and fruity. I like this a lot despite the fact that I have tasted a few more balanced and complex barley wines. I guess I am a cascade hop fanboy....

Cloudy amber brown pour with a finger or so of head. Maybe I’m congested but the nose was not very strong, albeit complex - citrus, grape, pine. Then comes the flavor EXPLOSION - spicy hops, caramel maltiness, and an amazingly thick, creamy, clingy palate that lasts and lasts and comes back for more. Wonderfully thick and warming ABV. What a freaking beer!!!!

My first Barley wine style ale experience was with the Flying Dog Horndog Barley wine which was a much more malty interpretation of the barley wine style. Both are excellent in their own right.
Bigfoot is literally hopping on her way to my mouth. As I mentioned above, big hops spice and piney citrus fill my nose as I quaff this brew. The oils literally slide over my tongue and down my throat. The hops center on the top of my tongue and linger long after the swallow. citrus rinds linger, along with a sense of being in the middle of a woodland forest on the west coast, surrounded by pine trees and wet dew. The malts re very mild in Bigfoot, almost nonexistent, though as the beer warms, I maybe detect a slight sweetness in the swallow along the sides of my mouth. Overall though, all the flavor and taste is one big oily spicy hop explosion right in the middle of my mouth. It’s addicting, to say the least.
This is the 25th year Sierra Nevada has released a Barley wine under the name of Bigfoot. Bigfoot will age well, and it should be interesting to see how the flavor profile changes after some bottle aging.

Bottle thanks to HogTownHarry. This beer has a bouquet like no other. Incredibly floral on the nose with grapefruit, orange peel, cloves and molasses. The flavour has a combination of honey, tart blueberry, with dare i say a bit of roast. The flavour and smell oddly reminds me of a cross between Oak Aged Yeti and Dogfish 90min. This is a tremendous beer! Goes great with Monterrey Jack with a touch of red pepper.