Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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

On tap at pizza plant. Served in a goblet. Reddish amber with a small white head. Very nice looking beer. Smells sweet and malty. Tasted sweet, very hoppy. Very thick mouthfeel with carbonation. Finished very warm and bitter with some alcohol. Delicious.

An excellent beer from sierra nevada. Finish is awesomely bitter compared to the other barlywines i have had and really elevates this beer to a higher level.

2007 Edition Bottle. Pours Amber/Brown with a bih white head. Flavor is a bit sweet at first but then it gets really fruity and caramel like, and finishes with a brutal hoppy bitterness. Really good!

2009 Edition. 12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear reddish amber with a large off-white head that lasted until the end of the glass and a solid layer of lace all the way to the final sip. Very pleasant aroma of pine and caramel malt. The begins with caramel malt and brown sugar and is followed by fruit and pine hops. There is a nice dose of resin supporting the pine bitterness which keeping this from being overly bitter and out of balance. The mouthfeel is still rich and smooth, but I think is just a bit less so than last year’s version. Very enjoyable!

2008 Edition. 12 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy reddish brown with a moderately large off-white head that lasted until the end of the glass and left tons of sticky lace the entire way down. Very pleasant aroma of pine and sweet malt. The flavor starts out with sweet malt and is followed by fruit and pine hops. While there is plenty of hops bitterness, it is thankfully not overdone. I think the fruitiness of the hops helps too, as opposed to the bitter astringency of pine. The mouthfeel is rich and buttery and balances nicely with the hops. The alcohol is very well hidden. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to try this one. Good stuff ! 8-5-8-5-17

Pours amber-brown into snifter with off white head. Cascade/Centennial hops give real nice floral aroma. Real similar hop nose to Hopslam although not quite as in your face. Flavor is much better than I was expecting. Hops giving a citrus flavor with a very good herbal finish (mmm herb). Alcohol well balanced with the flavor and hardly noticable. Light carbonation and oily palate. The best SN has to offer by far and deserving to be in the top two percent.

pours a gold maroon color with a medium sized yellow head. Thich caramel and citrus spice aromas. Full bodied with a clinging syrupness to it. Almost seems to get stuck to your teeth. Intensly sweet malt flavors with a strong lasting bitterness. Rich, spicy orange hop flavors comes through the initial sweetness. Full and powerful beer. I bought a six pack and it is going to last a while. Very good but definitely not a session beer.

Bottle 07... Damn! Smells like an IPA! Dark amber in color with a decent head. Bitter and sweet at the same time. Also fruit, malty and sugary. Did I mention HOPS! Thick in texture. Reminds me of Iron Hills Sasquatch but more hops. I want to let one of these bad boys age. Mellow out a little. Good brew though.

2007 Bottle. Pours ruby color in the glass with an off-white head that is almost yellow and leaves some lasting and lacing. Hoppy aroma with some herb spices and hints of pine. The flavor stays the same with hops, spices and hints of a fruit and malt background. Medium body and bitter throughout. Slight alcohol warming. (Rating from June ’07)