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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Linnet (112), Umeå, Sweden

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Sep 12, 2009

This beer have been cellared for a year. Ruby colour, thick creamy dark beige head, lots an lots of lacing. Aroma is full of plums, raisins, brown sugar and reminds me of a port wine. Flavour is also full of dark fruit and brown sugar combined with a very distinct bitterness. But compared with an uncellared example the dark fruit is more prominent and the bitterness is less. Alcohol is also very noticable but not overwhelming. Mouthfeel is very smooth. I think this has benefitted from the cellaring giving the flavours more depth.

fidel (913), Livermore, California, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 5, 2009

Poured dark amber brown, sweet, piney hops, caramel malts, little fruity, bitter finish.

Systembolaget (11), Malmoe, Sweden

5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Sep 2, 2009

This barley wine is what I was hoping for when I came over an ale called Tripel DIPA. The colour is brown-red and it pours a small but dense head. Aroma is the incredible. Fruity and extremely hoppy. Flavor starts fuity and spicy with a very big body and ends up in fruits, some toffee and a massive bitterness. A lot of hops of the best kind. Doubtless the best beer I ever had! I´m just sad it´s not always on the market!

beernovice39 (256), South Carolina, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 2, 2009

2009. Don’t normally dig the barley wines but this has enough hop to it for me to enjoy and buy again.

brosen561 (20), Minnesota, USA

4.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.9	10/10	4/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Sep 1, 2009

12 0z bottle into snifter. What a beer. Dark red-mahogany with almost no head. Very robust aromas of grapefruit hoppiness, caramel, and fresh flowers. Very thick, almost syrup mouthfeel. Carries heavy flavors of bittersweet chocolate, brandy, hardwood smoke, and hops. Finishes pretty dry with a good bit of bitterness and alcohol. A hop lovers barley wine.

Shakesbeere (52), Massachusetts, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 28, 2009

Golden orange pour. Aroma is of fruit, alcohol, and hops. Alcoholic flavor with hints of fruit, wood, and spice. Initially creamy and somewhat sweet, then shifts to a bitter hop aftertaste that dominates over the sweetness. Maybe a little hoppy, but otherwise well balanced.

gastronaut (6), Sweden
does not count

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	8/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Aug 28, 2009

2009 edition. Nice reddish copper appearance with off white head that settles slowly. Hoppy aroma with nice caramel sweetness and a bit of dried fruits and ripe red rind cheese. Complex flavour with long lasting hop bitterness that dominates over the sweetness. Appropriate low carbonation. In my opinion more suitable with food than as a stand alone.

welho (30), Finland

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Aug 23, 2009

2009 edition, 330ml bottle. Pours dark reddish brown with small white head. Lots of hops and very rich and thick taste. Feels almost Like I need another one to get hang of this.

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