Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 3.88 2048

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
2048	3.89/5.0	3.88/5.0	Winter	9.6%	92.3	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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CasperQuaffer (142), Casper, Wyoming, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	5/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Mar 22, 2008

2008 Vintage bottle. Pours syrupy with brief small, dense foam. Good ruby-like color. The flavor is disappointly sweet and the aftertaste is caramel. I hope to like this better after some aging.

spikester (602), Salem, Oregon, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	4/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 21, 2008 Updated: Mar 2, 2009

2008 version. Very little aroma most likely due to age. Pours very dark amber with a two finger light tan head. Lacings are plentiful. Taste is sweet roasted malts with a very full earthy hop bitterness. A hint of dark cocoa from the malts. Mouthfeel is very nice with moderate carbonation. The alcohol is well hidden by the full body. Very drinkable for the style. Will probably update or edit this review when I try the 2009 version in my beer fridge.

TheRealBastard (145), The-No, California, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	4/5	9/10	3/5	18/20

Mar 21, 2008

Really really good. This is a beer I could drink all day long. Taste is mostly hops and citrus. Almost tastes like an IPA, will always be down to pound a few of these. Sierra Nevada’s best beer. Highly recommended.

patrick820 (69), San Luis Obispo, California, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 21, 2008

Pours dark amber with brownish head, has a pleaseant aroma, strong bitter hops, maltyness, very big flavor, syruppy body, i enjoy it.

TeamTrappist (419), jericho, New York, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	17/20

Mar 19, 2008

2008, On tap at Sunswick in New York. So I have had this from the bottle, and now on tap and I preferred it on tap significantly. Poured ruby red with a small head that lasted thoughout. Big hop smell and taste, but there was more to it than that. Found it just deliciously strong, and tasty. It had my mouth buzzing with flavor, and my head doing the same. Very slight alcohol burn, as opposed to the bottle which definitely needs some time to mature.

dkachur (2445), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	6/10	4/5	5/10	2/5	10/20

Mar 18, 2008

Bottle from Whole Foods in Charlottesville. An overly hopped and not well balanced beer. I’m afraid I don’t get the hype.

BrewmeisterEd (61), USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 17, 2008

poured ruby red...small head, but creamy with a lingering lace. Smells of grapefruit. Heavy mouth-feel but short of syrupy. Sweet tasting followed by hop after-taste. A slight burn going down, but deceptively mild compared to stated abv%. Yum...

robforbes (1114), Bremerton, Washington, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Mar 17, 2008 Updated: Jul 24, 2009

old rating 7/4/9/4/17 - 4.1 (2008) 2009 vintage pours a dark copper with a small beige head that becomes very thin, a little lacing. smell of barley, burnt caramel, dark fruit, spices, citrus, some roasted nuts, and a touch of floral in the back taste is creamy, thick, warming, alcohol comes through but not overpowering, some tart and sour fruits, caramel, and some roasted nuts, a very nice bitter ending.

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