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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

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bottled
common

on tap
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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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quierocerveza (18), New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/104/518/20
Aug 23, 2009  
This is El Señor Barley a wonderful brew, if I see it I buy it. Beautiful color and presence, the aroma (citrus, hops, vanilla flan) make you starve for a sip and the taste overcome your senses and diminish your wisdom. So bad it is seasonal brew.


 LanceUppercut (121), Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 22, 2009  
A wonderful smell, typical for some american breweries, emerge from the bottle when opened. It contains basil, citrus and some sort of cookie-ish doughy smell. Very nice! The taste brings out essentially the same notes that were present in the aroma, but the massive bitterness kind of kills it. The rest of my bottles goes in cellar for a looong time.


 TKA300 (100), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/105/519/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Wow, I’ve been wanting to try this for a while and it was well worth the wait. Pours deep, ruby red with a medium white head. The aroma was full of hops and a little sweet. The taste was fantastic. Very hoppy, but still well balanced, and the finish lasted for a perfect amount of time. Awesome.


matthasson (60), Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Upfront has a smooth malty flavor. A bit of buttery biscuit and raison comes through with a subtlety of dark fruit. A swift bitterness then overpowers the malt character creating a long bitter aftertaste that lingers for a while in the back of the throat. With every sip there is a different complexity of malt and hop elements. This was my first barleywine and I am very pleased.


Ygberg (98), Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 21, 2009  
A 2009 bottle tasted in 2009. Aroma of hop and citrus. Apperance is dark red with a weak head. The flavor is very bitter with a clear hop caractear with hints of citrus. The hop is dominent.


 HughConway (367), Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Six pack. Best Barleywine in a sixpack. Pours deep brown with thin head, nice nose, very rich thick taste. Solid beer.


 markas101 (550), Fargo, North Dakota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Aug 16, 2009  
33 cl bottle, Fargo, ND, USA. Rich deep amber colour, medicinal sweet plum and raisin aroma. Thick in the mouth, almost creamy, with a mellow warmth. Alcohol doesn’t overpower, but sneaks in on the finish. Raisin and hops permeate. Very enjoyable.


 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 16, 2009  
[2329-20090723] 12floz bottle. Lots of hoppy citrus malt in the aroma with some rich grass clippings. Slightly hazy, red brown body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Bitter grass hops flavour has some citrus rind and pips. Medium body is quite bitter. Wow, a lovely bitter brew.
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