Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

Smells like peaches, cottoncandy, and apple cider. Alchohol prescence, like mulled wine. A good chest warmer. creamy texture long astingent finish. Tastes of hearty malts + toffee before mellowing into a winey berry that dosn’t become to sweet like many barley wines do. This one stays hoppy all the way through to the balls out bitter hops aftertaste. Defintely among my favorite B-wines.

On tap at the Portsmouth brewery poured in a tulip glass It had a wonderful dark ruby red body with a thin white head that leave some lace Aromas of malts alcohol and a light piney hops presence The Flavors of malts are right up front with much sweetness followed by a hoppy bitter and some alcohol warmth Full body and smooth on the palette A real interesting barleywine I’m going back for more

Pours a nice reddish brown color. Taste of fruity citrusy hops. Slight alcohol can be detected on the palate. Bittersweet aftertaste. Pine scent on the nose as well as on the palate. Hop smell reminiscent of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Good balance between malts and hops.

this is a fantastic beer. very redish in color, the aroma is grassy/citrusy, as is the flavor. not much malt balance, but the hop flavor is so good, you don’t need it.

12 oz. 2008. Hoppy spice aroma off the bat! Wonderful amber color and carbonation is just right for a barleywine - and check out the clairity. Flavor and palate were dominated by hops (maybe even hop resin?). The "big maltiness" described by the label isn’t "almost overpowering". In fact, the malt is beaten into submission by the hop profile. Caramel and Pale malt flavors emerge as the brew warms up. I’d love to try this after 6-12 months aging. Still, a hop-head’s dream. An exciting beer, for sure.

I am not a big barleywine fan but lately i have begun to enjoy them more and this was a very good one with a nice malty taste and a deep dark amber color with the ABV well hidden and it had a nice hoppy kick to it,overall a very good beer.CHEERS!

pours a dark amber color with long lasting head. Has scent of barley and hops. It tastes of hops and yeast with some floral after taste. A very nice beer. I will purchase this again and would recommend it.

12oz bottle. Pours a deep reddish brown that is orange and amber when held up to the light. The head pours medium in thickness and light tan in color. It isn’t eternal, but relatively long-lasting, and leaves nice streaks of lace on the glass. The aroma is like blood oranges and pine cones tossed in a blender - LOTS of American hops character (I think the load of pine must be the Chinook and the citrus from the Centennial and Cascade). There is also a fruity, caramel note in the aroma - I think of fig tree sap (even though I’ve never actually smelled fig tree sap). The flavor starts a wonderful balance of hops and caramel malts. There is a hint of harshness in the pine character that is accentuated by a subtle hint of roast flavor (almost smokey). But its mostly a load of American hops with a big load of thick, chewy, caramel malts to back it up. The caramel flavor grows by mid-palate as the enormous hop character diminishes. That hop character is replaced with a very firm bitterness - which is unassuming and balanced at mid-palate, but pure, big, bad bitterness as the beer goes into the gullet. But it isn’t a harsh or overly spicy bitterness - or maybe it is, but it doesn’t seem that way due to the load of malts balancing it out. The first few sips were so bitter and piney that it almosts reminds one of scented shampoo. But once the taste buds get acclimated, it is pure heaven. Despite the big, intense flavors, the alcohol is well-hidden, only showing its head in the finish by adding a touch of ethanol bitterness. The mouthfeel is full but not syrupy. The finish is very dry thanks to the loads of hops - it is almost varnish-like until the tongue gets used to the overload of hops. I can see how casual beer drinkers would hate this - this is definitely for hop heads only. No one else would be able to get past the enormous hoppiness to notice and appreciate the depth of other flavors in there. Overall, unique and striking - and dangerously drinkable for a barleywine. This must have been inspiration for the first Double IPA (take Bigfoot and make it a little lighter in color and dryer).