 theisti (1034), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Apr 24, 2007 Updated: Apr 23, 2008
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2002 Vintage 12 oz bottle purchased in January of 2008 at Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington. Pour is mostly clear, mahogany with a 3/4 inch off white head. The head retreated to reveal some nice lacing. Aroma is really big and beautiful - big caramel, scotch maltiness. Some nice orange and fig fruit notes as well. Only in the very end is there any indication of oxidation. Taste is the caramel, scotch maltiness. The fruit sweetness is also present but pretty faint. Oxidation (cardboard) is introduced in the finish. Does not detract too much from the flavor. Solid full body is very mouth coating and satisfying. This held up really nice. 8,4,7,5,16 (4.0).
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2008 Vintage. 12 oz bottle shared by KAggie97, 9th bottle sampled at the 1/28 Houston Tasting. Pour is orange-ruby with no head, only thin of-white bubbles ringing the rim of the glass. Aroma of fresh hops, piney and resinous. Also features a nice caramel biscuit malt in the nose. A wonderful smelling beer. Taste is great, like a really well developed version of the Sierra Nevada Fresh Hop Harvest Ale. Great big pine resin hops and a beautiful malt backbone. This is a really great beer - certainly tastes much more like a DIPA than a Barley Wine, but who cares, this beer is delicious. 9,4,9,4,18 (4.4) - I’ll use this rating.
<<<ORIGINAL RATING 4/24/07>>>
2007 Vintage. Pour is deep reddish amber with some gold as well. Big off white head from an aggressive pour stuck around until the very end. Taste is big malt, with good hop balance as well. The alcohol had a presence, but nothing overwhelming. Well done barley wine, though age would improve this. 7,4,8,4,15 (3.8)
FlssmrBrewAlum (197), South Chicago Suburbs, Illinois, USA
Aug 27, 2008 Draft at the Clark Street Ale House (Chicago, IL). Paid a visit after the bachelor party dinner at Fogo. Pours a very nice reddish brown pour fairly hazed with a nice tan head. Aromas are strong, large hoppiness and sweet malt profile are clearly there with this brew. Initial is lovely, a very well hopped barleywine. The hops take center stage in the upfront bittering but lead the way to a mellowing out through the sweet malts. Very well balanced. Heavy bodied with the bitter hops moving to caramel malts, sweet fruits, and touches of more bitterness. Very nice and well worth the wait I’ve given it. Cheers!
hirigalzkar (3), Stockholm, Sweden
does not count  Aug 26, 2008 Bottle (Vintage 2005). I´m not sure if this vintage Bigfoot was better or worse than a fresh one. It was definitely more balanced, but on the other side less hoppy.
skoisirius (474), Seattle, Washington, USA
Aug 25, 2008 Have sampled on draft, bottled, and aged 1- 12 years. There’s not much left to say about a beer that has been brewed for around 20 years with over 1700 ratings! So I’ll say this: this was the first barleywine my palate ever touched, and I owe it to Cory and the Bigfoot for my appreciation of a huge ridiculous beer with too much malt and hops going down in it...thank god for American Barleywines!
afireinside96 (410), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 24, 2008 2008 bottle served in a Duvel tulip. Garnet body topped with a half inch of off-white foam. Smells mainly of piney hops, some fruitiness. Deep lingering bitterness with some lemon, pine, and chocolate notes. Alcohol is front and center. Thick oily mouthfeel. Needs some age.
finol (3), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
does not count Aug 24, 2008 Vintage 2005, Olbutikken Copenhagen.
Less complex and aggressive than a new bottle, more pleasantly balanced.
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