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04-23-2005, 01:35 AM
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Discover the motherlode
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Heidelberg, Germany, Baden Wurtemberg
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Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale...
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...is a very different animal (no pun intended)!
I had my first one ever tonight, first barleywine ever as a matter of fact. Can't say I like it, can't say I don't. Its just odd. Its definitely a sipper, that's for sure.
It's like beer on steroids.
Anyone know the story about it? Do the versions that Sierra Nevada release every year taste the same? Same recipe?
Discuss....
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04-23-2005, 04:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Auburn,Ca
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1st Sierra Nevada Bigfoot? For real? Oh yeah, I forgot, not everyone lives in California. We've got a lot of that out here, so I don't waste time sipping. I like to enjoy it by the mouthfull. I like the stuff, but I prefer Old Foghorn from Anchor. The bummer on the Anchor barley wine is that unless you get it on tap, it comes in 7oz bottles. There was, until recently, a local taphouse where I could get the Foghorn for $5/liter. Now that's dangerous.
I'm pretty sure that the recipe remains pretty consistent from year to year on that Big Foot.
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07-31-2005, 01:15 AM
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I think the recipe changes from year to year. I try to get a sixer of bigfoot every year. I also get the Old Foghorn, too. I agree it is a bummer they only come in 7 oz bottles and priced like 12 oz bottles. (No matter, I still lay down the cash for it year after year) This year I kept two bottles,(of the foghorn and bigfoot) I drank the foghorn about a month ago, I belive it improved a little. I think I will keep the other bottle untill the next batch is available and compare.
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11-04-2005, 01:47 AM
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I live in Missouri, and my roommate always trades beer with some guy online. I've never seen a 7oz. Bigfoot. He gets a sixer every year.  |
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11-04-2005, 07:49 PM
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Location: Auburn,Ca
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The Bigfoot comes in 12's. It's Anchor's Foghorn that comes in 7's.
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11-04-2005, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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bigfoot is always tasty stuff. i'd have to say its my fav. i had it once in a black and tan, they called it a kavorkian. that was a very good experiance!! i had like 3 32 oz mugs of it. i love it on tap, hard to find but worth the effort of looking for it! i usually buy it a case at a time when it comes out! i find a store that carries it and pre-order my case or 2 every year! being in germany, i haven't had it for almost 3 years and i can't wait to get back to the states and buy my next case!!!!
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11-16-2005, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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I disliked bigfoot and so has everyone else i passed the rest of the 6er on to.
ew.
For that matter the Sierra Nevada Celebration ale makes me want to yack too.
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11-16-2005, 04:42 PM
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I use secondaries. :p
Join Date: Sep 2005
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barley wines aren't for everybody. I had my first one a few months ago (Bigfoot, 2003 I think) and I thought it was fantastic. I don't think I could drink it on a regular basis, but as a once-in-a-while brew, I'm definately a fan.
-walker
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11-16-2005, 05:00 PM
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I'm wondering more about the Celebration Ale mindflux....what don't you like about that? I think that is a new one in the top five for me....
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11-16-2005, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Well.. I don't know. I think it's the hop bite. I'm more of a malty beer person than a hoppy beer person. Sierra Nevada beers all tend to have a hop bite that to ME tastes like sucking on a penny or a lead pipe.
I should have known better than to pick up their beer again.. so far I'm 0 for 3 for their product.
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