Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale
This was a 2001 bottle. The beer pours a tawny red/brown colour with a minimal head. What grabbed me was the awesome old hop nose. It was dignified yet once redolent of huge hops. The taste was refined and complex with hops still in the mix but new notes of old fruit and tobacco taking its place. I have had fresh Bigfoot with all the huge hop notes but this was amazingly sophisticated due to the age.