Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale
Re-rate: '08 on tap and '07 bottle side by side, courtesy of chadspivey. Pours a semi muddled caramel color to me with light offwhite head. Smell is hoppy moreso than malty by far with almost a minty fresh alcohol presence. Some graininess as well. Hoppy beginning with a sharp hop bitterness in the form of dry aspirin like medicinal bitterness. Some cherry cough drop like flavor along as well, but mildly so. I definitely prefer the 1 year aged version of this to fresh as it was more balanced, although still a hoppy barley wine, and more rounded overall, but still not one of my favorite barley wines by far.