Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine

ABV: 9.60%

IBU: 90

OG: 1.099

FG: 1.02

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The following beer recipe is featured in the July/August 2006 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Access this issue along with the archives with Zymurgy Online!

Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot Barleywine tied with New Belgium's Fat Tire Amber Ale as AHA members' favorite beer in 2006. This delightfully full-bodied barleywine packs about 9.6% in ABV, which not only won it a spot in the Zymurgy's 2006 Best Beers in America, but also in the three years preceding its first place glory.

Sierra Nevada likes to describe the beer as having "a dense, fruity bouquet; an extremely rich, intense palate; and a deep, reddish-brown color. This ale is superbly balanced between an almost overpowering maltiness and a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness."

This clone recipe was created by Jim Parker, which appeared in "Zymurgy Magazine's 2nd Annual Best Commercial Beers in America Survey" in the 2006 July/August Zymurgy.

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The following beer recipe is featured in the July/August 2006 issue of Zymurgy magazine. Access this issue along with the archives with Zymurgy Online!

Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot Barleywine tied with New Belgium's Fat Tire Amber Ale as AHA members' favorite beer in 2006. This delightfully full-bodied barleywine packs about 9.6% in ABV, which not only won it a spot in the Zymurgy's 2006 Best Beers in America, but also in the three years preceding its first place glory.

Sierra Nevada likes to describe the beer as having "a dense, fruity bouquet; an extremely rich, intense palate; and a deep, reddish-brown color. This ale is superbly balanced between an almost overpowering maltiness and a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness."

This clone recipe was created by Jim Parker, which appeared in "Zymurgy Magazine's 2nd Annual Best Commercial Beers in America Survey" in the 2006 July/August Zymurgy.

Ingredients:

  • 15.5 lb (7.0 kg) pale two-row malt
  • 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) English Crystal 75L malt
  • 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) English Crystal 105L malt
  • 1.0 lb (0.45 kg) Carapils® malt
  • 1.0 oz (28 g) Chinook hops, 13% a.a. (60 min.)
  • 0.5 oz (14 g) Chinook hops, 13% a.a. (45 min.)
  • 0.75 oz (21 g) Centennial hops, 10.5% a.a. (30 min.)
  • 0.5 oz (14 g) Centennial hops, 10.5% a.a. (15 min.)
  • 0.5 oz (14 g) Cascade hops, 5.4% a.a. (15 min.)
  • 1.0 oz (28 g) Chinook hops, 13% a.a. (dry hop)
  • 1.0 oz (28 g) Centennial hops, 10.5% a.a. (dry hop)
  • 1.0 oz (28 g) Cascade hops, 5.4% a.a. (dry hop)
  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast
  • 1 cup dry malt extract to prime

Specifications:

Yield: 5 gallons (19 L)

Original Gravity: 1.099

Final Gravity: 1.02

ABV: 9.60%

IBU: 90

Boil Time: 60 minutes

Directions:

Single infusion mash at 154° F (67° C). Ferment at 68° F (20° C) until gravity drops to 1.020 (5° P), rack into secondary fermenter and dry hop for two weeks. Bottle, using dry malt extract to prime. Allow to age about 6 months to reach maturity.


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