Beer of the blog #3 OK so not bad for being alone in a hotel room with a car full of beer, I'm only on #3. Continuing with my nostalgia trip of the original US micros I'm drinking a Bigfoot Ale from Sierra Nevada. This may have been one of the original US extreme beers at 9.6 % a.b.v. As with the Liberty ale it has gone from the extreme to mainstream. I'm not sure how this beer ages, this is a 2007 vintage and as such is very green, alot of green apple(acetaldehyde) flavor, and the hop flavor is a bit on the harsh side. Most modern US barley wines would fight this with a huge malt punch, not Bigfoot. It does have a fair hop presence as you would expect for a Sierra Nevada beer. Personally I would age this beer for a few more months were I not trapped in a hotel room in Iowa. Now that we are beginning to see some Western wildlife in the midwest(cougars, people escaping the madness that is the west coast for a better life, etc) no doubt the Bigfoot is not far behind Oh wait what's this? http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/mnbf/main.html