Barley Wine in six packs?
Barley wine always was this refined beverage that came in tiny bottles like Rogue’s Old Crustacean used to, and which you consumed in a sherry glass or something similar.
Apparently that is not the case anymore as I found out while perusing the beer selection at the Good Food Store last week.
Turns out Sierra Nevada is packaging their Bigfoot Barleywine in sixers these days. (They might have been doing this for a awhile now, but I haven’t seen them until now)
These cloudy, high-gravity, high IBU (90) barley bombs are in a convenient size for sharing with friends, but I’m not sure you want to treat them like a session beer or even a six-pack of your favorite IPA for that matter. At 9.6 ABV, these big beers pack a punch.
Bigfoot contains a trio of my favorite hops, Cascade, Centennial and Chinook.
This beer has hints of caramel candy and dried peach and pear with an intense hop and malt presence that can overwhelm the uninitiated.
The cloudy nature of the beer is both beautiful and an indication of just how much body it has.
I found this beer to be a nice sipper, as well as a good match with a hearty bourbon spice pumpkin cheesecake my wife made this weekend. Other good matches might be a chocolate mouse with raspberries and sharp, aged cheeses, according to the Sierra Nevada website.
Prost,
GG
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