Best Year For SN Bigfoot

I will go in on said case with you !!
6 pack ....Let me know

 

2001 is drinking like liquid toffee spun into gold by gypsy fairies right now.

 

this beer is amazing, i wish i had a chance to grab the BA version bomber of it, i came across some 4 packs i'm aging a few just for the hell of it this is seriously a great beer. you can't beat the price either !

 

Im guessing he is aging four packs of 2013, since this is the first year they came in four packs. That is unless he drank 2 out of each 6 pack he is aging

 

Overall, I like barleywines and I've gotten this a couple of times for an American barleywine, but I'm really into English barleywines. I think I see some one mention aging a Bigfoot at least once a week. Maybe I'll buy a pack only to age it.

 

The local market near where I worked was selling 2010 Bigfoots (individual) for relatively cheap (for the island anyway), and I nabbed a couple, and have made a habit of tossing a loosey 2012 in my other beer purchases as well. Really excited about how they're going to develop on into the future. What's their ideal age?

 

A buddy of mine did a 7 year vertical tasting of these last year (2012 -2006). Out of the 7 of us there, we overwhelmingly found that the beer was sublime with either 1 or 2 years on it. After that, it really fell off, with the 2006 and 2007 not being very good at all. The 2006 actually smelled like soap.

 

SN brought a 1994 Bigfoot (in 2010) and a 1996 Bigfoot (in 2011) to the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston.
Both had matured and mellowed, but were fantastic.

 

I don't like it fresh, way too hoppy for me, but we got a 2008 from the brewery rep last month and I loved it. I've also had a sip of a 2002 and was really pleased with it, so I'm thinking anything past four years is fine by my tastes.

 

I just drank a 2011 last night, and holy amazamaballs...
Haven't had any with the age like these guys are talking about, but looking forward to one day almost a decade from now when I can bust out the 2010-onward vertical and make all the ladies swoon

 

Had a 1998 last weekend. Very smooth, low carbonation. No complaints.

 

Last year (2012) I opened up a 2002 and a 2004, didn't really try to age them, they were just keepsakes that people brought back from their travels since I grew up in Chico. After getting into beer and aging more I decided to give them a try. The 2002 was past its prime but not bad, but the 2004 was mellow, sweet and delicious. I actually read an article talking about how Ken Grossman brough out a keg of that for an event as it was one of their good years that was aged.

Now I save a couple from each year to try and start doing verticals.

 

I had a 2009 last year that was amazing. We had a beer tasting at my store and the college girl the distributor sent had no idea what she was doing. I wrote her out some crib notes on the beers she was pouring to help her out.
She told me "They gave me a six pack of this old beer from 2009, should I pour it?"
Turned into a much better tasting and I took one home.

 

All of them.

Seriously, I've never had the first one of the year where I thought "hmm, not as good," "less hoppy," or "more spices" or whatever it is everyone says about (insert seasonal beer name) when it comes out. . .

It is the hallmark of consistency. And its fun to see where it goes as it ages. . .