What year did bigfoot start?

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  1. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

    I am looking to complete a vertical form 2002 to 2012 and it made me think. When did the bigfoot first come out?

    Do any of you have bottles with pictures to prove it. I want to see :grinning:
     
    #1 oldp0rt, May 11, 2012
  2. sherm1016

    sherm1016 Pundit (867) Aug 10, 2009 Wisconsin

    It took Gold at the 1987 GABF. So sometime before that.
     
    #2 sherm1016, May 11, 2012
  3. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I think I saw in the recent thread about the barrel-aged version (canceled for 2012) that 2013 would be its 30th anniversary. So that would make it 1983.
     
    #3 Orca, May 11, 2012
  4. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    1983? Wow. We didn't get it in the NYC area until very late in the decade, and even at that time it really made an impression. Back in '83 it must've been like- you know the Monty Python sketch where they describe Tschaikovsky's naught bits as being extremely naughty for their time?- it must've been the beer version of that, extremely naughty for its time. The original beer ****, and still getting 'em off to this day.
     
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  5. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

    So if it is 83, anyone with a bottle we all could see?
     
    #5 oldp0rt, May 12, 2012
  6. JohnnyTightLips

    JohnnyTightLips Initiate (0) May 30, 2009 Illinois

    Wonder if Sierranevadabill could help us with this one.
     
    #6 JohnnyTightLips, May 12, 2012
  7. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

    Lets hope.
     
    #7 oldp0rt, May 12, 2012
  8. ewright

    ewright Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2007 North Carolina

    No need for Bill on this one. The 2008 edition was the 25th anniversary (special label and all), so that would make 1983 the first version.

    EDIT: Looks like I'm just confirming what draheim said ... but what's this about -bal Bigfoot NOT coming this year? I missed that completely!!!
     
    #8 ewright, May 12, 2012
  9. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Can't find the thread right now, but about a week or two ago they announced they didn't have enough to go to market or something to that effect so won't be releasing it this year. :slight_frown: I think the thread might have been deleted once it was no longer a "new release"...

    EDIT: Start reading here
     
    #9 Orca, May 12, 2012
  10. andylipp

    andylipp Savant (1,063) Dec 8, 2006 Massachusetts

    If you're looking for a bottle that says 1983 on the label I think you'll be disappointed. SN didn't start "vintage dating" until just a few years ago.
     
    #10 andylipp, May 12, 2012
  11. ewright

    ewright Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2007 North Carolina

    Aww, hell no! Bummed about that fo' sho'!
     
    #11 ewright, May 12, 2012
  12. ewright

    ewright Initiate (0) Oct 25, 2007 North Carolina

    Define a few years ago. I've had as old as 2002 and, while the label didn't show the vintage, the cap did.
     
    #12 ewright, May 12, 2012
  13. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

    I know for a fact they vintaged their bottles since 93
     
    #13 oldp0rt, May 12, 2012
  14. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Holy crap! Craft beer has been around since 1983?!

    I... I... was 23. Go figure.

    :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #14 steveh, May 12, 2012
  15. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I suspected this was someone from the Midwest/East Coast :grinning: (actually, not sure if you're being facetious). I've got at least a couple breweries just down the road that are older than that.
     
    #15 Orca, May 12, 2012
  16. mikehblack

    mikehblack Zealot (602) Feb 10, 2010 California
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    [​IMG]
     
    #16 mikehblack, May 12, 2012
  17. oldp0rt

    oldp0rt Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Canada (QC)

    gotta love pics. thanks for sharing.
     
    #17 oldp0rt, May 12, 2012
  18. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Oh, no doubt -- I was just being facetious to the oft expressed attitude that craft brewing started around the turn of the century! :grinning:
     
    #18 steveh, May 12, 2012
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  19. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I've actually never heard anyone suggest that... you mean 21st century?
     
    #19 Orca, May 12, 2012
  20. mikehblack

    mikehblack Zealot (602) Feb 10, 2010 California
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    Another great pic showing the very early years of Bigfoot.
    [​IMG]
     
    #20 mikehblack, May 12, 2012
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