Sierra Nevada Bigfoot

It's been a while since I've had an American barleywine, and I found a 4-pack of Sierra Nevada Bigfoot at a very good price the other day, so I picked it up:

Vittles:

American Barleywine
9.6% abv

Score:
Appearance: 9/10
Aroma: 24/25
Taste: 38/40
Mouthfeel: 8/10
Style: 5/5
Drinkability: 8/10
Overall: 92/100

Impression:
This is definitely a heavy-hitting, Pacific Northwest hop bomb, and it's delicious (pardon the redundancy).  The pine and citrus/grapefruit aromas were the most forward for me, but the floral, earthy, and toffee notes in the background rounded out the nose very well.  The flavor follows the nose very cleanly, though there's more spice in the tongue than in the aroma.  This kind of beer seems to sit on that fine line between DIPA and American barleywine, but when you think about it, then two styles are very, very close anyway.  I still prefer English barleywines to American ones, but this is a damn good beer regardless.

Cheers!