Big Little Thing
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.17
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Make way for the Big Little Thing, an Imperial IPA flexing a full malt body, restrained sweetness, and tropical hop flavors of mango, grapefruit, and tangerine.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Cascade Club. Clear golden body with a white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of lemon, straw and boiled sweets. Flavour of fresh apricot and orange barley. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Sweet and hoppy.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2022
at 06:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Overripe orange, guava, grass aroma, some DMS. Clear amber, medium head. Guava, honey, orange peel. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2022
at 01:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Overall solid like most SN beers. I'm starting to think that if I'm going to drink a hazy it needs to be a double IPA so there's a little more bitterness doing on. But still these low bitterness hazies are getting out of control, are everywhere, and are displacing regular IPAs on the shelves. Its sad when even SN (one of the originators of the west coast IPA style) is doing it. Not to pick on this beer in particular, but its whats on my mind as I write this. As others noted, this beer had a nice tropical fruit hop profile. Semi-dry with little bitterness, so not quite balanced, but drinkable anyway.
Tried
on 15 May 2022
at 14:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12oz can in CA. Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Fruits, malty, resin,
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2022
at 05:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Picked up on sale for like 4-500¥, score! Sierra Nevada Big Little Thing Imperial IPA 9% Hoppy dank overripe fruits and sweet tarts. Full bodied with a touch of boozy heat and big sweet tart, Sorachi ace type catpiss notes, rich ripe stone fruits and a bit tangy hop notes. Not so balanced but alright.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2022
at 14:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Orange, biscuit malt, pine and grapefruit peel aroma. Slightly hazy golden yellow with large white head. Moderately sweet orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body and balance. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2022
at 01:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A dark golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of over ripe fruit, spices, hops, malt, and hints of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits, hops, spices, malt, and a bit of caramel, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2022
at 15:16
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can/Fest. A- Pine, bitter. A- Gold color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Bitter, caramel, citrus. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Lots of bitter and pine needles. Definitely a classic IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2022
at 16:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Can) clear, bright, yellow - orange Co with a medium tall white head; aroma of mandarin oranges, mango; rich, balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish, thick palate
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2022
at 01:23
8/10
Tried
on 26 Feb 2022
at 17:02