Big River Grille House Brand IPA

Brewed by Big River Grille & Brewing Works Chattanooga (Gordon Biersch)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Name: Loop IPA
Date: 07/24/1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Score: ii

dark amber, thin fine head, sweet carmel malt aroma with a touch of hops, medium malt body, low hop flavor but a good bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 10/20/2001
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

slightly hazy light amber, soft fruity floral hop aroma, big burst of hop flavor, not overwhelming but assertave, nice bitter finish, hops from beginning to end as it should be
-------- /> Date: 05/22/2002

toned down a notch, but still great
-------- /> Date: 07/20/2002

bringing up the malt a lot, still good hop character, but this brewer is becoming a master of malt, long bitter finish
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Date: 01/21/2004
Score: iii

touch of biscuit malt in the malt profile that becomes more pronounced and really makes this beer, otherwise unchanged, still mild for an ipa but a tasty brew
-------- /> Date: 06/18/2005
Mode: cask

opaque orange, frothy tan head, great sweet carmel malt flavor with well balanced hops, low bitterness,
-------- /> Date: 07/30/2005
Mode: cask

really well balanced with lots of hop flavor on the sweet malt, great citrus character, nice long bitter finish, the best hoppy beer to ever come out of this place,
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Date: 08/09/2005

still mild after all these years

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 05/20/2006
Mode: cask

toned down a lot, none of the big hop flavor or citrus character, still a nice long bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 10/20/2006
Mode: cask

very creamy body, the citrus must be a thing of the past, picking up a soft buttery character that fits with what has become an English cask IPA

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

(cask, 5/20/06) Clear copper body with soft beige head that retains well. Aroma is moderately sweet, perfumey, melon, orange. Taste is medium sweet, earthy, some grapefruit, caramel, light pine, dusky. Medium body, some stickiness. (6/4/6/3/13)

(draft, 5/21/06) Off-white head atop a crystal clear copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, floral/grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some caramel, orange. Fairly bitter. Soft medium body, some acidity. (7/3/6/3/12)

(Draught) Pours a clear copper body with a small off-white head. Aroma of florals, citrus, and caramel. Flavor of hops, lightly toasted mlat, and nuts.

cask-pours a rich retaining light tan head and copper color. Aroma is medium malt, some citrus/earthy hops. Taste is medium malt, some citrus/earthy hops, some bitter. Soft carbonation.

Had on tap at Rock Bottom Atlanta in June 2006: Pours a slightly hazy copper orange with a nicely-lacing frothy off-white head. Aroma of soft, piny bitter hops and lightly sweet caramel malt. Body starts lightly bittersweet with some mildly resiny English hops and a slight maltiness. Drinkable, but pretty dull for the style.

Atlanta: Loop IPA) Nice IPA, orange/bronze color with a creamy puffy head and lacing down the sides of the sampler. The aroma is very floral and citrusy, a tad musty if I might say though. The flavor was fairly well balanced and had a strong malt backbone. The finish was a little more astringent that what I usually find in an IPA, but it was well worth trying.

Draft sampler at BRB. Dark amber hue with a moderate with head that diminished slowly. Moderate hoppy aroma. Medium body with a dry texture. Moderate hoppy flavor with medium dry bitter finish.

Sampled on cask while at the brewpub. Poured with a hazy dark orange body. Aroma of flowers and light citrus. Also some caramel. The taste had bread brust and light honey. Decent IPA.