Big River Grille Imperial 375 Pale Ale

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

on tap. Funny name for this puppy. Pours a clear copper with a small white head. The aroma is faintly citrusy, sweet, and clean. The palate is light, but not obnoxiously so. I liked the malt profile on it: smooth and semi-sweet. The hops provide a juicy, grassy, herbal bitterness but also some hints of soap. All in all, this is acceptable.

On tap at Big River – Chattanooga. Poured clear lighter caramel with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up candy-like sweetness with lighter fruits and grapefruit represented.. not too good, but somewhat intriguing.. seemed stronger than it actually was. The flavor found sweet grapefruit and lighter other fruits accented by pine and grapefruit bitterness on the edges.. a bit sharp at times, and not very well-balanced. Grainy and very sweet on the palate.. moderate carbonation left some sharper boozy notes on the finish.

Date: 08/24/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

red-amber, thin head, mild hop aroma, good hop flavor with a mild bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Pours an amber color with a white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, with piny hops. Flavor is malty, caramel, with a piny hops.

Pint on tap at Seven Bridges Brewpub in Jacksonville. I have no idea if this is the right beer, with so many American pale ales and different brewpubs being all thrown together here. Its just not worth the hassle to try and sort it out on Ratebeer sometimes. So I’m sticking it in here anyway. They just called it an American Pale ale without any cutsey name. The bartender said it was between 5.25 and 5.5 abv. And the beer was damn good. Had a good hoppy APA aroma, and a really nice APA flavor. Good malty body to go with the hops and a mildly bitter finish.

Draft at Chattanooga location. Hazy orange in the glass with a creamy off-white head that produced light lacing. The aroma was hoppy with lemon, floral, and bread. The flavor was of oranges, bread, and caramel. Light body with a bitter aftertaste.

On tap. A hazy orangish pour with a lite cramy head. A hops aroma but not much of it. A flavor of hops and lite malt. A decent pale ale but nothing to write home about. I would drink it all night if it was the only real beer out there.

nice light hop flavor. very smooth and relaxing. a nice beer to have on a humid TN night.