Big River Grille Imperial 375 Pale Ale

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

Atlanta. On tap at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery in Buckhead. Didn’t like this one so much. Floral, with a bitter twang. It was complex but somewhat abusive to the tongue. Not that great of a pale ale. I prefer ones not so abrasive.

I thought this was a terrible example of this style. Unbalanced with the wrong type of hops. Light and watery, and overly bitter.

On tap at the Chattanooga location. Has a dark golden appearance, slight head. Citrusy nose. Flavor has some muted citrus notes as well, with a good even bitterness. Not tongue numbing bitter, just pleasant. Even mouthfeel.

Caramel malt (M); grapefruit hops (M); butterscotch aroma. Red-orange body. Moderately sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a moderately bitter, moderately acidic finish. Fruity flavors. Medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation. The bottom line is: all right, this offering from BR is a little better than the previous...

Not too much of a smell. Nice reddish transparent look. Nice mild taste. Defitely have had better pale ales but this one had a good sweet not over powering taste.

Appearance is orangish with no head. Good lace with a light hop nose and flavor of hops with very light maltiness. Dry and bitter finish.

Draft-Big River-Chattanooga, TN. A small sized creamy white head with fine sized bubbles that mostly dissipated. The body was uncarbonated and clear with an orange hue. The nose was hoppy and it had a bitter and hoppy flavor to it. The mouthfeel was hoppy and this was a light-medium bodied APA with good lacing. This is a very hoppy tasting APA which isn't to my liking.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 8. This draft brew was enjoyed at the Big River Brewery in Chattanooga Tennessee which was hosted by a pleasant accomodating staff. The manager paid for our samples and even bought us appetizers to help clear our palates. This brew poured a medium sized head ofwhite colored finely sized long lasting bubbles that left behind a uncarbonated transparent light red orange colored and a good lace. It had a hoppy aroma and amouthfeel that was initially tingly from the hops and continued through to the finish. It had a hop flavor to boot.