Big River Grille Iron Horse Stout

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

On tap in Nashville. Black color that redefines the notion of black. The description that it is "boldly aggressive" really rings true and is cool at first, but gets annoying the more you drink it.

Draft sampler at BRB. Black color with a moderate light brown head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate sweet stout aroma. Medium to full body with a creamy texture. Full coffee, malt and caramel flavor with medium sweet finish.
Earlier Rating: 3/14/2005 Total Score: 3.5
Had as part of brewery sampler. Black color with medium tan head. Aroma was medium roasted malt and flavor was malt with creamy texture. Finish was average with little or no alcohol finish.

OK first thing I have to say is look at the ratings for St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout the 4th highest rated beer out of Canada, I’ve had that and the Iron Horse beats it by far, way more flavor, great chocolate, with the ever so slight coffee coming out, smooth as hell, awesome black color with sweet creamy head that stuck around the whole time.

Pours a very dark opaque with brown edges and a frothy well-lacing tan head. Aroma is subtle, dry and roasty without much sweetness. Smooth, malty, robubst, dry-tasting body has good viscosity and roasty finish. A nicely balanced brew and an enjoyable dry stout.

Draft, opaque brown pour, beige head. Coffee and chocolate aroma, hints of roastiness. Sweet chocolate roasted malt flavor, and maybe some kinda fruit like a plum Fairly thin unfortunately.

Pours with a dark brown to black body topped by a thin to medium thick head with some lacing. It’s sweet and malty with a note of licorice and a very slight roastiness. Medium to full bodied and smooth.

Tap. Dark roasted malt, coffee, creamy chocolate aromas with a faint hop nose. Pours opaque with a tan head and spotty lacing. Dry roasted malt with dark chocolate and toffee body. Dark, medium bodied and a little thin palate.

This was a medium bodied stout that was kind of thin for my taste. When the stout arrived at the table there was absolutely no head on the beer. This made for an overall weak tasting of the beer. Dark brown in color, chocolate and coffee accent this stout well.