Big River Grille Southern Flyer Light Lager

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

On tap at Disney’s Boardwalk. Clear pale yellowish pour. Faint malty aroma. Crisp smooth slightly malty taste. Forgot it as soon as I finished it.

Wildly popular but not a great Big River beer. I am surprised it has rated so low despite it’s popularity but that makes me think that us at ratebeer know wheat we’re talking about and have some consensus! In the Sam Adams style but lighter on the malt appealing to the masses.

Draft. Light gold colorwith a medium white head. Sweet malt aroma. Bland, generic flavor, slightly bitter finish. Bleah... not too great. C

On tap at Seven Bridges. Yep, it’s a light lager, Bud Light clone. Meh. I got nothin’ fer this one.

Name: Southern Flyer Light Lager
Date: July 24, 1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: yellow with slight chill haze, thin head
Aroma: light hop aroma with slight malty sweetness
Body: light body with crisp hops
Flavor: slight bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.5/5.0
Score: 4

Name: Southern Flyer Light Lager
Brewery: Rock Bottom Brewery
Date: December 20, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Charlotte
Appearance: pale yellow, fine white head, nice lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma
Flavor: nice sweet malt flavor, touch of corn character, nice light bitterness, decent for the style

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Name: Southern Flyer Light Lager
Date: November 18, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear yellow, wispy white head, streak of drippy lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma with soft floral hops
Flavor: sweet grain flavor, light balancing hops, light bitter finish

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Name: Southern Flyer
Brewery: Big River
Date: November 08, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy pale yellow, creamy off white head, lots os spidery lace
Aroma: light m

Draft in Jacksonville. Nice toasted grain aroma, sweet malt notes. The body is a transparent yellow/gold color and holds a diminishing, wispy white head. Fore holds malt/grain and light toasted cereal/malt notes. Lightly hopped. It really is smooth and easy to drink just as I assume they were aiming for.

Pours a light straw yellow color with a white head. Aroma is light pilsner malts with a hint of spice. Flavor is malty, grainy, with a light spicy finish.

Sampler at the Nashville location - Poured ayellow amber in color with a whitish head that lasted a while. Aroma was weak, but had some malt and was slightly sweet. Flavor was also not strong, but matched the aroma fairly well, so no surprises (unfortunately). Finish is slightly sweet. Not very good, but could be drinkable if nothing better was available.