Big River Grille Sweet Magnolia American Brown Ale

Draft at Rock Bottom Charlotte. Pours a light brown color with a small off white head. Nose is sweet and lightly spicy with a nutty note and some caramel. Palate is tingly with a dry finish. Light nuts and caramel malt notes in the flavor.

Light brown with a fluffy tan head. Spicy, flowery hop aroma with some roasted malts. Tastes of sweet roasted malts, chocolate and nuts. Great mild bitter chocolate finish.

Red-brown with creamy tan head / Faint, caramel nose / Light to medium body, acidic, with very light finish / Weak flavors of caramel and toasted grain / Mediocre.

3 oz Sample at thebrewpub downtown Cattanooga. Nice dark amber pour with a creamy head. Nice bold flavor , for Big River, carmels hints of chocolate with a nice finish.

On tap at the Seven Bridges brewpub. Pours clear mahogany with tan head. The mild aroma has some roast and a note of dark fruity esters. At first the taste is comprised of roasty notes, some mild burnt malts, a dash of dark fruity esters and a thin layer of caramel. It then moves toward additional roasty dryness into the finish. This brew has lots of flavor for a Brown Ale which come together nicely.

Tap @ brewpub. Seven Bridges, Jax, FL. Pours brown, thin beige head. Aroma is malty, light caramel, hops and some yeasty notes. Flavor, caramel malts, some nutty undertones and crystal malts. Finished lightly bitter and hoppy with some malts.

On tap at the brewery in Nashville. Very turbid dark brown color. Very sweet, nutty aroma. Taste is on the sweeter side - crystal malts, some chocolate, and nutty overtones. Quite good.

Clear red-brown with a thin off white head. Aroma is nutty, sweet malts. Taste is very sweet, malty, nutty, some cocoa. Good but really sweet.