Big River Grille Sweet Magnolia American Brown Ale

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

Hamilton Place. The body was lighter brown with a khaki head. The aroma was iced tea and toffee with a little bit of roast. The taste has some toffee and light tea. A toasted finish. Decent.

Draft. Pours dark amber with a beige head. Sweet malts dominate the aroma and flavor. Dry finish.

Dark beer that pours a small head but leaves quite a bit of lace. There is a reason they call this Sweet Magnolia, Wow was it sweet. Too sweet, I felt that it needed a bit of a kick (although the alcohol content was not low). It was a decent beer but I got half way through the beer and thought I was drinking a soft drink. Well not really but I think you get the point.

This was at The Big River Grille in downtown Nashville wanted a stout but waiter suggested this and it was fantastic. An oatmeal flavor to it.

On tap at Rock Bottom Charlotte. A little bit of sweetness in the finish, although it didn’t really have the guts it needed.

From the tap poured brown with a good amount of head. Nice flavor sweet with a lasting finish.

On tap at Big River – Chattanooga. Poured clear lighter iced tea brown with a short, creamy cap of lighter tan head. The aroma was soft and nutty with a pinch of cocoa.. not very involved, but pleasant. The flavor found dry, sweet chocolate, caramel, and cola at the core with light herbal bitterness at the edges.. an odd sourness showed on the back-end and wasn’t very enjoyable. Highly-carbonated and it probably should have been less sour.. OK balance.

On tap at Disney’s Boardwalk. Reddish brown pour. Nutty malty chocolate malt aroma. Thick malty taste with a touch of hops. Very much done in an english style and very subdued, but underwhelming.