Big River Grille Sweet Magnolia American Brown Ale

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

On tap. A deep amber pour with an off white head and a creamy lace. A toastem malt flavor as well as a sweet maltiness. A lite ltie bitter finish and a decent mouthfeel make this a very pleasant brew.

Poured brown with a nice thick white head. Aroma very faint. Flavor was trashy sweet with a tang that didn’t blend.

Disney Boardwalk. On Tap. Props to Big River for brewing a brown ale to write home about. Oft maligned as a boring style, a good brown is difficult to come by. This one is earthy with a lightly sweet mouth-filling malty character balanced with just a touch of hops at the finish. Bordering on a brown porter, this brown makes a fantastically flavorful session beer that goes well with standard bar sandwich fare. It is also appealling to the eye with a dark brown body capped with a rocky resilient tan head. Solid lacing leaves a poignant reminder of how good a brown ale can be. 07/02/2009 - Had this on tap at Rock Bottom in Charlotte. Still one of the better browns I’ve had. Residual earthy sweetness seemed stronger.

I have had this several times, but I ended up getting this at the Music City Brewers Festival. After standing in line at Catawba Brewing to discover that they were out of beer and we were not even half way through the day (they were obviously more concerned with selling stupid Tshirts). Big River Grille was next to them and had no line...and beer! Pours brown with a thin beige head. Brown sugar and nutty aroma. Medium thin body. Sweet caramel, nutty, and graham cracker flavors. Very smooth finish, with enough hops to bring it into balance. This is a session brown ale, and a solid one. Great crossover beer for those wanting to explore craft beer. It’s not barrel aged, imperial, high ABV, or whatever. Why knock it?

Pours brown thin white head. Not much going on thin and watery, with your basic brown ale flavors, roasted malt nuts, a touch of sweetness, but none of these stood out very much in this one, but still not too bad.
Earlier Rating: 7/2/2005 Total Score: 2.9
So it’s a brown ale, with some slight sweet flavor going on bu pretty thing and thats about it.

dark reddish color. strong taate of nutmeg with a full-bodied flavor. it’s alright

(Draught) Pours a brown body with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of cola, nuts, toasted malt, and caramel. Flavor of chocolate, nuts, and mild hops.

Tasted on tap at brewpub. This brown ale pours a dark mahogany color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruity and sweet, with some dark malt. A medium bodied brown ale. Malts are nutty and caramel, semi-sweet. Hops are earthy and floral. Not as sweet as a lot of brown ale. Mild flavors. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.