Big River Grille Sweet Magnolia American Brown Ale

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

Nashville. Barely translucent and medium chestnut brown in color with a thin tan film as the center splotch of the head and a thick graying wrung around the edges. So far so good. Maple nut fudge with a light cocoa powder accent the aroma, and the house linen factor is still omnipresent. At least we’ve got more nutty intonations (mocha beans, hazelnut, etc.) Loose and acidic flavor as expected, with a nut extract trait delusionally keeping it from being completely incohesive. Citric character is void, and conspicuous by its absence. Mild sting of compressed orange toffee and cedar sap, pricking most at the outset.

Brown colour, very licorice, too sweet aroma and taste. Some bitterness. Chocolate and carmamel and too malted, almond and vanilla flavour but more confesction essence flavour than quality natural, sweet in attempt to disguise that it doesn’t all hold together, unfinishable.

Nashville. Dark brown with an off-white head that somewhat lasted and produced nice rings down the glass. Aroma of sweet malts and a light floral background. Sweet flavor of caramel and coffee. Medium body. Not bad but probably not my first pick from this place.

On tap at the Disney World Boark Walk location. Poured a darker brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of chocolate (stronger in the aroma), nuts (stronger in the tastes), and caramel. Lively body.

Draft. As a die hard fan of Newcastle, I had some expectations with this beer, and it did not meet them. Very average at best, and not as good as some other brown ales I have tried. Much room for improvement with this one.

Draught at the Charlotte, NC Rock Bottom location. Clear brown with thin tan head. Not much aroma other than an earthiness that defies description.. Flavor is roasty and malty with nutty undertones. I also detected a hint of smoke. Strange beer.

Ruby-tinged brown, hazy but not fully opaque. Nutty, caramel aroma, a little cellared, musty. Well-rounded malt flavor, suggestions of English-style fruitiness. Carbonation is reasonably tame, but it still tingles adventursomely at times. (on tap, Rock Bottom Atlanta)

Big River Disney World-Sweet Magnolia Brown Ale(Gordon Biersch)-on tap-pours a light tan head that laces. Color is deep amber/brown. Aroma is malt. Taste is deep malt, roasty, sweet.