Big River Grille Winters Nip (2008 and earlier)

Formerly brewed at Big River Grille & Brewing Works Chattanooga (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Porter
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Date: 12/29/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Dark with ruby edges, fine tan head, rich chocolate aroma, sweet carmel malt flavor with a light touch of hop spicyness, hint of roasted malts, nice chocolate finish, goes well with chocolate desert, only a hint of bitterness at the very end
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black, fine tan head, roasted and chocolate aroma, rich malt flavor, nice balancing hops, low bitterness, picks up some slightly bitter big chocolate character as it warms,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Score: *4
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Draught, Seven Bridges
Dark brown. Nice chocolatey aroma. Lightish body is nonetheless fairly smooth. Chocolatey notes. Decent example.

Big River Disney World-Winter’s Nip Porter(Gordon Biersch)-on tap-pours a tan head that dissipates, then laces. Color is reddish/brown. Aroma is coffee. Taste is coffee with mild carbonation. Not my taste.

Atlanta (Winter Nip): Dark ruby color, creamy light head and lots of lacing (sampler in a brewpub, this is the standard here). The aroma is lightly spicy and hoppy, caramel malts are present and lots of darker specialty malts fill in the mouthfeel in the back. The flavor is slightly medicinal, but negligable as this is easy to drink. Finishes sweet at first on the palate but dries out from the hops with a subdued bitterness. A good winter beer from the far off lands.

On tap at Big River – WDW. Poured medium brown with a short, creamy cap of tan head. The aroma picked up baker’s chocolate and molasses upfront with lots of roast to it.. rather muddled. The flavor had black malts, chocolate, and dry-roasted coffee at the core with coffee and almost oaky bitterness around.. warmth brought out sticky molasses that worked quite well.. dry finish. Medium-bodied and nicely roasty on the palate.. didn’t move too well through the mouth though.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 47. This draft brew was enjoyed at the brewery in Saint Augustine Florida. This brew poured a small head of fine to medium sized mostly diminished bubbles that left behind a semi opaque dark brown colored body with no visible carbonation. It had a very mild malt aroma and a thin palate with a thin malt flavor that contain just a little dark malt in it. It needed more.

Draught in Nashville. Pours dark brown with a medium creamy and foamy tan head with lined and spotty lacing. Caramel chocolate malt aroma, medium roasted. Sweet caramel and semi-dark chocolate malt flavor, light acidity, coffee and yeast notes near the end. Dark and full bodied, smooth palate.

Draft-Big River-Chattanooga, TN. A small sized tan head that contained fine-small bubbles that mostly diminished. The body was uncarbonated and opaque with a dark brown hue. The nose was that of mild coffee and it had a mild coffee and a little note of chocolate with a slight aftertaste to it. The mouthfeel was fairly smooth and this beer was medium bodied. Not one of the better Porter beers that I have rated.