Big River Grille Maibock

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

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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Date: April 25, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Chattanooga
Appearance: clear copper, creamy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet bready aroma, lots of earthyness
Flavor: sweet bready flavor, touch of caramel sweetness, lots of bready character
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

This poured a copper color with a medium sized white head. The aroma is nice with some caramel, dark fruits, and biscuit. The flavor is a bit sweet with some caramel, oats, and some bananas. Slightly bitter finish. Overall I thought this was a pretty good beer.

Draft. Poured a clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Solid toasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium balanced nutty sweet flavor with the same smooth finish of average duration. Better than my expectations.

Appearance: Dispensed from the tap a clear, light copper body with a modestly-sized, white head. Smell: The aroma is a bit simplistic, smelling essentially of lightly toasted grains and little else. Taste: Sweet, sugary opening of pale and pils malts with light nuances of toasted grains and caramel. Initial fruity hint of golden raisin is superseded by a taste of orchard apple. Modest European hop character and bitterness. Finishes dry and fairly clean. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Fares well enough for the 0.5 liter dose. It’s an average, acceptable maibock that errs on the side of ease of drinkability.

Clear golden amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma of berry, honey. Taste is bitter earthiness, honey, berry, roasted malt, grapes. Thin body, medium carbonation.

Sampled at the 8th Annual Music City Brewer’s Festival. Red orange, cream colored head. Aroma is toasty, caramel. Taste is the same toasted malt, sweet caramelized corn cereal.

Sampled on draft at the Music City Brewers Festival. Pours clear amber. Sweet caramel and corn. Decent to style I suppose, but still way too sweet for my taste. Medium syrupy body.

On tap at the brewery in Nashville. Light amber color. Little aroma - some maltiness. Taste is surprisingly hoppy and out of style. Some Pils/Munich and Banana esters. Odd and interesting interplay of flavors, but not to style.