Big River Grille Vienna Lager

Brewed by Big River Grille & Brewing Works Chattanooga (Gordon Biersch)
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Draught at the Hamilton Place location. Pours light copper with sticky off-white head. The aroma is very mild with toasted malt, a tangerine hint, and subtle fruity hops. The flavor is very mellow with toasted malt, a hint of caramel, a little bit of wood. There’s a sweetness that somehow reminds me of the marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal. Light fruity hops in the finish. The caramel quality sticks around through the aftertaste. It seems to get fruitier after several sips.

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured with a passion fruit flavour. A little dryness in a crisp and lasting bitter malt finish.

At Seven bridges Jacksonville. From the tap poured drak brown with a good head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a quick finish.

Bottle. Poured a clear copperish color with a one finger off white head. Aroma was of malt and some floral notes. Flavor had sweet malt and bready notes. I was decently impressed with this offering.

UPDATED: MAY 4, 2005 Draught in Chattanooga: I agree with most of the other reviews. This one pours a slightly orangish-amber color. Somewhat floral aroma. This beer has a nice malty balance with the hops. There is a decent tart, citric taste from the hops without being overpowering. A smooth, tasty lager, but nothing too special.

This beer was the only one offered at a ball game other than BMC, and for the same price, I was in for a treat! Orange, wonderful aroma -- floral. Nicely hopped with a citrusy and malty finish.

Draft sampler at BRB. Dark amber with a moderate white head that diminished slowly. Moderate balanced aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Moderate balanced hoppy sweet flavor with a medium finish.

Appearance: Pours a clear, mahogany-hued body with a 1½ inch head of off-white foam. Smell: Faint bready malt aroma with slight herbal notes. Taste: A blend of bready and biscuity maltiness with a touch of caramel sweetness. Very faint touch of fruitiness. Herbal, tea-like hop character with a mild bitterness. Touch grainy near the drying finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A tolerable Vienna, though it does leave me hankering for an Eliot Ness.

On tap. Slight malt aroma. A copper colored pour with a slight off white head. A decent malt on the front with an excelleent bitter finish. Slightly over carbonateed and a tad thin almost a 4 but not hardly. a pleasant surprise in that I expected the standard lager with no hops and the wet paper tates none of which was there. A good beer.

Poured from a 12-oz bottle with a smallish white head. Poured an amber color, a little cloudy. A nice biscuit malt aroma. Taste of sweet malts. A good offering.