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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Tasted on tap at brewpub. Pours an orange gold color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is orange, malt and sweet. A medium bodied vienna lager. Malts are caramel and sweet, touch of biscuit. Hops are slightly citrusy and earthy. Nice carbonation. Touch of hop bite in the finish. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Caramel, toasted bread malt (M); earthy hops (L). Orange-amber body. Moderately sweet flavor becomes a lightly sweet, lightly bitter finish. Medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. The bottom line is: nothing to see here folks, just move along...

Draft at Downtown Chattanooga location Poured a deep ruddy color with an almost white head. Aroma was hidden so well had to foam my nose to find it, but nice when I found it. Flavor is light bodied for the style, but has nice toasted malt and bread flavors as expected.

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.

Clear copper color with thin white lacing. Thin up front with bold and slightly aspicy lingering finish. Good overall.

UPDATED: JAN 28, 2005 Had on tap at the brewery (1/05). Nothing very special about this beer, but I did think it was one of their better styles (I’m a pale ale drinker and I did not like their pale ale attempts). I could not detect much aroma but what I did note was nice and malty. I found the beer to malty as well as crisp and well balanced.

Bottle, picked up in Chattanooga. Poured clear, lighter reddish-orange with a short-lived cap of white head. The aroma picked up lots of over-sweetened caramel malts with the slightest bit of toast to ’em.. fainter dark fruits emerge with warmth, along with some herbal and earthy notes. The flavor again found too-sweet caramel and dark fruits with fizzy herbal and floral bitterness falling off the sides of the tongue.. sweet, tacky finish. Lighter-bodied and too sweet on the palate, but refreshing.. this was certainly drinkable.

tastes like raisins and nutmeg. it does have an alcohol burn that i must say that i enjoyed. not a very impressive beer but not bad

Sweet malty nutty flavors. Very smooth and easy to drink. A good session beer.

Nice copper color with some white head. Not much though. Some malt in the aroma and flavor. Smooth and enjoyable. On tap at the brewhouse in Chattanooga.