Big River Grille Winters Nip Winter Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Had on tap at the Nashville location as Winter Porter, given the new designation of a Winter Bock it seems like the Winters Nip designation isn’t so much a beer of its own anymore, only a seasonal name. So I’m putting this here. Dark brown-red, dark tan head. Roast aroma, sweet and bitter chocolates, cocoa, caramel sweetness. Roasty, chocolate taste, full body. Light roasty bitter astringent finish.

On draft at Seven Bridges. Pours an amber color with an off-white head. Nose is toffee, cherries, slight vanilla, and a hint of spices. Flavor is similar with hints of yeast and cherries in the finish. Nice, malty holiday beer.

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2011 I’m guessing this was the holiday porter, since there weren’t any descriptions and the waitress said it was their seasonal "dark". Whatever. Not bad, watery, decent roasted malt but too sweet with a very mild, forgettable finish. Better than my sandwich.

The aroma is a bit off but has all the basic elements of a porter, toasted malt, coffee, and chocolate (all be it very weak). The appearance is brown with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma but not yummy. The palate is thin. Overall not one of my favorites.

Draught, Seven Bridges
Dark brown. Nice chocolatey aroma. Lightish body is nonetheless fairly smooth. Chocolatey notes. Decent example.

Opaque black with nice tan head and mine came with a horseshoe design for good luck. Very nice chocolate and charcoal aroma with lots of chocolate malt. Soft and creamy mouthfeel. Lots of smoke in the finish, adding to the nice flavor profile. Toasty too. Not complex but a solid brew.

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.

From the tap poured dark brown with a good amount of head. Nice toasted malt flavor with a lingering finish.

Draft in Jacksonville at Seven Bridges Brewing Co. Dark black in glass, smooth taste; hearty palate. Pretty good beer. Would taste again.

Draft in Chattanooga. Black in the glass with a creamy tan head that settles to a thin lasting layer which leaves light lace. Nice coffee and chocolate aroma. The flavor also has coffee and chocolate with a roast backing. Medium body with a roast coffee bitter aftertaste. Nice!