Big River Grille Sweet Magnolia American Brown Ale
Brown in color with a medium body, Sweet Magnolia has a floral hop aroma created by Mt. Hood hops. A sweet, malty flavor is rendered by Crystal and Chocolate malts from the United Kingdom. Sweet Magnolia Brown won a gold medal in the 1998 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado.
3.1
158 reviews
Chattanooga, United States
Community reviews
Tap at Seven Bridges during RBWG 2013. Pours. Lear brown with a fine, creamy head. Pretty simple stuff, but a bit sweeter than most brown ales, which I actually like. Light dirt bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, toasty bread. Fine.
Nice brown but a standard brown. Chocolate and toffee. Nothing ground breaking but still well done
had this a while ago in Chattanooga. poured brown with a off white head. aroma floral, sweet malt,chocolate, hops, a hint of smoke. flavor caramel , hops malt, some molasses.
3 oz sample pour. Sweet nutty flavors, missing the spice in the nose most brown ales impart. Rich, full mouthfeel, bordering on creamy.
8/22/12. On tap at the Seven Bridges brewpub. Clear brown pour with a small tan head. Nice nutty aroma with some tannic bitterness and a touch of chocolate. Nutty flavor with a touch of chocolate. Definitely one of their least offensive offerings.
Draft @ Big River Grille in the Disney Boardwalk. Pours clear brown color with tan head. Aromas of caramel, chocolate, and brown sugar. Sweet caramel malt flavor with some chocolate. Medium body with moderate csarbonation.
Pours a deep but clear brown. Aroma of smoked malt. Malt forward with smokey notes followed by a sharp bite in the end. Crisp for a brown ale. Also not too dark.
Light brown in color, clear with a thin head. Light dark malt roast light hops flavor. Average to medium brew.
Clear red brown color with minimal white lacing. There is a light candied malt aroma. Palate falls a little thin but overall a nice drinking brown. An award from 14 years ago might be a little out-dated.
Draft. Pours amber brown with a beige head. Lightly roasted malty aroma with some caramel sweet malts. The flavor is generally mild, with sweet malts, chocolate, and light toasted malts. Pretty good.
On draft at Seven Bridges. Pours a light brown with an off-white head. Nose is sweet malt, nuts, and light tobacco. Flavor is similar- sweet malt, light nuts, and a hint of molasses. Light to medium in body and ok overall.
Draught at the Hamilton Place location. Pours a burnt sienna brown with small khaki head. The aroma is toasty with a slight hint of caramel, even a touch of cocoa, a slight earthy note, slight dried cranberry, and a bit of toffee. The flavor is toast, a hint of charred wood, a hint of toffee. Not as sweet as the aroma would have me believe. There are some earthy notes and some odd fruity hoppiness that comes across kinda like strawberry. Ok session beer.
Brown body of course, small head. Lightly roasted, chocolate aroma. The flavor is more caramel and nutty.
On draught at brewery (Charlotte location). It pours mahogany, with both a light head and suds lacing. The nose has some molasses, malt and tobacco notes. Flavors are interesting, of chocolate malt and light cloves. The finish is a slightly nut-bitter chocolate bark... clean and neat. The mouthfeel is light with a medium body and refreshing palate. Decently done.
Review from notes from my trip to Florida.
#2 of the night. Poured into a pint glass.
3.5 A: Deep amber. Just a touch of creamy head with average retention and some lacing.
2.5 S: Incredibly boring. Just a bit of breadiness and some caramel. Maybe some spicy hops.
2.5 T: More of the same. Boring with light caramel and a little breadiness.
4.0 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation with a pleasant creaminess. Easily the best part of this one.
3.0 D: Too boring for me.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 06-01-2011 17:59:00
Full amber hue, light head. Musky, husky malt aroma. Some rough, roasty notes in the nose mixed with flat hops. Bland body, flat, stale hoppiness.
Light brown ale. Smell isn’t appealing but very smooth and good overall flavor. Give it to your girlfriend. She’ll love it.
Copper brown with a fizzy white head. Sweet molasses and earthy roasted grain aroma and taste with a sticky palate.
Draft. A deep amber beer with tan head. Roasted malt scent. Taste is same with nuts and a hint of molasses?
Poured at the Charottle Rock Bottom brewery. A dark brown beer. Very smooth. Slightly bitter and sweet tastes linger afterwards. Good beer.
Draft: Poured a reddish brown with an off white head. The aroma is nutty and malt. Taste is a sweet malt and nut.
@ Seven Bridges, Tinseltown. :Sniffer: Part of the "let’s cheat and grab a bunch of ratings by doing the $4, sample everything on tap" method...........i thought this was Seven Bridges. Well, no matter. Doesn’t change the fact that this brew is absolute crap. What the hell does a Magnolia tree have to do with this? Well, I wondered. Perhaps because the nose smells like the 2 week old dead flower off one of the trees? Probably. Nothing but brown sugar, molasses, and water. Some grain. But bleh...nasty
Draft at Rock Bottom Charlotte. Pours a light brown color with a small off white head. Nose is sweet and lightly spicy with a nutty note and some caramel. Palate is tingly with a dry finish. Light nuts and caramel malt notes in the flavor.
Light brown with a fluffy tan head. Spicy, flowery hop aroma with some roasted malts. Tastes of sweet roasted malts, chocolate and nuts. Great mild bitter chocolate finish.
Red-brown with creamy tan head / Faint, caramel nose / Light to medium body, acidic, with very light finish / Weak flavors of caramel and toasted grain / Mediocre.
3 oz Sample at thebrewpub downtown Cattanooga. Nice dark amber pour with a creamy head. Nice bold flavor , for Big River, carmels hints of chocolate with a nice finish.
On tap at the Seven Bridges brewpub. Pours clear mahogany with tan head. The mild aroma has some roast and a note of dark fruity esters. At first the taste is comprised of roasty notes, some mild burnt malts, a dash of dark fruity esters and a thin layer of caramel. It then moves toward additional roasty dryness into the finish. This brew has lots of flavor for a Brown Ale which come together nicely.
Tap @ brewpub. Seven Bridges, Jax, FL.
Pours brown, thin beige head.
Aroma is malty, light caramel, hops and some yeasty notes.
Flavor, caramel malts, some nutty undertones and crystal malts.
Finished lightly bitter and hoppy with some malts.
On tap at the brewery in Nashville. Very turbid dark brown color. Very sweet, nutty aroma. Taste is on the sweeter side - crystal malts, some chocolate, and nutty overtones. Quite good.
Clear red-brown with a thin off white head. Aroma is nutty, sweet malts. Taste is very sweet, malty, nutty, some cocoa. Good but really sweet.