Kermis (23416) reviewed IPA from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Haymarket, Chicago. Pours hazy golden with an off white head. Aroma of pine, citrus, grapefruit and malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Hellion from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught. Golden pour with full fruity aroma. Flavour is balanced and complex, plum, sweet malt and a bit of hop. Fruity finish.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Black Friday Beer from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep dark brown coloured body with a rich, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of nice rich roasty malt, oatmeal, caramel, grass, pine and a good amount of lighter, but still assertive hops. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasty flavour of malt and caramel mixed with a big dose of grassy and citrusey PNW hops with a super rich earthy and sweet finish. Aftertaste shows a very rich almost chocolatey malt finish with a lot of sweetness, but even more hop bitterness - very good and very strong. Overall, a very nice Black IPA that borders on being an Imperial Black IPA, perhaps it is so - but it’s a very good beer, drinkable, yet assertive and strong. Probably the best so far of this numbered series of Gigantic beers, and one that I wish I had more of! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Pearl Specialty Market in Portland, Oregon on 26-April-2013 for US$7.99 sampled at home in Washington on 11-October-2013.
crit200 (5324) reviewed High Fidelity Beer from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloudy amber,lasting beige head.Piney citrus hop nose,malt notes.Light bodied pleasant malt start,fruity notes.Neutral mid, medium hop finish. Easy drinking !!
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed IPA from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Purchased from Bring on the Beer.
It pours a slightly hazy gold, forms a nice 1 finger head of foam, and leaves some lovely lacing.
Man, there’s a lot of lemon citrus in the nose with some hints of some malt...bread or biscuit. I like taking whiffs cuz I like that lemony aroma.
The smell was a bit deceiving vs the taste. I don’t get a whole lot of lemon citrus here..it’s mostly biggish piney notes with a solid biscuit malt flavour that really balances the hops and malts. Even swishing the beer in my mouth doesn’t bring out much of that lemony goodness. As the beer warms, I do get some citrus, mild as it is but it helps.
Well, this is an interesting brew that improves as it warms but still doesn’t hit my comfort zone, which is VERY wide for the style. Just an above average IPA.
GRM (7524) reviewed The Time Traveler from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Glass, 4-ounce, from a bottle, draught, during the Mondial de la bière, savoured on May 29 2013; eye: dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: roasted barley, black coffee, light chocolate, light vanilla; mouth: roasted barley, black coffee, chocolate, vanilla, acidity, slight astringency, hops, finale in roasted barley with presence of vanilla, medium body, good carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, d’une bouteille, bue lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 29 mai 2013; œil : brun foncé, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, café noir, léger chocolat, léger vanille; bouche : orge torréfiée, café noir, chocolat, vanille, acidité, très légère astringence, houblon, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence de vanille, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : bien
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed High Fidelity Beer from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of lemon, bready malt, dried grapefruit peel, grain and dried orange peel. Medium body.
GRM (7524) reviewed Black Friday Beer from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Glass, 4-ounce, from a bottle, draught, during the Mondial de la bière, savoured on May 29 2013; eye: dark brown, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: roasted barley, coffee, roasting, slight fruity, light resinous hops; mouth: roasted barley, black coffee, roasting, slight fruity, bittering hops, dry finale in roasted barley with good presence of bittering hops, mild astringency, average carbonation, quite bitter, lightly grainy texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, d’une bouteille, bue lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 29 mai 2013; œil : brun foncé, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : orge torréfiée, café, rôti, très léger fruité, léger houblon résineux; bouche : orge torréfiée, café noir, rôti, très léger fruité, houblon amérisant, finale sèche en orge torréfiée avec bonne présence de houblon amérisant, astringence moyenne, carbonatation moyenne, pas mal amère, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : bien bon
bb (18428) reviewed Hellion from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth and pine aroma with light summer fruit. Summer fruit and grapefruit flavor with grape, light earth, and light yeast. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Grape and grapefruit lingers with light tropical fruit, light earth, and light yeast.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed The Time Traveler from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Deep super dark brown coloured body with a large, five centimetre tall light brown head that stays afloat for quite a long time. Aroma of roasted malt, tons of milk and lactic notes, some pit fruits, grapes, oak and a bunch more milky notes. Medium-bodied; Assertive raisin and grape sweetness with a hint of light spices, a touch of earthy and anise flavours and a good dose of alcohol and bitterness at the end. Aftertaste shows a good roasted malt flavour with some dry oak and vanilla noticeable, but a good malt flavour cut with some strong sugars. Overall, a nice porter - nothing too special, but a solid beer and well worth trying if you can find it! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 12-April-2013 for US$4.98 sampled at home in Washington on 03-September-2013.