bb (18428) reviewed Whole In the Head from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma with light tropical fruit. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with pine and light caramel. Medium bodied. Very good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with tropical fruit and light earthiness.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hellion from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear pale golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of light fruits ( apples, pears), Belgian yeast, and almost a chemically type note. Flavour brings out considerable spice, Belgian yeast, and a touch of light fruitiness. Very light on the palate, with a lingering spicy finish. You can definitely tell this is a "Belgian-style" ale, rather than authentically Belgian. Not really complex or sophisticated. Drinkable, but not overly enjoyable.
jake65 (5821) reviewed The Time Traveler from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a modest tan head. Good retention and decent lacing. Initially I found the nose to be a little like chalky PVC. Not good. As it warmed it improved... cocoa, roast, and light coffee. A little on the dry side and chalky comes to mind again. Good cocoa flavors and then BAM, the dry roast chalky taste roars back. Unpleasant plastic flavored burps. I’m done here. Please initiate time travel and stop me from drinking this. Future re-rate... maybe.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed & Juice from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at OBF. Pours very hazy orange amber. It smells like mixed citrus breakfast juice. Med + body. Flavor is pineapple, tangerine and other citrus fruit. Not really dry but citrusly astringent. Quite tasty.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed The End of Reason from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep hazy dark brown coloured body with a muddy brown glow and a thick, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, a nice yeast strain, some caramel and toffee, raisins, pit fruits and a bit of chocolate too. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong malt flavour with a lot of caramel and raisin sweetness, some subdued yeast and spice flavours, but a good dense and deep chocolate and earthy malt notes. Aftertaste shows a good complex set of flavours with the sugars and yeast coming through most often. Overall, a nice belgian strong, closest to a dubbel, but a good flavour profile and some nice interesting tastes. Great to try, if you can still find it, grab it! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 25-April-2013 for US$8.31 sampled at home in Washington on 23-July-2013.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Whole In the Head from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloudy amber,small beige head.Big citrus hop nose,light alcohol & malt.Light malt start, palate is mostly hops and alcohol.Big lasting bitter hop end.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Dark Meddle from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Amber,small intense bead,small beige head.Corny malt nose.Palate of soft malt,finish is condensed milk.Lacks necessary toastiness
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Croydonia Tasting, thanks to Colin. It pours clear golden-orange with a small white head. The nose is orange peel, tangerine, light toast, caramel, faint toast and light alcohol. The taste is orange, citrus peel, toast, earth, touch of cocoa, hay, light bitterness, dull roast, pine and some resin with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. The chocolate presents itself more on the taste. Thankfully not over-done. Interesting and pretty well executed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at the Croydonia July 2013 Tasting - East Croydon. Thanks to Colin for this one. Pours mostly clear, bright gold with a creamy white head. Nose of orange citrus and dusty cocoa, with hints of booze and tangerine. Medium sweet flavor, some rindy bitterness, sticky pine, dry cocoa. Medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. More citrus and dry, chalky cocoa character to finish. It’s not an especially inspiring beer (although the label is thought provoking) but the chocolate does add a novel edge to the beer.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed The End of Reason from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Gigantic, PDX, 22/05/13. Clear chestnut brown with reddish hues and a thin beige head. Nose is dark fruits, toffee, dates, light spice. Taste comprises dark fruit compote, raisens, brown bread dough, dates, brown sugars, toffee fudge, light booze. Full end of medium bodied with fine carbonation, fruity tang in the finish. Solid enough Belgian affair.