mcberko (47456) reviewed Whole In the Head from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours cloudy golden orange with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out resinous hops, pine and caramel malts - great nose. Flavour is pungent, with strong notes of piney citrusy hops, some grapefruit and other light tropical fruits, and a thin caramel biscuity malt backing. Very hoppy, with very little malt backing but just enough to balance the body - leaves a medium astringency. Excellent stuff.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark Meddle from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma of dry fruity malts and toasted bread. Flavour is quite ascorbic and acidic for the style, with notes of toasted bread, citrusy notes, and some dry fruity notes. Quite bland and again, a little acidic. Not the best from Gigantic.
CLW (16859) reviewed The City Never Sleeps from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Paid$ 9.04 for a 22 oz. bottle from Winooski Beverage Warehouse. Snifter displays a pitch black color with a thin ring of egg shell white colored head. Nose is chocolate, light barnyard notes and an Earthy spice. Taste is mostly the same with light traces of funk and yeast. The roasted malt seems to take over most of the palate. Medium body, light or nearly flat carbonation. It makes me think more of a Belgian stout rather than a Saison. Interesting brew and better than other “Black Saison’s” I’ve sampled.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Whole In the Head from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample from firkin at the 6th Annual Rogue Firkin Fest at Green Dragon. The beer pours a clear amber color with a medium white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and roast malt. Medium body with a moderately bitter citrusy hops character and notes of malt and pine. The finish is hoppy with a fruity aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
deyholla (22727) reviewed The Royale from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice light citrus and a touch of light fruits with backing sweet grains and Belgian yeast. Flavor has a good amount of floral and sweet grains with a light underlying citrus.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Dark Meddle from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Aroma is toffee and sugar. Dark amber with white head. Flavour is biscuity and a bit of honey. Malty finish
CLW (16859) reviewed The Time Traveler from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Paid$ 6.03 for a 22 oz. bottle from Winooski Beverage Warehouse. Problem with this brew is I forgot about it in my cellar and stumbled on it tonight. So I have to rate this on what it could be instead of what I’m tasting. It’s not Gigantic’s fault I forgot this in my cellar. Flavor is milk chocolate, hints of coffee and the palate is creamy with a full body for the style. I drank about 19 oz. from this bottle so even after consuming this old, it still works. It must be a decent brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours clear gold with a tall, long lasting, sticky white head. Hoppy aroma of citrus and pine resin. The flavor carries lots of juicy malt sweetness with a good supporting hop bitterness. Some dryness comes in for the finish to cut any remaining sweetness.
jcr (3164) reviewed IPA from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14
Draft. Amber body. Frothy, off-white head. Hop-forward aroma of citrus, resin, pine, orange, toasted grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Hops dominate the flavor with tastes of orange, citrus. Lingering resin. The flavors are washed over by the bitterness which lingers long into the finish. Nice.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed IPA from Gigantic Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Great hazy golden coloured body with some bronzish highlights and a thick, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bright hops, pineapple, passionfruit, pine, resin and a good malt backbone with some alcohol noticeable. Medium-bodied; Strong resinous and nutty flavour at first with a great floral and fruity finish of hops hitting hard at the end. Aftertaste has a hint of alcohol, some fruit flavours and a good balance of hops and malt with the hops obviously coming out on top. Overall, a very strong IPA, but still not in the range of AleSmith, sadly. Still, great to try and one that anyone who enjoys the style should search out for! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington on 10-February-2013 for US$5.49 sampled at home in [the real] Washington on 19-April-2013 a few days before returning to Portland.