Gigantic Brewing

Microbrewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
5224 SE 26th Ave, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Description
Gigantic Brewing Company is an independent, crafty brewery located in the Southeast quadrant of the Peoples Republic of Portland. Brewer/Owners Ben Love and Van Havig are veterans of the Oregon brewing community.

At Gigantic we only do two things: make the best damn IPA in Portland, Oregon and produce seasonal, exciting, flavorful beers, most of which will be brewed only once. Our goal is simultaneously to create new interpretations of classic styles and to ignore those same style guidelines completely and brew whatever our creative natures produce.

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

650 ml bottle. Pours black with medium tan head of big bubbles. Aromas of burnt coffee and heavily roasted malts with some lactose notes in the background. Dry, though a little oily. Flavors of roasted malts, sweetened coffee, and cola. A nice porter.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2013 at 19:19


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown with a creamy/foamy light tan head. Aroma is mostly chocolate. Near full bodied. Flavor is dark malt (smooth), chocolate, and something bitter that might be coffee. It finishes arguably dry, and coffee bitter. Not espresso, but coffee. It’s a good drink.

Tried on 15 Mar 2013 at 18:51


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Draught. It seemed to me to be a mess. Someone wanted to make a sake, someone wanted to make a plum wine and so they compromised and decided to make neither. Light plum aroma and taste edge to a rice-y body. Almost no finish. Pas op!

Tried on 10 Mar 2013 at 18:23


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light malt andlight grapefruit aroma with light yeast. Yeast and spice flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Yeast and spice linger with light pine and light earth.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2013 at 15:01


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Chestnut,lasting tan head.Nose of malt & alcohol.Malty profile,notes of drak fruit,metallic hints, light spicy yeast. Medium hop finish

Tried on 04 Mar 2013 at 22:39


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Black, small tan head.Nose of roast & brown sugar.Smooth roasty profile, medium roast bitterness in finish

Tried on 04 Mar 2013 at 22:35


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

650 ml bottle. Pours a very dark mahogany with light head. Aromas of brown sugar candy, roasted malts, and ripe plums/raisins. Flavors of plum skins, resin, burnt sugar, and roasted malts. Light bitter, dusty finish with a hint of spice. Petite quad? Maybe.Good enough to have with apple pie. But missing the body and depth of a real quad as a stand alone sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2013 at 20:43


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. Pours dark brown with thin head. Faint malt sweetish aroma. Flavour has malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Light finish.

Tried on 02 Mar 2013 at 15:43


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the Alibi Room for the 400th beer list event, pours a deep dark amber brown win a small beige head. Aroma is very stereotypical of a porter, with light roasted malt, dry malts. Flavour of dry roasted malts, toasted malts, and dry cocoa. Awesome dry palate, with a full body for a porter. Great stuff!

Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2013 at 21:53


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Alibi Room for the 400th beer list event, pours a dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma of toasted nuts, chestnuts, other dry dark fruits, and caramel malts. Flavour of toasted nuts, chestnuts, dry caramel malts, and slight spices. Definitely seems between a dubbel and quad, with spicy notes. Decent stuff.

Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2013 at 21:43