theisti (5540) reviewed The Royale from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz bomber courtesy of bvc. The pour is a hazy golden yellow with a 1/2 inch white head that falls quickly. The aroma is sweet fruit, Belgian yeast, and some lingering straw and hay. The taste is the sweet fruit of the nose along with a lemon peel lightly bitter character, and the Belgian yeast in the finish. The finish also features a dry mineral hay. The palate is medium bodied, a lower carbonation level, and yeast and straw and fruit in long finish. Thanks Brandon.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed The Royale from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
At GABBF 2013
Appearance: Cloudy yellow with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma and flavors of Belgian yeast and malts, spicy and fruity
Nice and tasty, like to get a bottle and have some more.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Black Friday Beer from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Alaskan Barleywine festival
Appearance: Black with a medium sized tan head and good lacing
Aroma and flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, pine and vinegar
Thin, wasn’t very good.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed The Royale from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours orange gold with a foamy/creamy off-white head. Aroma has NW hop and a hint of sweatsox. This is a very nice aroma. Med body or better. The best thing - there’s a lot of earth/sweatsox at the start. Then it gets fruity and bitter. With some NW hop. This is amazing stuff. My tongue is feeling barnyard while there’s fresh fruit still. Frickin brilliant ale. If I had the skill, it’s the beer I’d make. Now I just had a mint choc stout, but that was good, so I don’t think this is a relief rate. The aroma and flavor are to die for. Individual parts of the numbers don’t qualify for high, but the overall does. It’s greater than the sum of its rating parts. :)
fiulijn (28382) reviewed The Royale from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Cloudy blond color, with creamy head. The aroma is very mild, at least it’s a bit spicy. Good flavor, malt, with a quite strong spicy character and delicate fruitiness; the mouthfeel is very smooth; strong bitterness too.
Quite close to a real Belgian, a bit more fruity and bitter than the average.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Black Friday Beer from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Black color, creamy head, beige. Very nice aroma, combining the hops with cheesy yeast. Very smooth mouthfeel, excellent flavor of roasted malts with some dark dry chocolate; the hopping manages to shine even in this beer, with lots of resins. Long final, balanced.
Very well constructed.
superspak (10160) reviewed The City Never Sleeps from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours pitch black color with a 1 finger fairly dense tan head with good retention, that reduces t oa thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, roasted malt, toast, clove, pepper, coffee, caramel, raisin, light smoke, and earthy yeast esters. Damn nice aromas with nice balance, strength, and complexity of roasted malt and yeast notes; very roasted malt forward. Taste of dark chocolate, roasted malt, toast, pepper, coffee, caramel, clove, raisin, herbal, light smoke, and earthy yeast esters. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, toast, pepper, toffee, clove, raisin, herbal, light smoke, and earth on the finish for a good bit. Very nice flavor balance, robustness, and complexity; with zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and slightly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is and damn nice black saison. Very nice balance and complexity of roasted flavors and yeast esters; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Axes of Evil from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Orange, grapefruit and sweet hops. Clear amber with a rich head. A sweet grapefruit, maybe more like a pomelo. Lots of citrus with only a mild bitterness. Very refreshing , but so much grapefruit flavour that it is a little distracting.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed IPA from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Chriso. Pours a golden orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy aroma. Fruity fresh peachy hoppy flavor. has a fruity malty peachy hoppy finish.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Black Friday Beer from Gigantic Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from LetsPour.com. Pours really dark brown with a big creamy tan head. Lots of mixed hop with underlying heavy coffee and dark malt for aroma. Could be bread or could be chocolate cake. It’s a nice aroma. Full bodied. Flavor is hoppy, darkly bready, and strongly coffee. Or strong coffee. There is a difference there. My tongue top is getting a mild burn, and it’s not heat. This is a beer with lots of quality ingredients. It tastes great. If I’ve got to go, drown me in a barrel of this.