The Future Is Now
Gigantic Brewing Company

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From:
Gigantic Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American Amber / Red Ale
ABV:
6.4%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 10.18%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
33
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 13, 2015
Added:
Sep 30, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by jazzyjeff13 from England

3.63/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A 650ml bottle with no visible BB date. Purchased a while back from the Brewdog webshop. Described on the label as a sort of amber ale/IPA fusion.

A: Poured into a Duvel tulip. Bottle conditioned. A deep, hazy marmalade-amber hue with fine sediment and medium carbonation. Yields a massive head of creamy off-white foam that lasts for a few minutes before reducing to a patchy surface layer. Nice lacing.

S: Aroma of sweet caramel malt and hops with hints of grain, caramel, barley sugar, pine, weed, subtle citrus peel, earthy yeast and stewed hops. Quite malty and rather nice.

T: Tastes of aromatic hops and sweet malt, with a seriously bitter finish. Notes of resinous pine, dank weed, mild citrus peel, caramel malt, grain, barley sugar, earthy yeast, stewed hops and husks. Quite sweet, followed by a strident, hop-driven bitterness upon swallowing.

M: Mouthfeel is smooth and tingly, with spritzy carbonation and good body. Somewhat astringent, accompanied by an aftertaste of bitter aromatic hops, pine, caramel malt and stewed leaves/cardboard.

O: Pretty good if not outstanding (it doesn't help that I can't tell how old it is). Looks alright, while the aroma and flavour are deeply malty with a nice side-helping of hops. Good body. A decent brew - the only improvement I'd want is enhanced hop definition. Worth sampling if you stumble across it.
Apr 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Stephen_Purdue from Washington

Jun 23, 2014
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.75/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured a deep amber color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy and piney hops is well balanced against a huge caramel malt backbone. Taste is also a well balanced mix between a huge caramel malt backbone and some citrusy hops with some piney notes also noticeable with a bitter aftertaste. Body is full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Solid hops forward amber ale.
Jun 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by beernads from Florida

Mar 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Kylemif from Oregon

Mar 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by coz from Illinois

Mar 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Tuckersmth from California

Jan 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by fitius5150 from Oregon

Jan 12, 2014
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Dogfish Head pint glass. Pours a a medium to dark bronze amber with a fine one finger ivory head with great retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, nuts, citrus and lightly floral hops. Flavor is malty; rich biscuit and caramel malt, lightly nutty and grassy with tea and citrus hops. Finishes with lingering earthy biscuit malt and nice hop bitterness. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A nice malty red ale with good hop elements and rich flavor. The malt bill is sitting on the border of old ale territory.
Jan 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Niceroad77 from Canada (BC)

Jan 08, 2014
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Reviewed by CookstLiquor from Canada (BC)

3.68/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This was poured from a 650ml bottle. It pours a rich amber/copper colour. Rich caramel malt notes are complemented by citrus hop notes. Taste is like a mouthful of citrus zest. Big hop bitterness, but also some nutty, caramel malt notes. Medium bodied.
Jan 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ncelauro from New York

Dec 30, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by johnnyboy76 from Oregon

Dec 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by bumchilly25 from Canada (BC)

Dec 21, 2013
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Reviewed by Fcolle2 from Illinois

4.26/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours brown in color with hues of amber and some light making through the slightly hazy body. Some sediment floating around but not off putting.

Smell has some great big caramel malt notes forward followed by some lighter toffee aromas. Decent amount of herbal hoppy note midway through. Nicely balanced with some great malt aromas.

Taste is great and follows the nose. Big semi sweet caramel malt forward with some light almost undetectable flavors of cherry. Mild herbal hoppy bitterness dominates the mid section of this beer and persists along with some good toasty gran flavors into the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel is great medium body and moderate carbonation give this a fluffy soft feel. Mild bitterness a good amount of hoppy oils and resin.

Overall awesome beer. A little hoppy for an amber but it does it well.
Dec 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Boozecamel from Canada (BC)

Dec 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by nygannon from California

Dec 04, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by largadeer from California

Dec 03, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

Nov 29, 2013
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Reviewed by EspressoGuy from Canada (BC)

3.08/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
"The malty and caramelly flavors of an amber ale melded with the hoppy punch of an IPA" - description on label.
A: beer bottle brown; opaque
S: not much; some floral/tropical hops
T: simple, creamy, mellow malt with distinct hop piney-ness; noticeable bitterness at the end; this is much more hop dominant than malty. The taste loses something by trying to be too much of everything. IMO.
M: crisp, medium bodied
O: Tastes like they through a bunch of styles together to see what it was like. The result is not a beer I would buy again. It's not bad but I'd rather go for a more focused beer that knew what it was supposed to be and did it well.
Nov 28, 2013
The Future Is Now from Gigantic Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 33 ratings