Massive!
Gigantic Brewing Company

Sample Date
Dec12
2013
Bottle Number
351
Brewed In
Portland
Oregon
ABV
12.0%
Season
Special
IBU
?
Rating
Tasting Notes
Brewers in the midlands of England would boil their barley wine ales for longer times to intensify their flavors. In making Massive! we used only British halcyon pale malt and boiled for eight hours, giving the beer a deep ruby color and rich malt flavor. Heavily hopped, Massive! is a beer that can be enjoyed now for it's intensity, or after years, and years, and years of aging...
"Massive" is quite apt in describing this beer -- it's big and boozy as hell. Thick body, strong caramel and toffee notes, and a syrupy mouthfeel. I picked this bottle up at the brewery on it's release and have let it sit in the cellar for half a year, and it doesn't seem to have mellowed at all. This is the first "miss" for me by Gigantic -- Massive! was just too beer much for me. I tried sharing the bottle with friends, but they turned it down after a quick taste and a resounding "...whoa, that beer is intense".
Gigantic Massive 2013-12-12 Oregon Beer Project Rating: 2.5 out of 5
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