Gigantic & Ecliptic Collaborate On Space Brontosaurus

From Gigantic & Ecliptic:

We are excited to announce the first Gigantic collaboration beer release of 2023!

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Space Brontosaurus IPA is brewed with the legendary John Harris of Ecliptic Brewing.
A stargazer sees the big dipper, and a pop art lover sees a brontosaurus, but they’re both filled with wonder. Collaborating with Ecliptic is kind of like that for us – two breweries who love IPA coming together to make something wonderful.
When we brew a collaboration, we like to work with new ingredients and techniques. For Space Brontosaurus John Harris from Ecliptic suggested we use Vista hops. Vista is a new variety of hop released in 2021 and grown in the Pacific Northwest that has notes of papaya, honeydew, white peach and pear. We combined it with Citra hops, which deliver an orangey citrus bomb of flavor and Crystal hops that bring a citrusy floral note. The resulting Space Brontosaurs IPA is full of flavor, ridiculously delicious and eminently drinkable.

Join us for the release of Space Brontosaurus IPA at Gigantic Hawthorne starting at 5pm on Tuesday January 17th (4343 SE Hawthorne). His eminence John Harris will be there, along with Ben and Van. We will be officially tapping Space Brontosaurus IPA and there will be refillable bottles available so you can take the space magic home. 
We are also excited to announce that now that we have a taproom with a kitchen, we have created a special food item that pairs with the beer! For this first ever pairing the Gigantic team has created the “Space Brontosaurus Burger” – 6oz of ground beef, topped with house teriyaki glaze, a grilled pineapple ring (that rivals Jupiter’s rings!), lettuce, tomato, onion and Galaxy Sauce – a combo of duke’s mayo, sriracha, togarashi, and cayenne. (We are also offering a chicken breast version of the Space Brontosaurus Burger.)  Stop in for a beer and burger and get those flavor blasters on your tongue fired up!
Space Brontosaurus IPA is also available on tap and in refillable bottles at both The Brewery and Champagne Lounge (5224 SE 26th Ave) and Robot Room at the Rocket Empire Machine (6935 NE Glisan). Look for Space Brontosaurus IPA on draft and in refillable bottles at finer grocers, bars, bottle shops and bodegas in the Portland metro area and throughout Oregon

The Space Brontosaurus label art was created by Portland based illustrator and artist Amy Ruppel. Amy took a keen interest in science and nature from a young age. This fascination has always informed her creative output. She’s adept at many different media with a portfolio spanning digital illustration, drawing, painting and print-making. She likes to paint Pacific Northwest marine life floating in pink skies and make things out of wood scraps in her spare time. Her rewarding day job is creating artful interiors and murals for children’s hospitals and museums. Amy has created other memorable labels for Gigantic including Stax on Stax Maple Breakfast Stout, Pristine Pacific and Do it in a Park.