Gigantic Brewing collaborates with E9 Brewing on new IPA
The latest Gigantic Brewing collaboration is Stretchin’ Out IPA with E9 Brewing (Engine House No. 9) out of Tacoma, WA. Stetchin out is a true West Coast style showcasing Sultana, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops, and featuring the Oregon grown Strata hop, and is part of Gigantic’s First Taste Tuesday release program taking place today, April 6th at both of their Portland taproom locations.
More from a press release:
Hazy gold in color and with seducing notes of pineapple, passionfruit, grapefruit and pine, this PNW IPA combines five different hops with NW pale malt, crystal 15, wheat, flaked barley and demerara sugar to achieve the a beautifully balanced 7.6% brew.
“We’ve been friends with Shane and Don from E9 for many years, shared many beers, laughs and the love of vinyl records and good tunes. This beer is an extension of that love of music (specifically funk) and IPA,” says Ben Love of Gigantic, “Inspired to name this beer by Bootsy Collins Rubber Band, we conceptualized a beer from another point of view.”
Join us for First Taste Tuesday featuring Stretchin’ Out IPA on March 23rd at both The Brewery and Champagne Lounge (5224 SE 26th Ave) and Robot Room at the Rocket Empire Machine (6935 NE Glisan). You can also look for Boom Star on draft and in 16.9oz refillable bottles in the Portland metro area, and at better beer bars and bottle shops in Oregon, Washington and California.
Stretchin Out label art features Paul Friedrich. He is an American Comics Artist from Raleigh, NC. He is the creator of the popular characters Onion Head Monsters and Hubie the Dead Cow. He is a really funny guy too!
As always, Gigantic beer is packaged in BottleDrop Refillable bottles. BottleDrop Refillables are sorted, washed, inspected, and delivered back to Oregon’s craft beverage producers to be refilled. By choosing beverages in refillable bottles, you help keep our air clean, our beaches, parks and roadsides litter-free, promote a circular economy, and set a model for future generations.