Portland breweries Gigantic Brewing and Ecliptic Brewing celebrate the collaborative release of Space Brontosaurus IPA.
Press Release
… 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.
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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). You can also 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 including Stax on Stax Maple Breakfast Stout, Pristine Pacific and Do it in a Park.
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.
