Gigantic Brewing: Collabo Beer Night at APEX

On Thursday February 16, 2012, APEX pub (1216 SE Division St., Portland, Oregon) will host a special collaboration event with start-up brewery Gigantic. The soon to open Southeast Portland brewery headed by Ben Love (former Hopworks brewmaster) and Van Havig (former Rock Bottom Portland brewmaster) has teamed up with four of Oregon’s best breweries to produce four distinctly unique and flavorsome beers. Collaborating brewers include Oakshire Brewing‘s (Eugene) Matt Van Wyk, Breakside Brewery‘s (Portland) Ben Edmunds, Pelican Brewery‘s (Pacific City) Daniel Pollard, and Laurelwood Brewery‘s (Portland) Vasilios Gletsos.

Here’s the full details from Ben at Gigantic:

When: Thursday Feb 16, 5-9pm

Where: Apex – 1216 SE Division St, PDX, OR 97202

The Gigantic lads, Ben Love and Van Havig, have not only been busy building the Gigantic Brewery & Tasting Room at SE 26^th & Steele in Portland, but they’ve also brewed up a series of collabo (aka. collaboration) beers with their brewer friends around Oregon. This is your chance to try all the collabo beers in one place and meet the brewers. Join Ben and Van – along with all the other collabo brewers (Ben Edmunds, Vasilli Gletsos, Daniel Pollard, and Matt Van Wyk) – for a night of drinking and celebration! The beers will be on tap at the Apex. Remember to bring your dollar dollar bills y’all (Apex is cash only).

Collabo Beers on Tap:

Breakside Brewing (feat. Gigantic Brewing)

Hoppy Hoppy Nano Beer (Imperial IPA)

Laurelwood Brewing (feat. Gigantic Brewing)

Cascadian Pilsner Beer (Hoppy Pilsner)

Oakshire Brewing (feat. Gigantic Brewing)

Collabo Wabo (Sammy Hagar Tribute NW Red Ale with Agave Nectar)

Pelican Pub & Brewery (feat. Gigantic Brewing)

Schwarzenfreude (Baltic Porter)

Tags:Apex Bar, Ben Love, Breakside Brewery, Brewmaster, Daniel Pollard, Gigantic, Gigantic Brewing, IPA, Laurelwood, Matt Van Wyk, Oakshire, Oregon, Pelican, Pilsner, Portland, Southeast Portland, Van Havig, Vasilios Gletsos

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Angelo

Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com

2 Comments

Brewmance Perry February 14, 2012

I had the Hoppy Hoppy Nano beer at Breakside, and it was amazing.. super good double ipa. Just tried the Collabo Wabo tonight as it was on tap at NW Liquid Gold.. they have awesome growler fill prices for it currently. It too was a killer beer, and the agave actually stood out in it unlike just about everything else agave.

Sounds like a fun event!