#ecliptic brewing

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Brand: Ecliptic Brewing Country: United States Condition: 1

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What’s Your Sign?

Ecliptic Brewing opened five years ago to much fanfare. Founder John Harris has over thirty years of experience in Oregon brewing. He helped the McMenamins’ move from extract brewing to all grain. He worked at Deschutes in the very beginning, formulating flagship beers like Black Butte and Obsidian Stout. He spent a decade at Full Sail. He had pedigree. Ecliptic’s year round beers look a lot like the stuff Harris brewed a million times before -- a Northwestern IPA, a robust porter, a big old barley wine. 

But in the last few years, Ecliptic’s calling card has been fruit beer. Seasonal sours in peach and blackberry, a porter with cherries, an IPA with mango, and they are capitalizing on the rise of Brut IPA with new variations featuring lavender and lemon and with strawberry.

Pisces smells like strawberries, a good sign. The beer has a nice pinkish hue and a nice full head. The first sip is full of delicious strawberry juice. The body is as light as a classy fruit soda, crisp with a little residual sweetness. The hops come through on the back end, leaving the palate with a bitter bite that fits well with the fry finish. It’s pretty dang good. 

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I was here for the space-themed beer; Pinkie just wanted to tag along because she heard there were burgers.

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Even Keeled

Carina is a southern constellation shaped like the keel of a ship. It looks like a squiggle to me, but it gave it’s name to a peach sour from Ecliptic Brewing. Carina is a tangy brew, heavy on the acid and fruit, but with a nice little dose of earth in the finish to keep it lively. 

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The 8% Compromise

Was Space Ghost brewed by a random name generator? A “golden session barleywine ale,” really? Space Ghost is the latest in Ecliptic Brewing’s Cosmic Collaboration series, this time brewed with the guys from Melvin Brewing, originally from Wyoming. As the story goes, Jeremy from Melvin wanted to make a barleywine, but John at Ecliptic thought, Barleywine? In summer? So they compromised on a light, summery barleywine.

It’s a golden colored beer, eight percent alcohol, and quite hoppy. It’s real dank. Tangy citrus meets pine resin. Not super strong, but beefy. There’s a cattiness in the finish, black currant. I don’t taste any of those exotic tropical hops I was promised, but I also drank it warm. Don’t ask me why. Let’s just say: bedtime drama.

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Tropical Equinox

Ecliptic Brewing just got a fancy new canning line. Starburst IPA was the first beer wrapped in aluminum.

Starburst was originally brewed for the Masters of IPA event last summer. It was a huge hit. Starburst is another tropical style IPA. I knew it the second I opened the can -- Mosaics. I have a nose for Mosaic hops. Ecliptic balances a sweet fruity flavor with a hefty resiny bitterness. The golden malt fades into the background, a canvas on which the hops standout. 

Starburst is very of it’s time, but that doesn’t make it any less tasty.