4 Giants IPA

IPA - Imperial / Double

We’ve made a lot of imperial IPAs over the years and, in turn, have had a lot of arguments over which one is the absolute best. So, to settle this once and for all, our brewers mashed up four of our favorite recipes into the ultimate imperial IPA. 4 Giants boasts aggressive bitterness balanced by a malty, sweet backbone while huge aromatics come courtesy of the seven American hop varieties.

ABV

9.2

Rating

3.95074

Rating count

13,080

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Jerry Bormes

If I drink enough of these I’ll be a giant too!

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Greg Drewiske

Founders tap takeover today

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Gary E.

Strong

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Mark Martinez

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Rutger Peters

Riquísima!!

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Chris S.

I'm all 4 a giant hangover

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Peter D

This has held up amazingly well given the age. Roughly at the same level it was 4 months ago.

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Steve Johnson

Great beer. Very smooth for an ipa. Great taste. Malty, but balance with a slight bitterness.

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Justin W.

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Eddie Fry

Tons of hops. Tons of flavor! Finishes smooth. I love this!

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Andy Zimmerman

Piney and bitter

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Karl Zoeckler

Complex with many unique flavor elements. Tropical fruit, piney astringent, Carmel

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Jason Hinkle

Very west coast, but solid at that

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Curt Zweier

Very malty for an IPA of today. Me likey!

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Phil Cleveland

Late check in, was very good.

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John N.

Not that bitter for an IPA. Pretty smooth and enjoyable even at room temp.

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dan

Big malt backbone !

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Terry Tooley

Excellent Imperial IPA

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Brian Taylor

Uh....yeah, that dog’ll hunt! Love the pine, resin and hops this beer is right up my alley!

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Alex

Full bodied semi sweet, lots of hops, medium bitterness, little citrus, mild piney

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