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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Jill Berryman

Happy Birthday, Eric!!

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Theodore T.

Classic American IPA

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Steve S.

Balanced. Strong but not overpowering. Good flavors.

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scott c

Border war beer

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Rob Wilber

Amaze-balls.

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Dan Wassink

McCovey, Stargell, Tekulve and Doc Ellis

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Kevin S.

Sneaky bastard. Super clean imperial that's probably going to sneak up on you, coming in at 9.2%ABV

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Jake P.

Busted

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Bob M.

Excellent beer! Thick with malts and very hoppy!

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Jamie Klein

This is a weird beer.

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Todd Luther

Love a good IMPIPA

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dave

Holy cow hoppy hoppy piney piney bitter bitter. No I didn’t stutter. Some sweet citrus too. Not that boozy could be very dangerous

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Steven W.

Fantastic Beer. Braveheart has it on tap. Bonus Hubbard's Cave mint chocolate cupcakes homemade by Cindy.

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Mike Reid

Good. Interesting flavors. Strong. Taking edge off of buying a new well pump

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Phil Hampsten

MALT BOMB!!!!

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Madman Fisher

Just a little too bitter, and not enough flavor(s) for a higher rating. It's certainly good, just not great.

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Josh K.

Hendrix approves

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Jed Reinert

Man, I almost forgot what DIPAs used to taste like before the juice/haze fad obliterated everything else in the market. Solid blast from the past!

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David Russo

9.2% tastes a lot like Four Hops This Time but stronger

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Mike Sengewalt

Finally a straight up IPA. Not haze!

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Bubba B.

Bitter Bomb …

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Kurt Stroeters

Great maltyness

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Bob H

Very boozy and hoppy enough. Not bad at all.

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Dan Wassink

Einstein, Galileo, Lincoln and RUSH. But that's just me.

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Local Brew Dude

Hoppy, malty, and bold. Super solid.

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