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

Last updated

almost 5 years ago

 

David

Good brew, heavy and thick, strong on flavor. Jury is out on this one (my first).

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Craig B.

Solid.

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Frank Grady

Another winner

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Troy Neu

Excellent double ipa! Hoppy and a really good bitterness.

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Kansas Beerguy

Pretty good

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Jack S.

Messy pour but good malty character

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Mike McFarland

Piney and hoppy. Not much floral or citrus. Good but more of an old school DIPA.

4.0

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TheDudeImbibes

Lotsa bite on this one

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Ian M

BA Backlog. Feels like mostly Centennial, Columbus, Amarillo, Simcoe, and El Dorado. Very vibrant, juicy, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice sized bready Munich malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. Classic DIPA.

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Rodney Spencer

Great hop forward IPA... wish I could try any one of the four beers this was based upon... balanced yet bitter... pine on the nose with some floral and citrus hops... head fades quickly but laces all day...

4.0

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Madison A.

Eric church here we come! …again Chris B.

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A J

Way up over my worries…

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Dan Wassink

Had to get this one another time in case Richmond doesn't have it.

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Mark Zuidema

Great beer Cheers to Dan and his new adventure!

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Dave W.

Really balanced, with a malty color and hint of flavor. Big at 9.1 abv, but not that alcohol finish.

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Phil V

Smooth with some maltiness

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Joe Walter

Really good!!

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Duane S.

Dense yet delicious

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Trevor Olson

It’s crisp and clean.

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Mickey F.

A little too bitter for me

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Jason T.

With Howard S. - GO PACK!

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Michael B

OK, very good, nice and hoppy. Having on draft.

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Bob

Very interesting. Well balanced. Hides it alcohol pretty well.

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