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

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3.95074

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Chris Weber

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cottonmouthVII

Nice throwback to the bitter IPA days. Pretty resinous/piney with a pronounced malty sweetness. Just not my jam these days.

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Game on.

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Mathuaer Knedam

Nice amber color. Bitter, but not bracingly so (minus one point). Not boozy or particularly sweet; well balanced.

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Rae Dennison

Nice bitter, and just the slightest hint of burn. Good!

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rob csillag

Hoppy pine up front. Malt on back. Balanced and crisp. Dry finish. Very nice.

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Rich B.

Malty and bitter but delicious

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Reverend P.

Not bad... Lil dirty on the aftertaste

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Mike Murray

So good!! Happy Easter everybody!

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Alex L.

Another hype/legend type beer checked. Extremely balanced. Malty and hoppy and bitter, but smooth as the transition of hotness between Reese Witherspoon and her daughter. Seamless. Happy Easter 🐣🐰🐇

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Jon Friend

Good piney and floral balance. Good citrus aftertaste.

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Jason Robbins

Oh my. Smells wonderful! Hopssss, but tad sweet.

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Dave

Hoppy grapefruit pith floral. Heavy on hops. West coast imperial

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Dana Orwig

First imperial IPA I've had from Founders. Not hazy so not so heavy as many, but sure is good on the ABV.

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Jonny G.

+0.5 for the setting. 🍻

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miles milton

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Graham

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Baylor Bishop

Very well-rounded imperial IPA, good hop presence and a bit of malty sweetness on the finish

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Gregory B.

National Beer Day #1...... forgot to post earlier!

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Post vaccine brew

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CJ Potts

Dry hoppiness,some sweetness, piney and floral.

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Tom Kennedy

I like it, bit of everything,

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