4 Giants IPA (2020)

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

4.00364

Rating count

3,531

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almost 5 years ago

 

Sean K.

My prior review still fits. If time has mellowed the hops, there are still plenty of hops to go around

3.5

over 4 years ago

 

David W.

Little bit more of a bite than many doubles. Little piney

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Brent P.

Strong Malty IPA. High ABV beer. A little strong for my tastes but good !

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C G

Sweet citrusy almost perfume like nose. Got that west coast amber hue. Semi malted palate. Def doesn’t taste like 9.2.

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J. J.

Excellent classic execution! Malty big bitter imperial

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Paul Poulos

More like 4 dwarfs.

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Dale C.

Decent

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Scott D.

Tasty...packs a punch!

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Johnnie Scott

Boozy, but smooth. Nothing fancy, just straight IPA.

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Jeff Audiss

To malty for me & heavy...

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Shawn M

Hoppy and malty with light hip bitterness.

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Roger Andersson

Lite stäv för en angenäm sommarkväll...

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Daniel Esch

Mediocre for Founders. Would be great for a startup.

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Peter D.

Dark like a west coast, but none of the malt sweetness. Instead just a bitter bomb with no redeeming juice

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Bill D.

Nice amber color with none of the malt sweetness. Bitter hop bomb the rest of the way. What IPAs used to be back during hop/IBU wars. Thanks for the swap Steve D.

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Greg H

9.2% abv. #mibeer

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Daniel Petersson

Nja, inte min grej direkt - mkt beska

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mike

Strong IPA, one is good enough for today

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J.D.

1. Total lawnmower-party; but 2. too much bitterness for taste trade-offs, while reinforcing both 3. my view of Founders as being tremendous for malt ales but mediocre on the IPA spectrum, and 4. the truth that more ingredients isn’t always better.

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J M.

Glad I bought one. Probably will stop there. Super aggro IPA that 30yo me would've loved. Today it just tastes like a mess.

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Kevin T.

Fridge purge

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G. I.

Found this inna back o the beer fridge. Kinda dry piney start with a nice malty dry middle and a dry hop finish and aftertaste. Very dry!

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David

Bitter, dry and ok.

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Yǎ Gè Wò Ēn

An interesting IPA that hunts at citrus but has more of a licorice flavor.

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Kyle S.

not great but not terrible. Meh

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Brooke B.

This one is a little stinky

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