Sundog Millionaire
Four Quarters Brewing Co.
- From:
- Four Quarters Brewing Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,556 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #9,598 - Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 8.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 10, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Sundog Double IPA with toasted coconut, pineapple, and GLITTER.
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Reviewed by Brad007 from Vermont
4.58/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.58/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Pours a cloudy orange color with a frothy head into my glass. Pineapple and toasted coconut with citra and amarillo hops. Sweet, creamy mouthfeel with a nice dose of citrus upfront.Toasted coconut dominates the mouthfeel. I love it. It is 8% so I recommend you sip whereas I quaffed (oops!). Worth checking out. Four Quarters rarely misses.
Sep 26, 2020
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.83/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I don't actually think I've ever had regular Sundog, and this brewery's IPAs are kinda meh to me usually, if I'm being honest, but I figured "why not" when I saw fresh (well, presumably so, since it was a new shipment... but 4Q doesn't do package dates and should definitely change that soon) cans of this. A double IPA with pineapple, toasted coconut, and... glitter? Fear not, it's edible glitter, and it also seems to do little-to-nothing to this beer's appearance. Shrug.
When I cracked this and poured my first couple ounces, it absolutely foamed up way more than it probably should've. My first hunch was this might have caught a Brett infection, because a normal DIPA should not do this. It took, all said and done, about 10 minutes to fully pour three-fourths of this can into my glass. That's not okay. However, it looks nice when it all fits in there, if I'm being honest. As I mentioned above, the glitter is not noticeable at all, but what's here is an opaque golden-yellow with an (obviously) huge, dense, rocky head that has great lace and legs. At least this was worth the wait.
The nose is candied pineapple/pineapple juice, mango syrup, prominent toasted coconut, tangerine, ripe papaya flesh, and light floral undertones with a little bit of marmalade and herbal mint running through as an undercurrent. Almost has a mojito like thing going on, but obviously with a piña colada basis. Tiny bit of apricot and other stone fruit as well. Kind of a surprising amount going on here... I'm cautiously optimistic.
The flavor profile is a little bit flatter than I'd like, but it flaunts its adjunct ingredients well, I must admit. The pineapple has a nice juicy feeling on the front of the palate, while the coconut hits more toward the end, backed up by the Citra and Amarillo hops. I will say that this feels more like an adjunct-driven beer than a hoppy one, so if you were looking for an IPA first, flavored beer second, this won't quite scratch the itch. The feel is overall surprisingly not-engaging despite what I suspected to be some Brett (which would, realistically, have really increased the carbonation throughout my enjoyment of this can), so I'm kind of at a loss for why this was such an active beer.
Perhaps this brewery just isn't quite as dialed-in as they'd like people to think? I enjoyed visiting them back earlier this year (and they've gotten rather big since 4 or so years ago), but some of their beer leaves a little to be desired. About half of it is superb, and the other half feels pretty under-delivered or underdeveloped. This teeters dangerously close to the "underdeveloped" side of things, and I probably wouldn't seek it out again. But, I will give them props for doing a decent job balancing coconut/pineapple in a stronger pale ale without anything coming across too much. That's definitely a challenge.
Sep 12, 2019When I cracked this and poured my first couple ounces, it absolutely foamed up way more than it probably should've. My first hunch was this might have caught a Brett infection, because a normal DIPA should not do this. It took, all said and done, about 10 minutes to fully pour three-fourths of this can into my glass. That's not okay. However, it looks nice when it all fits in there, if I'm being honest. As I mentioned above, the glitter is not noticeable at all, but what's here is an opaque golden-yellow with an (obviously) huge, dense, rocky head that has great lace and legs. At least this was worth the wait.
The nose is candied pineapple/pineapple juice, mango syrup, prominent toasted coconut, tangerine, ripe papaya flesh, and light floral undertones with a little bit of marmalade and herbal mint running through as an undercurrent. Almost has a mojito like thing going on, but obviously with a piña colada basis. Tiny bit of apricot and other stone fruit as well. Kind of a surprising amount going on here... I'm cautiously optimistic.
The flavor profile is a little bit flatter than I'd like, but it flaunts its adjunct ingredients well, I must admit. The pineapple has a nice juicy feeling on the front of the palate, while the coconut hits more toward the end, backed up by the Citra and Amarillo hops. I will say that this feels more like an adjunct-driven beer than a hoppy one, so if you were looking for an IPA first, flavored beer second, this won't quite scratch the itch. The feel is overall surprisingly not-engaging despite what I suspected to be some Brett (which would, realistically, have really increased the carbonation throughout my enjoyment of this can), so I'm kind of at a loss for why this was such an active beer.
Perhaps this brewery just isn't quite as dialed-in as they'd like people to think? I enjoyed visiting them back earlier this year (and they've gotten rather big since 4 or so years ago), but some of their beer leaves a little to be desired. About half of it is superb, and the other half feels pretty under-delivered or underdeveloped. This teeters dangerously close to the "underdeveloped" side of things, and I probably wouldn't seek it out again. But, I will give them props for doing a decent job balancing coconut/pineapple in a stronger pale ale without anything coming across too much. That's definitely a challenge.
Rated by BEERMILER12 from Maine
4.24/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the Vermont Brewers Festival
Sep 03, 2019
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