Halloween Shakedown
Four Quarters Brewing Co.
- From:
- Four Quarters Brewing Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 4.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 02, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 28, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
3.66/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
16 ounce can.
Canned 07OCT21.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields one and a half inch white head over a hazy golden body with sticky lacing. Nose of pineapple, orange, and a bit of candy corn. Taste is pineapple, orange, and too much candy corn for my tastes. Never liked 'em! Nice feel, though. Finish is all candy corn and I won't be finishing this one...
If you like candy corn, have at it!
Cheers?!?
Oct 16, 2021Canned 07OCT21.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields one and a half inch white head over a hazy golden body with sticky lacing. Nose of pineapple, orange, and a bit of candy corn. Taste is pineapple, orange, and too much candy corn for my tastes. Never liked 'em! Nice feel, though. Finish is all candy corn and I won't be finishing this one...
If you like candy corn, have at it!
Cheers?!?
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
3.85/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
The Four Quarters "Shakedown" series has been one of the most hit-and-miss in recent memory, at least for me personally, but when they do a good job, it's hard to deny the accuracy with which they nail the concept and enjoyability of the particular recipe on order, so I guess sometimes the experimentation is worth it. This one is a milkshake IPA brewed with lactose, candy corn, and El Dorado/Huell Melon hops. It sounds gross. I can't wait to try it. I hate candy corn. Why would I do this to myself, you might be asking? I guess it is part masochism, part morbid curiosity, and part desire to know how the hell candy corn tastes when added to beer. Shrug. I've consumed beers with worse concepts before, so whatever.
Pours a humorously not-very-milkshake-looking creamy golden color with some orange hued highlights. The head here is spectacularly retentive, forming as a rather huge sheet and lasting for ages the initial sinking to two fingers. It leaves behind great legs and some similarly-excellent lace as it recedes slightly. Since this is actually mostly-clear, it's easy for me to see some lazy carbonation rising from the bottom of my glass upwards toward the surface, where it assists in buoying the attractive, foamy appearance of this beer. So far, so... weirdly good?
The nose is also kind of amusing; it doesn't smell traditionally "hoppy" at all, but rather more like those mallowcreme pumpkins, which are essentially bigger candy corn, crossed with a Cadbury creme egg. There's a dose of marshmallow, vanilla, light orchard fruit, and a hint of estery English yeast as well. Unfortunately, this could really use a bit of an extra dry-hop charge, because there's precious little to go off here. I guess I kinda understand why they did it this way, but... probably don't call it a milkshake IPA. Maybe the flavor will be a bit different, but this doesn't seem like it's going to be any kind of IPA whatsoever from the nose.
On the tongue, I feel vindicated but also a little disappointed. What a crappy feeling, am I right? Don't you hate when you're right, but what you were guessing and expecting was... not great? I mean, this could seriously be a lot worse, but it just tastes bland. Artificial candy, anonymous hops, some leafy bitterness, and a hint of lactose in the finish to sweeten things up even more. I know it's not technically a "cream ale" because that style name is a huge tease, but this definitely feels more like a creamy, generic, sweet, sorta-strong ale than any kind of IPA. It has a lingering slickness, some herbal hops, and a hint of melon and peach as it gets closer to room temperature. Man, this series is wild, but it's dangerously close to being just... bad at this point. I'm all for brewers experimenting, but this really isn't great beer. I wish it actually tasted MORE like candy corn so they could at least say they achieved that and be proud of it.
Oct 28, 2020Pours a humorously not-very-milkshake-looking creamy golden color with some orange hued highlights. The head here is spectacularly retentive, forming as a rather huge sheet and lasting for ages the initial sinking to two fingers. It leaves behind great legs and some similarly-excellent lace as it recedes slightly. Since this is actually mostly-clear, it's easy for me to see some lazy carbonation rising from the bottom of my glass upwards toward the surface, where it assists in buoying the attractive, foamy appearance of this beer. So far, so... weirdly good?
The nose is also kind of amusing; it doesn't smell traditionally "hoppy" at all, but rather more like those mallowcreme pumpkins, which are essentially bigger candy corn, crossed with a Cadbury creme egg. There's a dose of marshmallow, vanilla, light orchard fruit, and a hint of estery English yeast as well. Unfortunately, this could really use a bit of an extra dry-hop charge, because there's precious little to go off here. I guess I kinda understand why they did it this way, but... probably don't call it a milkshake IPA. Maybe the flavor will be a bit different, but this doesn't seem like it's going to be any kind of IPA whatsoever from the nose.
On the tongue, I feel vindicated but also a little disappointed. What a crappy feeling, am I right? Don't you hate when you're right, but what you were guessing and expecting was... not great? I mean, this could seriously be a lot worse, but it just tastes bland. Artificial candy, anonymous hops, some leafy bitterness, and a hint of lactose in the finish to sweeten things up even more. I know it's not technically a "cream ale" because that style name is a huge tease, but this definitely feels more like a creamy, generic, sweet, sorta-strong ale than any kind of IPA. It has a lingering slickness, some herbal hops, and a hint of melon and peach as it gets closer to room temperature. Man, this series is wild, but it's dangerously close to being just... bad at this point. I'm all for brewers experimenting, but this really isn't great beer. I wish it actually tasted MORE like candy corn so they could at least say they achieved that and be proud of it.
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