When I first saw an IV IPA I thought to myself that I’d rather drink it than take it intravenously. Ah, but it’s a Four Father’s IV so it appears some translation from Roman is required.
Page, Jones, Plant, Bonham
They say three times the charm, although I wouldn’t count on that. Led Zeppelin’s first three albums were good, but some would say that the best rock album of all time is Led Zeppelin IV.* And here we have IV IPA. They tell us this isn’t just an IPA. No siree Bob. “It’s a call to break free, to chase the extraordinary and to stay wild.” And all I was planning on doing was quaffing a cold one and watching the ball game. Perhaps that’s my wild side? An armchair cheer and a frosty beer, maybe not exactly extraordinary, or even extra ordinary. Actually it’s pretty much par for the course for me, although par for the course for me would be pretty extraordinary.
As for the Four Fathers, ** we would assume they are not Priests although if they were it might take four of them to tag team through a Cranky Old Men confessional. And coincidentally, or is it Kismet, this IV is the fourth Four Fathers that we have sampled, for what it’s worth, for better or for worse.
A thick and hazy OJ pour with a slim white foam topper. Citrus juice and grapefruit bitters on the nose. Yep citrus pineapply with some big time grapefruit (or is it pine) bitters. It’s hoppy and it’s happening. It starts out fairly balanced with both juice and bitters coming on strong but the pine (definitely pine) bitters start to overpower the juice. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if you’re a bitter person. The juice, now stone fruit citrus, comes and goes but those pine bitters are solid.
A flavour fest refresher, for bitter lovers.
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