Forget your 25.4-ounce Foster’s “oil can.” San Diego-based Mission Brewery is putting its craft brew into 32 oz. “cannons,” enough for two full pints of suds. So grab a friend, because you’ll need ’em to polish off a full quarter gallon of beer.

Of course, Mission also does beer in bottles and kegs, but these monsters are coming to two of its popular offerings. We tasted them — as poured from the can into our own glassware — and offer thoughts below.

Mission Brewery El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale – A mild gold pale ale. Initially quite hoppy and bitter, this settles down to reveal a more classic, piney pale ale profile. There’s more malt in the middle than most beers of this style exhibit, with a kind of chewy, coconut-husk bitterness on the back end. Ultimately a relatively easy, and surprisingly sessionable IPA. 4.8% abv. B+ / $7 (32 oz. can)

Mission Brewery Shipwrecked Double IPA – Shipwrecked is a bruiser, a monster of a beer with lots of malt, lots of hops, and some citrus thrown in. And alcohol, nearly 10% by volume, so thick you can taste it from the start. This is a big beer that demands quiet attention, offering power and balance while coming in a little short on nuance. Start a fire and pour a glass… and don’t think about trying to drink this whole thing alone. 9.25% abv. B+ / $8 (32 oz. can)

Mission Brewery Shipwrecked Double IPA

$8

8.5

Rating

8.5/10

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