Let It Riip
Cellarmaker Brewing Company in Oakland, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Riip Beer CompanyIPA - West Coast Regular
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Score
7.02
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Some collabs just feel right. This one with RIIP Beer Co. for our Week of Dankness is a perfect example. The crew from RIIP Beer Co. down in Huntington Beach made the trip up to Berkeley and we made a day of it. Good conversation, great food, a hike up Mt. Tam, and a shared love of making seriously hoppy beer. The kind of day that reminds you why this industry is special. Let It RIIP is our way of bringing you into it. Mosaic, Simcoe, Krush, Cascade Deep Cut, Columbus Cryo, Mosaic Cryo, Simcoe Cryo, and Cascade Cryo showcase notes of fresh mango, stone fruit, sticky resin, and bright pine. The result is a complex yet cohesive hop expression that hits every note without feeling cluttered. A simple grist of 2-row and pilsner malt provides a clean, dry foundation that stays light and crisp, letting the hops do all the talking. Even greater than the sum of its parts, this beer thoroughly exemplifies both RIIP’s and Cellarmaker’s brewing philosophies.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 16 oz can dated April 13, 2026.
Aroma is dank forward with lots of oily, fusel, diesel and resinous pine notes. Quite a bit of grapefruit with a bit of tropical fruit as well. Light cracker malt notes and light alcohol notes.
Pours a fairly clear, slightly yellow, gold color with a medium sized, fairly thick, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Fairly strong bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of dank, oily, resin hop notes with some pine, onion and garlic. Lighter grapefruit pith, tangerine and tropical citrus. Hints of tropical fruit.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA with lots of dank, oily, pine notes and an assertive bitterness that lingers into the finish. Light malt and alcohol notes, but strong enough to carry the hops and bitterness.
Aroma is dank forward with lots of oily, fusel, diesel and resinous pine notes. Quite a bit of grapefruit with a bit of tropical fruit as well. Light cracker malt notes and light alcohol notes.
Pours a fairly clear, slightly yellow, gold color with a medium sized, fairly thick, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Fairly strong bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of dank, oily, resin hop notes with some pine, onion and garlic. Lighter grapefruit pith, tangerine and tropical citrus. Hints of tropical fruit.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA with lots of dank, oily, pine notes and an assertive bitterness that lingers into the finish. Light malt and alcohol notes, but strong enough to carry the hops and bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2026
at 04:50