Cellarmaker Brewing Company Christopher Riwakan

Christopher Riwakan

 

Cellarmaker Brewing Company in Oakland, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular
Score
7.52
ABV: 5.9% IBU: - Ticks: 8
NZ Pale Ale with 100% Riwaka hops
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft 8 oz pour at Wandering Tortoise, Phoenix. Dense haze, golden orange. Lots of cream foam. Pineapple, and mixed tropical fruit throughout without being rich. Hazy but bitter. Easy drinking and refreshing. Lighter, and remains very flavorful. Solid product.

Tried from Draft on 13 Mar 2025 at 01:33


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. Light tropical fruit and light yeast aroma. Tropical fruit and berry flavor with light yeast. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and earth linger with light citrus.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2023 at 22:32


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft at Gourmet Haus. Massively dank and pineapple on the nose. Hazy light orange with minimal head. Flavor is tangerine and slight dank.

Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2022 at 22:32


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, thanks to Bytemesis. Pours hazy dark yellow-orange with a large foamy whitish head, mint-citrus aroma, low carbonation, mildly bitter citrus-peach-spring onion taste, mint flavor, thin smooth body, long finish. Very smooth, with an interesting flavor profile.

Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2022 at 23:24


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Pours cloudy golden, medium creamy off white head, great lacing. Aroma is a bit potty, passionfruit, hint of armpit. Flavor is light sweet, very light bitter, dank and juicy. Merlin body, soft mouthfeel.

Tried from Can on 11 Dec 2021 at 05:04


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

The beer is pale yellow gold. Medium white head. Good retention and lacing. Very fruity hops. Big grapes tangerine, pineapple, mango. Sweet hop fruit all over the place. Fairly dry. Mild, fresh grain flavor. Clean finish. Light mouthfeel. Very refreshing. Crisp and easy to drink.

Tried on 26 Jan 2015 at 02:34


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Growler thanks to Rainer. Pours a cloudy gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong dank, tropical fruit, pine. Medium mouthfeel with nice juicy fruit hop, resin, light bitterness, very impressive.

Tried from Growler on 28 Oct 2014 at 18:30


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From notes taken while drinking on tap at the brewery. Aroma is very hop forward with a ton of tropical fruit notes and lighter pineapple. Lots of passion fruit. Faint cracker malt backbone. Pours a clear, pale yellow gold with a small white head that displays average retention. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor has a light sweetness with faint cracker and biscuit malt notes; Cellarmaker does the base malt character well. Lots of tropical fruit hop notes with some light citrus character. Medium bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall a great example of Riwaka hops with tons of tropical fruit character. Standard Cellarmaker base malt notes that really let the hops shine.

Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2014 at 18:42