Riip Beer Company

Visited mid-afternoon on a Friday. Located in a newish strip mall right off the PCH. Larger parking lot for the strip mall. The brewery has an open design with a smaller bar and table seating that spreads between inside and out. Beer selection is large, 19 house beers available as 5 oz taster, full pour or 32 oz Crowlers and 64 oz Growlers to go. Beers focus on hops, and all 3 I had were tasty. Friendly and relaxes service. Of note is the beer board, custom design on skateboard decks - arguably the best design I have seen. (Worth the visit, must for locals, and visitors with time) I only use the total score, not the component parts.

Is this ever a local. For the young and loud. Tho there’s a patio and a few spots in the adjacent brewing area that are much quieter! Some pretty good beer. I got an informal tour and briefing on facilities (secret door) and history (abt 4 yrs or so). Worth a stop!

This place is pretty cool. Right of the PCH in Huntington Beach, they definitely have embraced the surfer mentality here. Everything from the low key, casual service to the names and design of the beers on the list hint at the beach culture. As far as decor goes, it’s pretty bare bones at this point as they’ve only been open a month or so. There’s plenty of space inside though. It’s also a home brew shop with a limited selection of ingredients and supplies. I’m seeing more and more of these tasting room/home brew supply places lately...One nice touch was that they had some fresh bread and butter with some bread stick/pretzel things that you can help yourself to at no charge. They had about six beers to try and all of them were above average. Very good stuff. My friend who lives down here said that the place and the beers reminds him of Pizza Port back in the old days. The beer quality was similar already even though they’re new. Very impressive. Oh, and I asked them the meaning of the name Riip. Like I expected, it’s an acronym. To be honest I can’t remember what it is exactly, but it’s something like Randy’s Insane Investment Project or something like that. This place is definitely worth a stop if only for the beers.