Rip Rap
Excelsior Brewing Co.

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From:
Excelsior Brewing Co.
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
Pastry Stout
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 22.31%
Ratings:
12 | reviews: 4
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 20, 2021
Added:
Dec 06, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  4
Riprap Peanut Butter Cup Stout is made with enough peanut butter cups to protect any shoreline. Each batch begins with our traditional stout recipe, then infused with milk chocolate peanut butter cups. The result is a familiar aroma and a touch of sweetness on the front end, finishing with the smoothness of a perfectly roasted stout.
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Rated: 3.58 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 20, 2021
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Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota

2.93/5  rDev -19.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
12oz bottle, no date (the shame...)

Almost blinded me opening this one.. simply started to pry open with my nearest utencil (a Bic lighter), and I was almost immediately greeted by a shotgun blast sending the cap up into the ceiling and back down neatly in front of me next to the glass. The beer, instead of geysering, was creepily still. O.K. - storytime's over

Black. Smells like PB cups, to the tee. Very over-carbonated, especially for the style - I can barely take a sip without burping. It's sweet and dark, but very little of the PB cup translates from the nose.

Simply doesn't drink well. If this was about the scent, it would be in my top-10. As it stands it almost took my eye out, so me and this beer are enemies
Aug 23, 2020
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Rated by krowman2652 from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +24%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A great local beer. I love this style. So tasty!
Mar 26, 2020
 
Rated: 1.45 by Demi from Minnesota

Jan 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4.01 by NodakEric from Minnesota

Dec 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Turbo from Minnesota

Sep 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.88 by Deadcell667 from Minnesota

Aug 02, 2019
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Reviewed by lwillitz from Wisconsin

3.62/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12-oz bottle into porter/stout glass

A - 3 fingers medium/dark tan over a body of pitch black; some flecks of suspended sediment (look like little bits of peanut butter)

S - sweet peanut butter and roasted peanuts

T - big peanut butter presence; chocolate is present, but subdued

M - thick medium body, medium carbonation

O - not terrible, but I've had better peanut butter cup stouts
Jul 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by MonkeyPilates from Minnesota

Jul 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.6 by andrew8626 from Minnesota

Feb 01, 2019
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.95/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12oz bottle. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small light brown head. It smelled of peanut butter, chocolate and creaminess. Sweet peanut butter and chocolate taste with a very subtle bitterness. A fine dessert beer.
Jan 07, 2019
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Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota

3.49/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a deep dark cola brown with ruby tints if held to the light. Thick tan cap falls away rapidly to a thin ring leaving minimal lacing. Aroma is peanuts and dark roasted malt. Flavor has a slight acidic feel up front but that quickly turns slightly sweet with the peanut butter becoming prominent. The dark roasted malt comes through in the finish. Feel is rather thin bodied with plenty of carbonation. Overall just an okay beer.
Dec 06, 2018