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Gold in Mexican Light Lager

Nueve Grados

Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category
Mexican Light Lager
Entries
39
ABV
3.9%
IBU
Not Found
Style
Mexican Pilsner
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Not Found

Tasting Notes

Bright, Light, Beachable

Source: shop.riip.beer

The Beer's Page at the Brewery

Brewery Medal HistoryCategory HistoryBrewery Website

Hop Profile

No hop profile is on record for this beer.

Beer Details

Description
Bright, Light, BeachableSource shop.riip.beer
Tasting Notes
Bright, Light, BeachableSource shop.riip.beer

Research Notes

Nueve Grados is a Mexican-style pilsner from Riip Beer Co., a Huntington Beach, California brewery with a taproom and two pizzerias.

Award

Category Medal Entries Brewery Location
40, Mexican-Style Light Lager Gold (1st place) 39 Riip Beer Co. Huntington Beach, CA

Specs

Field Value Source
Style Mexican Pilsner Riip shop: Nueve Grados
ABV 3.9% Riip shop: Nueve Grados
IBU Not Found Not Found
Hops Not Found Not Found
Malts and grains Not Found Not Found
Yeast Not Found Not Found
Adjuncts, fruit, spices Not Found Not Found
Other Sold out in the online shop at research time Riip shop: Nueve Grados

Brewery Description

Bright, Light, Beachable

Source: Riip shop: Nueve Grados

Tasting Notes

Bright, Light, Beachable

Source: shop.riip.beer

Ingredients

Nothing about the ingredients is published beyond the style and strength.

Hop Profile

Not Found

Brewing Details

Field Value Source
Color (SRM) Not Found Not Found
Original gravity Not Found Not Found
Final gravity Not Found Not Found
Water Not Found Not Found
Process Not Found Not Found

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Mexican-Style Light Lager calls for a clean fermentation profile, a very light to light body with a dry finish, 3.2 to 4.2 percent ABV, 8 to 17 IBU and a straw to pale gold color (SRM 2 to 3). The published 3.9% ABV falls inside the range.

Awards History

Year Competition Category Medal
2026 Great American Beer Festival Mexican-Style Light Lager Gold

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Riip Beer Co. is in Huntington Beach, CA. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.

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Gaps

  • Not Found: IBU. Checked riip.com, shop.riip.beer, shop.riip.beer, web searches recorded in the research notes, Catalog.beer search by beer and brewery name.
  • Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked riip.com, shop.riip.beer, shop.riip.beer, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

  • Field pass 2026-10-13: Searches found no matching published IBU or named hop varieties for Nueve Grados.
  • riipbeer.com redirects to riip.com, whose home page has no beer pages (tap images link to Instagram); the brewery's online shop product page is the beer url.
  • No Untappd listing could be located, and web search was unavailable for this run.
  • No 2026 medal announcement was found.
  • Researched 2026-10-13.
  • Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery shop page gives three tasting words only.