Long Beach Beer Lab

Microbrewery in Long Beach, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Long Beach Beer Lab

Contact
518 W Willow St, Long Beach, CA, 90806, United States
Description
From place of Pure Imagination, curiosities are crafted into flavorful elixirs. IPAs, Ales, Lagers, Sours, and mixed beverages all on a spectrum to satisfy a searcher with incredible zeal.

Add in the artisan, handcrafted Sourdough Bread and Pastry, you will find yourselves down a rabbit hole you couldn't kick your heels 3 times fast enough.

Welcome to the Long Beach Beer Lab!

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: black in color with a finger and a quarter of khaki foamy head which settled down to a fine lace
Aroma: blueberry tart and sweet tones up front, light notes of dark chocolate, brown bread, and sour character; some lactose
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine sour to tart and flanked nicely by the sweet vibes; finishes with the blueberry tart and sour character and a little bit of lactose
Texture: medium bodied - maybe a touch under; leaning towards being a sipper; some smoothness along the tongue but also some blueberry tart assertiveness
Overall: I don't see this as a porter but what do I know - it's still a nice fruited sour ale with blueberries and I'd have it again as that.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2026 at 15:00


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

Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: glossy orange color with a quarter finger of white foamy head which dissipated somewhat quick to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet and tart apricots up front, subtle grassy to hay sweetness; some lacto/sour character further underneath
Flavor: sour start with the apricots intertwining for some sweet tones; finishes apricot tart with sour settings and light lemony tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning to being a sipper; light smoothness but also a speck of dryness and the tart and sour seems to be somewhat smoothed out
Overall: nice apricot tart ale, maybe a saison, maybe just a fruit ale, apologies to the Brewver editor possibly reading this to try and research this more to find out exactly the true style of this (I only know so much).

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2026 at 14:53


8

Tried from Bottle at Artichoke on 11 Dec 2025 at 17:17


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Modestly hazy golden. Lots of stone fruit juicy. This is a juicy ipa not a hazy. It’s ok

Tried on 08 May 2025 at 08:24


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

Drat. Light murky golden beer with a cream head. Citrus and summer fruit aroma with light sweet malt. Yeast and summer fruit flavor with light sweet malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and light sweet malt linger.

Tried on 26 Feb 2025 at 22:43


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

s: toffee - caramelised sugars - light apples a: copper coloured body - thinnish funky head t: grainy bite - small spices - good sugars p: rich throughout - rustic - mushrooms o: good for style - great name/reason - crisp end 16 ounce can - Trader Joe's (grocery): San Diego (Point Loma), California - 29-December-2023 - US$3,00 - 'genesis date': 03-October-2023 - sampled: 29-December-2023, 25 days after canning!

Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2024 at 20:58


7.2

Clean saison, pale Belgian esters, light malt

Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2023 at 01:47


7.6

A clean IPL/Cold IPA, soft fruity hops

Tried from Draft on 10 Jun 2023 at 15:19


8

So much blackberry on. This. Chocolate dipped fruit with vanilla bean

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2023 at 13:35


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

375mL undated bottle from warm shelf, drunk 4/14/23. Clear, pale-brass/blonde with little/no head. Cidery nose with still a trace of the fruit. Light and very much in the background but still imparting juicy aromatics. Bit of nutty rye with gentle lactic acidity lingering. Very clean. Soft, rye-heavy with a bone-dry character and yet still an appropriate texture. Maybe a hint of metallic yeast from the long, warm rest. Faint fruitiness and quite low on the acidity, though it's still pretty much ample. Spritzy, bottle conditioned carbonation is thoroughly excellent and really makes the experience, leaving it quenching and refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2023 at 19:34