Backstreet Brewery (Irvine)

Brewpub in Irvine, California, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 1998

Contact
14450 Culver Dr, Irvine, CA, 92604, United States
Description
Backstreet Brewery opened its doors in 1998 in Irvine, CA. Establishing itself as an Orange County pioneer in craft brewing, Backstreet Brewery immediately became a local favorite. Set inside the well established Lamppost Pizza, the brewery and pub style bar immediately earned a reputation for its universal craft beer appeal, atmosphere, and inventive microbrew character. In 2004, Backstreet Brewery opened another location in Vista, CA. Again, spearheading a craft beer surge in North County San Diego, and leading the way to reinventing the city of Vista. Backstreet Brewery has continued to grow and expand as a family run establishment with deep roots in the local communities throughout Southern California. (Anaheim location permanently closed)

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

On tap at the Vista location. Pours with a clear golden body and a white head. Aroma is grassy, grainy with some orange. Flavors are peach, citrus, bitter, and grainy. Lively bubbles, dry, and lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2010 at 22:45


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Vista location. Pours with a tan head and a deep brown body. Aroma of madagascar vanilla beans, cream (milk), and chocolate. Taste is spicy with a slight bitterness from the vanilla beans (you can tell that there are a lot of them in this brew). Very tasty. Woodsy. Medium bubbles.

Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2010 at 22:43


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Vista Location. Pours with a clear, pale, golden body and a white head. Aroma of corn, grass, sweetness, and perfume. Flavors are dry, bready, corn, husky, and grassy. Dry with lively bubbles. Refreshing. A pretty well made cream ale.

Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2010 at 22:34


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

Dark brown with a small off white head. Aroma had hard roasted malt, vanilla, coffee and dark chocolate. Sweet flavour with dark chocolate, hard roasted malt, vanilla and coffee. Finished sweet.

Tried on 16 Aug 2010 at 13:13


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

Clear amber with a medium off white head. Loads of hops in the nose along with toasted malt, caramel, pine and grapefruits. Flavour was bone dry with loads of hops, pine, grapefruits, lemons and malty hints. Finished lovely dry and bitter. Nice one.

Tried on 16 Aug 2010 at 13:01


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

Clear golden with a tiny white head. Hoppy nose with grapefruits, pale malt and pine. Flavour had plenty of hops, pine, grapefruit and pale malt. Fairly dry and bitter. Not bad.

Tried on 16 Aug 2010 at 12:57


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

Cleat golden with a medium to large off white head. Malty nose with notes of grassy hops. Flavour was dry with malt, grassy hops and hints of caramel. Finished dry and bitter.

Tried on 23 Jul 2010 at 08:14


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Pizza Port Session Ale Fest. Pours with a hazed golden body and a fading white head. Aroma of corn, grass, coriander, hay and black pepper. Taste is dry, coriander, pepper and wheat. Bubbly-fizzy.

Tried from Draft on 15 Aug 2009 at 21:08


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the Pizza Port Session Ale fest. Listed as the Irvine Jagged Little Pils. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Aroma is grassy and bready, sweet with herbal, Saaz hops, Tons of them. Taste is clean with grass, saaz, a bit earthy and nearly some leather. No complaints here. Light bubbles, dry.

Tried from Draft on 15 Aug 2009 at 20:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. An amber beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt and grass. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and grass, leading to a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2009 at 06:21