Pelican Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Pacific City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr, Pacific City, OR, 97135, United States
Description
Pelican Brewing Company was born at the beach in Pacific City in 1996. Here, in front of a rundown old building at the water’s edge, stood three enthusiastic young folks whose thirst for great beer overshadowed their understanding of what it would take to build a brewery. They did it anyway. And now twenty years later, older, and wiser, Pelican Brewing Company is a craft beer industry leader with fans throughout the Northwest and around the world. Today we’ve taken our breweries and our values to other Oregon coastal towns where we wake up each day in a place that reminds us that amazing is possible. Cheers fellow fanatics. This is as good as it gets.

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
12oz can from Brewers Haven. Orange/golden colored pour, light haze, small foamy white head. Citrusy aroma, orange peel. Taste features mild citrus oil, not picking up any vanilla. Sticky, oily.
Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2021 at 23:59

9/10
I don't remember this being as stouty as it is but maybe cause I had an English barleywine right before it, also gratitude, but damn delicious dark toffee chocolate bourbon sweetness. Nose of hoppy barrels. Clean crisp truck load of barleywine finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2021 at 22:06

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Harry & David in Medford, OR. Pours orange tinged gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is mixed, but lightly cooked pale prunus fruit stands out. Think that indicates a lot of hop. Med body. Flavor is pine, lightly roasted malt, and mixed fruits, not cooked, which seem pale prunus. It is fairly dry. It is very bitter, yet it doesn't burn much. Rather different overall, but very good ale.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2021 at 23:41

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Harry & David in Medford, OR. Pours red tinged gold with a slight, transient white head. Moderate, but fresh, raspberry aroma. Approaching med body. Flavor is moderate, fresh raspberry with a malt base I could almost think was wheat. Not the strongest flavor in the world, but a nice and tasty one.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2021 at 23:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pelican Imperial Pelican Ale, Backlog Jan 2017 AR: old butter, AP: hazy coppery orange, wee ofwhite lid F: old buttery, dried tropical fruity, probably old 3,3
Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2021 at 07:50

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Tavour. Pours translucent orange tinged gold with a transient white head. Aroma of mezcal and citrus. Approaching full bodied. Flavor is tangerine, mezcal, slightly musty wood. It bounces between dry and sweet. Mezcal stands in for hops. Good flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2021 at 23:42

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Smell of roasted malt, coffee. Dark brown colour, mid-brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, ash, coffee, finishes with dry hops and some milk. Also dark chocolate. Bitter, medium sweet. Soft palate, soft carbon. Very pleasant.
Tried on 17 Aug 2021 at 17:32

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle from Tavour. Brass colored pour, a few bubbles, then flat. Big burst of tangerine upon opening, light caramel, agave. Taste evens out the tangerine and caramel malts, still have light agave notes throughout. Even at 7% it still seems carry a bit of heat.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2021 at 02:47

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is citrus tangerine notes and some bread malts. Taste is more of the nice sweet tangerine citrus hops and a light malt.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2021 at 21:11

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle in Boise. Pours clear small off-white head, light lacing. Tangerines, woody, doughy, citrus. Ok
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2021 at 03:26