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

Bottle. Almost black. Malt, Caramel Apple And laurel in the aroma And flavor. Full bodied. Sweet, low on Carbon. Good, not brilliant.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:04


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

Bottle from Hops & Bottles. Thought I'd had all of Pelican's offerings, but found this. Harkening back to a simpler time when IPAs were bitter, but not hop bombs. Malty, light bittetness, and very, very dry.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2019 at 04:32


5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at ES. Amber, just a slight haze. No head. Boozy, Phenols, very sweet caramel. Ltd complexity.

Tried from Draft on 20 Aug 2019 at 20:45


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

Can from the PDX Made in Oregon. Pours bright gold with a fizzy/creamy/transient head. Aroma of melon, white/green grapes and noticeable pale malt. Med body, almost. Flavor is very melon with some other mixed fruits including citrus. Almost bitingly dry. Bitter enough to please. Good drink.

Tried from Can on 10 Aug 2019 at 02:36


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from the PDF Made in Oregon shop. Pours clear bright copper with a slight white head. Aroma is passion fruit with some citrus. Detectable malt. Med body. Flavor is fruity. There's passion fruit and grapefruit zest, and pine. Definite hop burn for me. Call it well towards dry. Heavily hopped. Pleasingly, more than moderately, bitter. It's good IPA!

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 23:57


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Made in Oregon at PDX. Pours orange gold with a slight white head. Aroma of citrus and mild caramel. Med body or nearly. Pretty dry; malt is decently balanced with hop that's pretty much citrus. Fairly bitter; or more. Good drink.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 00:32


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at OBF 2019. Pours clean and very red with a pink tinged head. Aroma of mint and lime. Med body. Flavor: hibiscus and mint. Dryish. Mint stands in for bitter. Tasty; fruity. Not exactly a fruit beer tho.

Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2019 at 20:26


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light tropical fruit aroma. Grapefruit and malt flavor with light mineral. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and light tropical fruit linger with light malt.

Tried from Draft on 21 Jul 2019 at 21:44


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught at Pour House Santa Cruz, small creamy head, opaque very dark brown color, aroma of milk chocolate, wax and hints of vaila and dirt, flavor of dark chocolate and a bit stale dark bread, light sourness and quite dry. Nice.

Tried on 23 Jun 2019 at 10:44


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On Tap cloudy orange light amber, fine but thick sturdy sandy colored head. Big light bready malts and some smooth piney dank hops. Feels bigger than 6%, smooth and full bodied.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jun 2019 at 02:31