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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled Orange pour, foamy head, floral hops aroma, citrus - a very nice example of the style. Well done.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:07

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from the local Grocery Outlet. Pours clear gold with a persistent creamy white head. Aroma has some Noble hop and some grain. Med body. Malty/cracker but fairly dry. Moderately bitter. Noble hop and perhaps a touch of citrus. Good drink.
Tried from Can on 19 May 2025 at 23:44

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Near black. Medium head. Primarily a chocolatey nose. On the palate, this is actually on the sweeter side, without robust bitterness despite a) the stated IBU count and b) being a Pelican beer. Still, there's some bitterness and it has chocolatey complexity, with a light toffee accent.
Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 17:45

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Dark amber, medium head. Sticky, caramel, toffee, touch of alcohol. Figs, dark fruit, a bit of chocolate, spice, bourbon, there’s a lot of complexity to this. Very good.
Tried on 08 Mar 2025 at 05:51

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Cask days 2016. Very herbal, and green hop nose. Lots of grass, and crushed green leaves. Aroma just reminds me of chlorophyll. Hints if citrus pale cereals. Herbal finish, grassy, this is quite the green, grassy hop.
Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:24

7.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottiglia. Un arco olfattivo dominato da orzo tostato e caffè.. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma color marrone scuro resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La parte liquida è di colore scuro impenetrabile. Il corpo è strutturato pesante. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è elevata e si prolunga in modo persistente. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. L'aroma in bocca riconosce impressioni di miele, cioccolato, caffè, liquirizia, agrumi e caldo.
Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:57

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
From tap at Toronado, San Francisco. Aroma is dark chocolate, Bourbon, caramel, milk chocolate, wood, vanilla, plenty of coffee, light booze, bourbon chocolate dessert. Flavour is medium sweet with some roasty bitterness and some boozy notes in the finish. Body is full. Rich and tasty, big one.
Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:45

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Bottle at Van Moll, Eindhoven. Big fruity hop aroma with juicy tropical fruits, citrus, soft notes of pine and malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Well-balanced brew, lovely smooth juicy IIPA.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:38

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, bitter dark chocolate, coffee, espresso, more chocolate in the finish. Flavour is medium sweet with a firm roasty bitterness. Body is medium. Wonderful Stout, lots of bitter dark chocolate, tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:37

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark brown, no head. Figgy, dates, big dried fruit goodness, alcohol, toffeeish malt, lots of bitterness, big treacly balance. Really one of my favourite barley wines.
Tried from Draft from Elizabeth Station on 21 Jan 2025 at 19:35