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Recently, Pelican Brewing introduced its newest beer, one that looks like it’s positioned to try to tap into the market dominated by the likes of Corona and Kona—Pelican Beach Beer. It’s a light, crisp golden ale with 4.5% alcohol by volume, packaged in 16-ounce cans, and interestingly available in six … Continue reading
Recently Pelican Brewing Company surprised me by sending samples of its newest product—Sparkle Hops, the company’s first foray into non-alcoholic, sparkling hop water territory. Hop waters seem to be the new frontier in the (beer-adjacent) no/low alcohol lifestyle space, gaining prominence over the past few years. Sparkle Hops come in … Continue reading
I don’t know if this heralds an actual trend yet, but it seems one of the latest directions that non-alcoholic offerings from breweries is heading is hop water—zero calorie, zero alcohol carbonated water infused with hops, and last week I received a surprise package from Pelican Brewing containing cans of … Continue reading
Recently, my wife and I spent a night in Pacific City on the Oregon Coast. No real reason other than to get away, for only the second overnight trip in two years; we’ve continued to mostly isolate and stay extremely cautious and careful during the pandemic, but even so, we … Continue reading
I’d recently received two different craft beverages that were created with the Portland Thorns FC soccer team in mind: Slide Tackle Hazy IPA from Pelican Brewing, which was brewed in collaboration with the Thorns; and Two Thorns Raspberry Rose Cider from 2 Towns Ciderhouse, a seasonal specialty brewed in honor … Continue reading
The newest year-round beer from Pelican Brewing Company is Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale, taking the brewery’s pale ale offering in a New Zealand direction. Pelican recently sent me samples of the beer to review; it’s 5.7% ABV with 40 IBUs, and this bit from the press release is a good … Continue reading
This weekend I received the latest samples from Pelican Brewing Company with its Slide Tackle Hazy IPA, a collaboration beer with the Portland Thorns soccer team. Originally designed and slated to be released a year ago, it was put on hold with covid and the cancellation of the Thorns’ season. … Continue reading
Here’s the Oregon beer news to celebrate National Beer Day! National Beer Day observes the return of 3.2% beer heralding the end of Prohibition; the Cullen-Harrison Act which brought it about was enacted by Congress on March 21, 1933, and signed into law by President Roosevelt on April 7. The … Continue reading
Pelican Brewing’s latest year-round beer is available now, Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale, which features Australian and New Zealand hops (collectively making up the “Oceanic” part of the name). The brewery sent me a six-pack of the cans to sample at the end of last week. The press release tagline mentions … Continue reading
Here’s the news in Oregon beer for this Thursday, March 25; I’ll be updating this post throughout the rest of the day with additional news items as I find them, so check back in on it periodically.