Beachcrest Brewing Company

Visited 08.01.19

Small brewpub tucked into the corner of a mixed use plaza on the opposite side of the bay from Pelican. Service bar is in the back right hand corner and there are tables and counter searing about the room, a small side room and an outdoor patio. A dozen beers on tap, also single cans to go. Friendly service. I did not try the food.

This in a small group of nice and interesting boutiques, including a home kitchen equipment store with all kinds of artisanal utensils, and a store with new vinyl records and limited edition recordings. The location is easy, as it's just off highway 101 and not in town. The taproom is all windows on the two sides of a corner of the room. Burnished, dark concrete floors, big thick lacquered wood bar, some bench tables and some tall two topper tables and a little overflow backroom, in this relatively small space. There was a fun acoustic band, playing old time bar room, folk, traditional, bluegrass mixed style of music with mandolin, acoustic guitar, banjo, upright bass and various kazoo and odd horns, high hat and such. There is a covered patio and un-covered tables, just outside, spread out in the little shopping complex' courtyard. Their beer styles are varied and quite yummy, in general. They had wood fired pizzas, though I only had beer. Worth your while, for a visit.

Blustery wet April Thursday.
Lucky, I had a yurt.
Anyway, was passing by and decided to go in. Had passed many times but never wet.
It's a nice sized space. split into the larger taproom place and a smaller "Tiki Room".
The server was very welcoming and pleasant.
It was almost empty when I came in around 4 PM but by 5 PM had begun to fill up nicely.
Good selection of beers.
Food is provided by a very good Food Truck serving seafood mainly.
I only had one beer which was good but have had a few of their beers in Salem. All above average to good.
Don't hesitate to find this place. It is very nice.

this place is rad, a little hard to see from the road, ive driven past it a few times and never noticed, but when the rest of the family stopped to hit a craft fair in an adjacent parking lot and i saw this place, i felt like i had struck gold. any brewery would have done me wonders at that point but how cool this place is was above and beyond. its like a little rasta surfside oasis, reggae beats pumping, an open air feel with a big patio area, partially covered, a small stage up front, seating all over the place outside including some with a view to the green space behind it, a golf course, and then a mellow inside with ocean inspired art and a view through to the tiny three barrel brew system, i couldnt believe the selection given their limited production capacity, they had a dozen or so beers on! i liked a lot of what i had, a cold ipa, a classic wit, and a helles stood out, but the hazy was nice as well, only the can of blonde i took home let me down. lots of diversity on their list. the service was amazing, friendly and excited and pleasant to chat with, and the prices were more than reasonable. we found some lawn chairs outside and posted up, a perfect spot to pass some time. i dont think they do food here but there is a lot near by, maybe some snacks is all, didnt get into it. the quality of the beer was solid, i loved their aesthetic and their outside space, and i will definitely be back when i am out to the coast again. under the radar but they shouldnt be!

edit: these guys seem to be getting better each summer, been enjoying an annual visit the last few, this year some of the best and most exciting beers yet, a chocolate coconut stout, a hoppy red, and a tropical type ipa all hit for me recently, seems like they have things really well dialed in the brew house now. there is a restaurant as part of it now too, a cool pizza oven, but still yet to hit that up, has it always been here? anyway, this place is well worth a visit!