Pelican Brewing Co.
1371 S. Hemlock Street • Cannon Beach • pelicanbrewing.com
• STORY & PHOTO: HEATHER DOUGLAS
t’s been a little over a year now It’s made from scratch in house and then cooked
since the new Pelican Pub & in a wood fired oven. Custom made sausage –
Brewery opened in Cannon Beach featuring Pelican beers – is sourced from a local
and it’s no wonder the place is family-owned butcher shop, Tillamook Meats.
always hopping. Fall is a fun time
On the beer side of things, Cannon Beach
at Pelican.
Head Brewer Coren Tadd’s motto is: “brew with
Two seasonal beers will be featured this fall. In intention.” All recipes go through Pelican’s
mid-September, watch for a “Munich Style original Brewmaster, Darron Welch who has been
Dunkel Beer” just in time for Oktoberfest; it’s an with the company from day one and has been
amber lager with a smooth roasty malty finish. A providing wisdom and consistency to the brewing
second seasonal beer called “Captain of the practice for the last 21 years.
Coast” will be released in October.
At Pelican, quality ingredients are the name of
When the chain – which opened
the game. “Everything we put into
originally in their flagship Cape
the beer is for a specific reason. We
Kiwanda location in Pacific City in
At the Cannon try not to muddy things up. A lot of
1996 – wanted to expand, the old
beers have only three or four
Beach location, our
Dooger’s location was a perfect fit.
grains and only a couple types of
The Pub opened in May of 2016 beer is king in the hops and one kind of yeast. We
and instead of a remodel, the kitchen. “We cook want our quality ingredients to
building was completely renovated
shine through.”
with so much
from the ground up; it took almost
Brewing quality beer is a
nine months to build. The interior
marriage
of art and science. Pelican
beer.”
is awe-inspiring with airy vaulted
has a full time lab person to
ceilings, rustic wood beams and a
measure oxygen levels throughout
huge mural of Haystack Rock above the kitchen. the process. Tadd noted “we care about quality; it
While Pelican is technically a chain, General doesn’t happen very often, but we’re not afraid to
Manager Carly Dye noted “each location has its dump beer if it’s not the product we want. That’s
own different vibe.”
what Darron teaches: don’t rush the beers, don’t
At the Cannon Beach location, beer is king in force them.”
the kitchen. “We cook with so much beer,” Dye
Besides their standbys, Tadd’s position comes
said. “All of our prep recipes, sauces and breading with room to test out his artistic side. Known in
are made with our beers.”
the brewing world as “one-off” beers, these are
Pelican’s best selling beer – Kiwanda Cream beers that are: experimental, limited time only,
Ale – is featured in their best-selling menu item: and usually offered seasonally until they run out.
the fish and chips. The “Tsunami Backyard BBQ
To celebrate hops harvest season, a third
Burger” which is made with the Tsunami Stout, seasonal brew that will be offered is “Elemental”
features Pelican’s BBQ sauce; the sauce is a more – a hops beer that contains fresh hops harvested
refined flavor – less sugar, but more of the malty in the Willamette Valley at a local farm; the hops
rich flavor with bacon adding another level of go straight from vine to mash tun in a matter of
hours. Tadd noted, “it makes the whole brewery
yum.
Another specialty is a beer sausage flat bread. sme ll amazing. Come check it out.”
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NOW ON TAP AT PELICAN BREWING CO. IN CANNON BEACH:
PILSNERS AND PALE LAGERS
Five Fin:
West Coast Pilsner 5.3% ABV • 45 IBU
BLONDE AND PALE ALES
Kiwanda:
Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale 5.4% ABV • 25 IBU
Pelicano EXTRA!:
Lager Cerveza 5.0% ABV • 11.5 IBU
Surfer's Summer Ale:
Summer Ale 5.3% ABV • 23 IBU
AMBER AND DARK LAGERS
Bronze God: Märzen 5.4% ABV • 25 IBU
IPAS
Umbriago-Cerveza Negra:
International Dark Lager 5.0% ABV • 18 IBU
PORTERS AND STOUTS
Tsunami Stout:
Foreign Export Stout 7.0% ABV • 45 IBU
Beak Breaker:Double IPA 9.0% ABV • 90 IBU
Umbrella IPA: American IPA 7.4% ABV • 60 IBU
ZZ Hops #1: IPA 6.7% ABV • 65 IBU
AMBER, RED, AND BROWN ALES
Macpelican’s:
Scottish Style Ale 5.0% ABV • 16 IBU
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