Pazifik Coast Highway

Pazifik Coast Highway is a German-style pilsner from Beachwood Brewing, poured at its 2nd & PCH taproom in Long Beach, California.

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Specs

Brewery Description

subtle bitterness, dry biscuit-like finish

Source: Beachwood: 2nd & PCH tap list

Tasting Notes

subtle bitterness, dry biscuit-like finish

Source: beachwoodbrewing.com

Ingredients

The matching Untappd description supplies the hop variety shown in the specs table. No malt varieties or yeast were verified.

Hop Profile

Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for German-Style Pilsener calls for assertive, crisp hop character, 4.6 to 5.3 percent ABV, 25 to 50 IBU and 3 to 4 SRM. The published 33 IBU fits; the 5.5% ABV is slightly above the range.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Beachwood Brewing is in Huntington Beach, CA. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Microbrewery.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram, Untappd.

Related

• Brewery: Beachwood Brewing
• Hop varieties: Hallertauer Mittelfruh

Links

• Untappd (hand-read citation): Pazifik Coast Highway details
• Beer page on brewery site
• Beachwood Brewing
• Beachwood: locations and tap lists
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines

Gaps

• Not Found: Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water, Process. Checked beachwoodbrewing.com, beachwoodbrewing.com, untappd.com, beachwoodbrewing.com, web searches recorded in the research notes.

Research Notes

• Field pass 2026-10-13: The matching Untappd beer details on its photo page name Hallertauer Mitrelfruh, normalized to Hallertau Mittelfrüh. It gives 5% ABV, compared with the existing 5.5% from the brewery tap list; the existing strength is retained.
• The brewery has no individual beer pages; the 2nd & PCH taproom tap list is the beer url.
• A web search for the beer name returned nothing; the name appears to play on Pacific Coast Highway, but the brewery does not say so.
• Hops, malts and yeast were not found.
• No 2026 medal announcement from the brewery was found.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery menu gives tasting words, 5.5% ABV and 33 IBU; no hops.