{"id":78529,"date":"2023-10-11T13:38:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=78529"},"modified":"2023-10-11T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:53:12","slug":"beachwood-brewing-sells-downtown-long-beach-location-to-a-new-brewery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/beachwood-brewing-sells-downtown-long-beach-location-to-a-new-brewery","title":{"rendered":"Beachwood Brewing sells Downtown Long Beach location to a new brewery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popular Long Beach brewery, Beachwood Brewing, has sold its flagship Downtown location to master brewer Ian McCall of ISM Brewing, who was an original brewer at the Downtown location.<\/p>\n<p>Beachwood announced its decision to sell in an Instagram post Wednesday, adding that the move was part of a strategic plan to expand and diversify its operations. Beachwood\u2019s specialty brewing production will be moved to its Huntington Beach facility. They opened a taproom in Huntington Beach several years ago and a pizza and beer restaurant there, which opened last December. But the company isn&#8217;t leaving Long Beach entirely, as it just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CyCivXMR7kO\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">opened<\/a> a taproom at 2ND &amp; PCH, and it has <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/beachwood-to-open-distillery-at-former-bixby-knolls-brewery\/\">another taproom in Bixby Knolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Downtown location <a href=\"https:\/\/lbbusinessjournal.com\/news\/beachwood-brewing-to-temporarily-close-downtown-kitchen-citing-areas-ongoing-safety-and-cleanliness-issues\/\">closed<\/a> its kitchen citing homelessness, continuous construction, and the lack of foot traffic as most office workers remained working from home. Co-owner Gabriel Gordon <a href=\"https:\/\/lbbusinessjournal.com\/news\/prominent-downtown-businesses-say-they-may-close-if-safety-concerns-arent-addressed\/\">wrote a letter<\/a> to the Downtown Long Beach Alliance outlining concerns about the business&#8217; struggles to continue staying open at that location. The brewery never reopened its kitchen, instead opting to host local food vendors and pop-ups such as Proudly Serving burgers and others.<\/p>\n<p>The brewery opened in Long Beach more than 12 years ago and has consistently won accolades for its craft beer. Two of their beers won silver and bronze at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com\/the-competition\/2023-winners\/\">Great American Beer Festival<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The great news is that we will be passing the torch to Ian McCall, a close friend, and an original brewer at our downtown brewpub,&#8221; the brewery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyRRFTiv3zP\/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\">said<\/a> on Instagram. Gordon declined to comment further on the sale.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Beachwood in 2018, McCall went on to be the head brewer at Riip Beer, an award-winning brewer based in Huntington Beach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am honored to be able to continue to brew world-class beer in this well-known, widely respected and time-tested facility,&#8221; McCall said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyRZPmTyuKm\/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information on the grand opening will be released in the coming weeks. Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ismbrewing?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISM Brewing<\/a> for updates. Beachwood will close on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beachwood Brewing&#8217;s Downtown taproom is located at 210 E. 3rd St.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular Long Beach brewery, Beachwood Brewing, will sell its Downtown taproom to another brewery and move its beer production to Huntington Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":78530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[436],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32152],"class_list":["post-78529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-beachwood","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78529"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78551,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78529\/revisions\/78551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78529"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=78529"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=78529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}