{"id":83349,"date":"2024-08-15T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=83349"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:19:34","slug":"beachwood-of-long-beachs-beloved-local-breweries-launches-house-made-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/beachwood-of-long-beachs-beloved-local-breweries-launches-house-made-spirits","title":{"rendered":"Beachwood, one of Long Beach\u2019s beloved local breweries, launches house-made spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s not just Beachwood Brewing anymore, it\u2019s Beachwood Brewing and Distilling. The local brewpub that\u2019s been a fixture in various Long Beach locations for years has started serving up cocktails made with its own spirits at its spot in Bixby Knolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new in-house gin, vodka and rum are featured in tiki drinks alongside classics like the mojito, negroni and gin & tonic (in four different flavors).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only do they create all of the spirits, but other cocktail elements are also made in-house. That includes bitters, ginger beer, tonic water and even Campari \u2014 an Italian liqueur used in Negronis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brewmaster and co-owner Julian Shrago has been brewing beer since the mid-\u201990s but has recently focused on expanding his brewing mastery to spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted to differentiate ourselves with grain-to-glass products served over our own bar,\u201d Shrago said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can try the house gin in a $15 Saturn cocktail with passionfruit, lemon and orgeat \u2014 a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar and rose water or orange flower water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house vodka comes in the $16 Chi Chi, Beachwood\u2019s twist on the pi\u00f1a colada with pineapple, coconut cream and fresh lime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also the 1944 Mai Tai for $15, which features house rum, lime, orgeat and orange cura\u00e7ao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(From left to right) The Moscow Mule, Tradewinds, Mojito and Gimlet cocktails available at Beachwood Brewing & Distilling in Long Beach’s Bixby Knolls neighborhood. Photo courtesy Beachwood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shrago worked in aerospace engineering for 12 years before leaving to pursue brewing full-time with Beachwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said he uses knowledge from his engineering background daily to operate the production facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy brain flexes just the same,\u201d Shrago said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and co-owner Gabe Gordon were originally planning to serve the cocktails at Beachwood’s Blendery location in Downtown Long Beach, but the infrastructure at the Bixby Knolls location presented a better opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weeks ago, the Bixby Knolls location also began serving food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shrago recommends the Bixby Tropic Burger, which comes with grilled pineapple, paired with a rum cocktail like the mojito or daiquiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For $40, you can have the Painkiller, Jungle Bird or Chi Chi cocktails in a take-home souvenir mug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Painkiller comes in an octopus, while the Jungle Bird comes in a parrot and the Chi Chi comes in a tiki head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The menu also includes the $16 Golden West burger with bacon, shallots, muenster and American cheeses, house BBQ sauce, pickles, jalapenos and mustard on a buttered and toasted brioche bun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salad, wings and fries are other food options along with wood-fired sourdough bread topped with whipped ricotta cheese, roasted garlic and herbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the launch of its distilled spirits, the Bixby Knolls location joins Willie\u2019s Tin Shop in California Heights and Broken Spirits Downtown as the only distilleries in Long Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, they plan to ship their spirits and some pre-mixed cocktails, but for now, they are taking it one step at a time, Shrago said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo start we want to keep that experience at Beachwood, that way they get the full curated experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beachwood Brewing & Distilling, 3630 Atlantic Ave., is open Wednesday and Thursday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also offer \u201cHoppy\u201d Hour Wednesday and Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with $2 off full-pour draft beers.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beachwood Brewing has started serving up its own gin, vodka and rum at its Bixby Knolls location.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":72106,"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":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-83349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83349","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\/23521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83356,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83349\/revisions\/83356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83349"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=83349"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=83349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}