Beachwood BBQ and Brewing

This place is tucked away in the pedestrian promenade of Downtown Long Beach. There is ample outdoor seating, as well as some indoor seating. They have a good number of beers on tap as well as a bunch of Blendery beers. The Blendery beers are pretty expensive for the small pours, but worth it. Four ounce pours are otherwise available at at a reasonable price. In addition, they have a huge selection of bottles (Blendery bottles as well as 3F, The Bruery, De Molen, and a number of other heavy hitters), which you cam drink there or take to-go. The food was not the best BBQ I had, but it was still quite tasty and did not feel like a wasted meal. Staff was super nice and friendly. I really enjoyed my visit.

Visited with Mike in 2018 during ASEH. Beers were pretty decent, but the real star was the food. Glad to catch up with Mike at this easily accessible brewery.

Visited Saturday dinnertime... busy but not crowded, we were seated right away. Hard to find the first time, look for the red neon sign. Weird setup where you go to the bar to order anything (equals waiting for people ahead to decide what they want), and they bring it to your table. I had a Simcoast IPA that was very nice, wife had a cider that was kinda thin and winey. But her pulled pork sandwich, though average plus, was way better than my brisket, which was chopped to mush and super sugary. Expensive... pints are $7.50 to $9.00. It was like fifty bucks for two pints and two bbq sandwiches.

Located in a pretty part of downtown Long Beach with easy, metered street parking available. Beautiful setup, which lots of patio and inside seating. Loads of beers on tap, including a large selection from Beachwood Blendery as well. You order up at the bar and they bring your beers out to you. No flights (maybe a Covid thing?), but 4 oz pours of most beers for a pretty reasonable price ($3.50-$5 plus tax for most). Really good beer quality across the board—they nail everything. Really great service too. Worth the trek out here when in greater LA. They have a great reputation for a reason.

I really like the setup of this place! Very trendy in a nice part of Downtown Long Beach. Outside areas to sit...nice, comfortable bar to chill at. Customer service was great and felt welcomed and taken care of. Excellent choices of beer and the food was pretty good! This will be a go to spot for me when traveling!

Went on a Saturday afternoon during the playoffs at around 2:00 in the afternoon (needed to do some work). Pretty uncrowded and reasonably quiet with the games on. But who cares about that stuff. The beer is the star here. They do flights, half pours, full pours and have some bottles to take out. I had a flight and a couple of half pours and the worst of the stuff I had would be near the top of the line elsewhere. The best of the stuff I had would be top of the line anywhere. Checking in on Untappd, everything had a very low number of reviews so you know this place rotates their selection a lot as well. This is the highest rated beer place in the greater LA region for a reason. If you love beer and have time to trek down to Long Beach and don't go here, you are doing yourself a disservice. Did not try the food (had already eaten) but it looked excellent as well.

Visited on a Wednesday afternoon. Newer building, located a bit off the street on a pedestrian walkway. Flat layout, with seating at a long bar, or at restaurant tables and booths in an indoor / outdoor space that garage doors letting in air. Large patio. Beer selection is 18 house beers, full pour, half pour or flights. Also have 12 well chosen guests. Food menu is BBQ, and what my neighbors were eating look good. Friendly service. To go beer also available as cans, bottles, crowlers and growlers. Relaxed vibe, great beers.

76 = *** (Worth the visit, must for locals, and visitors with time)

I only use the total score, not the component parts.

In around noon after some time on the beach on the last Wednesday in June 2016. Pretty full crowd outside for lunch, but inside was much more relaxed and the bar was relatively empty, so seating was quick and easy. Lots of house beers on, 17 of their own, and another 15 or so guest taps. Food was excellent. I ended up taking a solo trip here again a few days later as I wanted to check out the blendery, but this opens earlier in the day so I stopped here first. Pretty sure in those short few days a number of beers had already changed over. Going back to LA again in a few days and this is high on my list of places to revisit. Great staff, good beers and food. Worth the trip.