BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse

Commercial Brewery | United States of America

Vital Statistics

Affiliated Venues

BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse (Redmond, WA, United States of America)
BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse (San Bruno, CA, United States of America)

Beers

Overall average: 64 (logged 13 times)
BJ's Abbey Normal: 67 (logged 1 time)
Belgian Dubbel Ale
BJ's Brewhouse Blonde: 67 (logged 1 time)
Kölsch
BJ's Double IPA
American India Pale Ale / IPA (Imperial / Double)
BJ's Field Day IPA
American India Pale Ale / IPA (Wet Hop)
BJ's Goliath Imperial Red Ale: 67 (logged 1 time)
Amber / Red Ale (Imperial / Double)
BJ's Grand Cru: 46 (logged 2 times)
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
BJ's Harvest Hefeweizen
Bavarian Hefeweizen
BJ's HopStorm IPA
American India Pale Ale / IPA
BJ's Jeremiah Red
Amber / Red Ale
BJ's LightSwitch Lager: 67 (logged 1 time)
Light Lager
BJ's Magnolia's Peach: 75 (logged 1 time)
Fruit Beer
BJ's Nit Wit
Witbier
BJ's Nutty Brewnette: 75 (logged 1 time)
Brown Ale
BJ's Oasis Amber
Amber / Red Ale
BJ's Oktoberfest: 67 (logged 2 times)
Märzenbier / Oktoberfestbier
BJ's Piranha Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
BJ's PM Porter: 42 (logged 1 time)
Porter
BJ's Pumpkin Ale: 75 (logged 2 times)
Pumpkin Ale
BJ's Tatonka Stout
Stout (Imperial / Double)

Collaborations

BJ's Camaraderie Ale (collaboration)
Belgian Tripel Ale

Logs for beers from this brewery

Biscuity Belgian ale, light yeast character. Pretty noticeable alcohol flavor. A few years ago I had one of these that I thought was undrinkable, but this was different; perfectly pleasant if a bit strong, but not especially remarkable.
I had two glasses of this and they tasted completely different. The second was from a freshly tapped keg so I'm going to assume it's more true to intent. Fresh, orange-citrus hop fragrance followed by a light fruity flavor; not super-peachy but enough to be recognizable. Mild finish and super-drinkable, especially with food.
Perfectly ok sweetish lager with some vaguely fruity notes and good malt. Not my preference for the style but decent. And the company was great.
Sickly sweet, like plum wine spiked with clove. Drank like syrup. Normally I find BJ's beers to be inoffensive and drinkable, but this was just gross. It's hard to believe how much they hype this beer up, too.
Spice-forward dubbel with a thinnish but okay flavor.
Caramelly and hoppy in equal measure, a decent red. Not especially deep; the imperial-ness, it seems, shows up mostly as boozy flavor.
Light summery beer with an overt cereal body and slight yeasty-sweet tang. That last bit is the lasting impression and it seems to come at the price of crispness, but it wasn't a bad beer at all.
In general, I've been pleasantly surprised with BJ's beers. They're all drinkable, if not especially memorable. This "light beer" has some nice grain flavor and some poppy effervescence and is about exactly what I was looking for when I ordered it.
Slight coffee on the nose, with a very light and dry roasty, slightly nutty taste. The finish is clean and lightly malty. Nice caramel.
Nice to see a pumpkin ale that doesn't rely on sweetness or heavy spicing. This has a vegetal mustiness and understated pie spice with the strong impression that any sugar is coming right off the gourd. I liked it.
Nice heavy malt with some dry tang to offset it. A bit chewy rather than crisp, but quite decent. Comparable to Sam Adams in this category, but less sweet.
On nitro it's like a lighter version of a Guinness, but this is the second nitro beer in a row that's smelled of dishwater for me.