Grapefruit IPA
- ABV
- 7.0%
- Style
- West Coast IPA
- Glass
- Tulip
Spring seasonal. Freshly harvested grapefruit from a tree on D Street, peeled and zested by hand. Crisp, mild bitterness, citrus rind on the finish.
- citrus
- crisp
- mild
“A person working with their hands, brain, and heart is an artist.”
Pacific Nomad began in a garage on a quiet street in Davis, with one fermenter, a notebook of hand-drawn diagrams, and the stubborn idea that a beer should taste like the place it was made — not like every other can on the shelf.
Every batch is brewed by one person, after weeks of meticulous research. Wild yeasts coaxed from the air over Norwegian farmsteads. Pomegranates picked from a friend's tree on D Street. Hops weighed, water adjusted, temperature watched. No shortcuts. No marketing department. No flagship.
What we make rotates with the seasons and the harvest. We open the doors by appointment — pour you what's on, talk you through how it came to be, and send you off with a bottle if there's one to spare.
What's pouring right now. Lists rotate; if you're driving in for one in particular, text us first.
Spring seasonal. Freshly harvested grapefruit from a tree on D Street, peeled and zested by hand. Crisp, mild bitterness, citrus rind on the finish.
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Soft, hazy, cloudbank-pale. Stone fruit on the front, tropical mango through the middle, grapefruit at the close. Pillowy and very drinkable for the strength.
A farmhouse ale brewed with kveik yeast traced back to a Norwegian farmstead, fermented warm in our Davis garage. Orange peel, faint spice, surprisingly clean.
Annual release, fermented with champagne yeast and pomegranates from a tree we drive past every fall. Tart, dry, ruby-bright. Pours like rosé.
Resting in tanks, oak, or carboys. We'll text the list when one breaks the surface.
Mexican-style lager · ~6.0% ABV
A clean, lime-friendly lager with a honest backbone — built for the long Davis summer.
Barrel-aged sweet stout · 13%+ ABV
Coconut-and-vanilla-conditioned imperial stout, sleeping in bourbon oak until the night feels right.
Once a year — usually around the shortest days — we open the garage for the Annual Holiday Pour. Friends, neighbors, regulars, and the curious crowd in for whatever's on, plus a bottle or two we've been hiding all year.
A small album from the seventh.
Want an invite to next year's? Send a text.
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Davis, California
We're a one-person operation. A text the day before is gold; a few days' notice is better. Tell us how many are coming and what you've been curious to try — we'll set aside a flight.