Brewery Spotlight: Chuckanut Brewery

Thursday, October 22

Chuckanut is one of those breweries we keep coming back to because they make deceptively simple beer very, very well. For this Brewery Spotlight, we’re putting together a small four-beer menu that looks pretty similar on paper: pale, crisp, refreshing beer. But drink them side by side and the differences start to become the interesting part. The pleasure is in the details: bitterness, malt character, fermentation, hops, body and finish.

The Beers

Chuckanut Pilsner
The classic starting point. Chuckanut’s Bohemian-style Pilsner is cold fermented and aged for an extended period, with a dry, floral and snappy profile.

Highland Park Collab West Coast Pils

Japanese Style Lager
Lighter and more delicate, brewed with rice flakes for a leaner body and dry finish. Noble hops keep it crisp without overwhelming the beer.

Kölsch
Technically an ale rather than a lager, but designed with the same kind of restraint. Chuckanut’s version is light-bodied, gently malty and dry, giving us another way to look at how fermentation changes a pale, refreshing beer.

Four beers. Four different approaches to balance.

Come taste through them side by side and see which details stand out to you.