Good news for Oregon, but also good news for everyone who lives within the Chuckanut Brewery distribution footprint. The award-winning, lager-focused brewery recently installed a new canning line at its brewery in Burlington, Washington and that will facilitate broader distribution of its beers. The expansion will see cans of Chuckanut Brewery’s beers enter the Oregon market starting immediately. Day One Distribution is distributing the beer in Oregon. There is a release party at Belmont Station in Portland today (Jan. 8th). Here is the press release announcing the expanded distribution.
Chuckanut Brewery Releases Cans for Distribution in Oregon
Portland, OR – (January 8th, 2025): Specialty craft beer distributor Day One Distribution is excited to announce the first-ever release of Chuckanut Brewery’s flagship Bohemian-style Pilsner Lager and Kölsch German-style Ale in the 12oz six-pack format in Oregon. In celebration, a release party will take place this evening at Belmont Station in Portland, and cans will be available throughout our distribution footprint starting tomorrow.
Over the past 3.5 years, Chuckanut – an award-winning brewery focused on traditional European-style Lagers and Ales based in Burlington, Washington, has been hard at work expanding the footprint of its production facility and taproom located adjacent to the Port of Skagit.
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While their original brewery & taproom in Bellingham closed in 2021 and the Portland P-Nut taproom both opened and closed over that same timeframe, they’ve also been simultaneously focused on doubling the size of their production space to keep up with increasing demand for draft, but to also bring online a new, state-of-the-art canning line.
“Our canning line is up and running and we are sending out cans to all our distributors in the North, Greater Seattle region, and to Oregon,” exclaimed Chuckanut co-owner Mari Kemper. “Yes, we are starting with Kölsch and Pilsner then we’ll move on to our seasonals – Japanese Style Lager in winter, Mexican Style Lager in spring, and Fest Bier in fall.”
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Their new canning line arrived in Burlington in December, and they’ve been hard at work dialing everything in to enable their first canning runs to start off the new year. Just today, Day One Distribution received not only an abundance of Chuckanut’s Pilsner and Kölsch cases in cans but also a variety of seasonal kegs, including Vienna Lager, Export Stout, Citra Leaf Pilsner, Rye Lager, and Dunkel Lager.
“The prospect of a new canning line on the horizon, announced as part of their expansion a few years back, was very welcome news throughout the beer community in Portland,” says Day One founder Robby Roda. “Previous to today, their Portland taproom was the only place one could find Chuckanut in the 12oz can format, but now it’ll be available everywhere we distribute in Oregon, and we couldn’t be happier!”
About Chuckanut Brewery:
Chuckanut Brewery brews award-winning Lagers and Ales and has won Large Brewery of the Year at WA Beer Awards 2017, 2019, and 2021 and Small Brewery at the GABF 2011 and 2009. The production facility and Tap Room in Skagit Valley is at 11937 Higgins Airport Way, Burlington, WA. Guests of all ages are welcome (including dogs), and there’s indoor and outdoor seating! Check out additional information about Chuckanut at chuckanutbrewery.com.
About Day One Distribution:
Day One Distribution was launched in the summer of 2016 by craft beer veteran Robby Roda. The initial focus was to supply in-demand small specialty craft beer from Southern California into the booming craft beer industry of Portland, Oregon. Today, Day One regularly distributes 20 local breweries and brings in over 80 different breweries from around the country each year for limited specialty releases, tap takeover events, and for distribution throughout the state of Oregon.
