Cardinal Craft Brewing Introduces the SVC Mobile Food Lab

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How can Cardinal Craft Brewing make Thursday curbside pickup better? Introducing the Skagit Valley College (SVC) Mobile Food Lab! SVC’s culinary students will join us in our parking lot this Thursday selling delicious anytime breakfast! Menu includes:

  • Breakfast Tacos
  • Spanish Tortilla
  • Chicken Fried Steak Sandwiches
  • Smoked Salmon on Home-Made Bagels
  • Stone Fruit Salad

New on tap: “The Storm” Honey Smacks Blonde.  A crisp, dry Blonde ale brewed with Honey Smacks & Golden Crisp Cereal along with an ample addition of honey.  This is the third release of our 2019-2020 final project brews.  We suggest pairing any of these menu items with our Viva Farms Strawberry Blonde, “Drink Up Butter Cup” Peanut Butter Stout, “The Storm” Honey Smacks Blonde or Honey Kolsch!

Place your online beer order today and check out the Food Lab during pickup.  Take home “breakfast for dinner” and beer in one stop!

Two Pack pricing continues this week on our Redemption Irish Red, Intergalactic Saison, and Not Your Ordinary Bitter. While supplies last, Two Packs are $10! Our 32 oz. Crowler cans are filled to order -just place your order online anytime during the week before midnight Wednesday, and we’ll have it ready for you in our drive-up pickup area on Thursdays between 3-7p.m.

You don’t even have to leave your car!

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Craft Beer AND Stout Cupcakes!

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Cardinal Craft Brewing open on Thursdays for curbside pickup – Our first two weeks have been a success -thank you for coming out to support us!

New on tap this week is our Calm Before the Storm Cream Ale. In addition to 9 other brews, you are sure to find something you’d like to take home.

NEW THIS WEEK, we are featuring Irish Stout Mini Cupcakes and Pear Apple Almond Galette’s from SVC Bakery. Simply add the sweet treats to your online order.

Our 32 oz. Crowler cans are filled to order -just place your order online anytime during the week before midnight Wednesday, and we’ll have it ready for you in our driveup pickup area on Thursdays between 3-7p.m. You don’t even have to leave your car!

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Chuckanut Collaboration for SF2PFEST Now Available in Bottles

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A new Chuckanut collaboration beer called 2 Amigos is now available in bottles around the Northwest. This great Mexican Style Dark Lager was brewed at South Nut with the help of the Skagit Valley College Brew  Program. Made with Skagit Valley Malt to showcase farmers and maltsters as well as the brew program at the county college, 2 Amigos follows a traditional Mexican-Style dark lager recipe. It’s an easy-drinking beer with smooth flavors and an effervescent light body despite its dark color. Great for a dark beer choice on a hot, beachy day!

 

The Skagit Valley College Brew Program is located in a nearby building to South Nut and is known as Cardinal Brewing. Our Operations Manager, Joe Heldt, was a graduate of their first graduating class and Chuckanut owners Mari and Will Kemper are on the steering committee for the program at the College. Skagit Valley Malt uses locally grown grains and malts them a block away from Chuckanut’s South Nut at the Port of Skagit. This friend centric beer celebrates all that’s local. Chuckanut’s 2 Amigos Mexican Style Dark lager celebrates all the friendships that have been developed over the years. Raise a pint to friends with Chuckanut’s 2 Amigos!

3 Ways to Support Skagit Valley Breweries

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We love beer and we love our local breweries.  Here are 3 ways to support our local breweries.

1:  Buy local beer at your local grocery store.

Now is the time to make the leap and try something new and local if you aren’t already.   Introducing the Spring Valley Lager!  Members of Skagit Farm to Pint joined forces to create the 2020 Skagit Valley Spring Lager, a beer celebrating Skagit Valley’s home-grown barley and the Valley’s independent craft brewers. Thanks to Farmstrong Brewing, who donated its time and tank space, this limited-edition keg, and can release was going to be available throughout Skagit Valley for Skagit Beer Week and at Skagit Farm to Pint FEST.  Now, Skagit Valley Spring Lager is available at your local grocery store.  If you don’t see it, please ask them to carry it!  You can also pick it up at Farmstrong Brewing, Anacortes Brewery, Chuckanut Brewery, Garden Path Fermentation, and Northsound Brewing.

You will not only be helping out your local breweries, but you will also be helping out the YMCA Teen Oasis who will receive a portion of the profits.

Skagit Valley Spring Lager

2: Buy straight from the taproom and opt for curbside pick-up or delivery.

See the list below of our local breweries along with details on how to purchase direct.

3:  Buy a ticket to Skagit Farm to Pint FEST or hold onto your ticket if you already purchased tickets.

We are postponing Skagit Farm to Pint FEST to April 3, 2021.  Purchase HERE.

Skagit Farm to Pint Brewery Offerings

Anacortes Brewery is offering food to go with curbside delivery right in front of the Rockfish Grill.  “We also have beer to go in 16 oz cans and 32/64 oz growlers and gifts cards,” says Rick Star, co-owner of Anacortes Brewery and Rockfish Grill.  Rockfish Grill is now offering wine bottles at 50% off, cocktails to go, and liter liquor bottles at grocery store prices.

Birdsview Brewing Co. is open 12-7, Tuesday-Sunday for take-out.  Order online for no contact patio pickup. They are offering growlers and crowlers.

Chuckanut Brewery is asking for people to email them or call with gift card requests.  They will snail mail the card to whoever you wish.   New hours: Wed-Thurs 3-6 pm and Fri-Sat 1-6 pm. You can call 360-752-3377 option 2 to make and pay for your order, then they will have it ready for curbside pick up when they arrive.  “Right now we have Kolsch, New World Ale and soon to have Pilsner in bottles as well as prefilled growlers of beers on draft in the Tap Room”, says co-owner Mari Kemp.  “We are hoping to bottle our Skagit College Brew Program 2 Amigos Dark Mexican Style Lager later this month! It’s made with Skagit Malt, and we had planned to serve it at Skagit Farm to Pint Fest and during Skagit Beer Week,” adds Mari.

District Brewing offers mobile ordering and front door pickup for their pizza, appetizers, salads and pasta.  Order by calling 360-873-6714.

Farmstrong Brewing and Ragged & Right Cider Project is open Tuesday-Friday from 3-7 and Saturday 12-5 for to-go purchases including;  packaged cans, draft crowlers, growlers, and kegs. Farmstrong can fill your crowler cans with both beer and cider!

Garden Path Fermentation is offering curbside pickup, as well as local delivery, and periodic regional delivery to Bellingham, Seattle, and points in between.  They are also licensed to ship products statewide, which they will start doing soon, in conjunction with their new online store, which they hope to have online in the next few weeks.  Details of the current offerings can be found at https://gardenpathwa.com/delivery.

Northsound Brewing is open for beer to go. They are filling growlers and have cans and kegs available to go. They will also deliver curbside to your car in the parking lot. Just call ahead 360-982-2057 and they will have it ready. Our new temp. hours are 2-6 pm M-TH, 1-6 pm Fri., Noon to 6 pm Sat./Sun.

Terramar Brewing encourages you to pick-up food while you are also stocking on on beer.  “We offer online ordering for gift cards and our entire menu for pickup.  You can also get Crowlers (a Crowler is a giant, 32 oz. can) to-go of any of our house-made beer, cider, and sodas,” says Chris Barker, co-owner of Terramar Brewing and Distilling. Chris adds, “The entire Terramar staff thanks you for your support during these challenging times. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces soon, even if it is through your car window. We will have dog biscuits at the ready in case your pup comes along for the ride!”  Curbside take-out & delivery hours: Wed-Mon 11:30 – 7pm.

192 Brewing in Mount Vernon is offering curbside pickup for food to go along with growlers of beer and cider.  “Simply call in your order, and we can assist with car delivery when you arrive,” says Derek Wyck, owner of 192 Brewing. Hours: Friday 3-7 and Saturday 1-6.

Bastion Brewing Co. is offering to-go/take out orders fro both beer and food.  Gift cards are also available.  “We will be offering deals on 4 and 6 pack cans to go,” says Kelly Solomon, GM of Bastion Brewing Co.

SVC Cardinal Craft Brewing closed until further notice.

Skagit River Brewery closed until further notice.

Chuckanut Beer Now in Bottles!

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There’s always a silver lining to a storm cloud and lucky for Chuckanut beer fans, it’s coming in the form of bottled Chuckanut Beer! The Coronavirus has made us all more creative with how we get our great beer to those who want it, just not at a favorite restaurant or pub. Instead, it’s got to be in the form of beer to go. Chuckanut is now offering its world-famous, award-winning beers in half-liter bottles!

Chuckanut_Brewery_Kolsch_BottlesChuckanut bottled beer will be available from NW Beverages in Washington state, Day One Distributors in Oregon, Dickerson Distributing in northwest Puget Sound and West Craft in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Chuckanut beer in half-liter bottles can be found at Metropolitan Markets, PCC, Town & Country and smaller bottle shops in the Puget Sound region. In Portland Chuckanut bottles will be located at Market of Choice, New Seasons Markets and smaller bottle shops and in the northwest Puget Sound it is on the shelves of the Community Food Co-op, Elizabeth Station and other grocers.

The first to be distributed around the Puget Sound, Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC areas is Kolsch, the current Gold Medal World Beer Cup winner that is a light-bodied soft malt-flavored ale that gives way to a crisp finish. Kolsch German Style Ale has undergone cold conditioning resulting in a slightly fruity aroma, effervescent quality, and smooth, easy finish. Great with sandwiches, seafood and any spicy foods it is a winner of multiple awards at the Great American Beer Festival (4 medals), World Beer Cup (2 medals), North American Beer Awards (5 medals) and WA Beer Awards (4 medals) since 2011.

Watch for other bottled Chuckanut beers in the future as these will come on-line as time permits. Whenever you reach for a Chuckanut beer you will be glad you did, they are always elegant, delicious and easy to drink!

Stock Your Beer While Stocking Your Pantry – Support Your Local Breweries!

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Skagitonians getting ready to hunker down at home should think about adding beer to their list of must-haves.  People have been clearing the grocery aisles of toilet paper, pasta, and chicken at Fred Meyer’s and Costco in Burlington.  Now, beer and wine are the next items on the list for many of us as we experience this global public health crisis – coronavirus pandemic.

“We have our bottle shop, where we sell a wide variety of beer, wine, and cider (and gift cards!). We’re also going to be rolling out an online curbside (or patio-side) pickup system next week so folks can buy bottles to go without coming inside,” says Amber Watts, co-owner of Garden Path Fermentation.

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Garden Path Fermentation Bottle Shop

Many of our local breweries also are restaurants.  Pick up food while you are stocking up on beer!  “We offer online ordering for gift cards and our entire menu for pickup.  You can also get Crowlers (a Crowler is a giant, 32 oz. can) to-go of any of our house-made beer, cider, and sodas,” says Chris Barker, co-owner of Terramar Brewing and Distilling.

Chris adds, “The entire Terramar staff thanks you for your support during these challenging times. We look forward to seeing your smiling faces soon, even if it is through your car window. We will have dog biscuits at the ready in case your pup comes along for the ride!”

Chuckanut Brewery is asking for people to email them or call with gift card requests.  They will snail mail the card to whoever you wish.  Even though they do not normally offer curbside delivery, you can call them to order bottled/growlers of beer and pay with a credit card over the phone.  When you arrive, call and they will deliver to you in the parking area.

Anacortes Brewery if offering food to go with curbside delivery right in front of the Rockfish Grill.  “We also have beer to go in 16 oz cans and 32/64 oz growlers and gifts cards,” says Rick Star, co-owner of Anacortes Brewery and Rockfish Grill.

192 Brewing in Mount Vernon is offering curbside pickup for food to go along with growlers of beer and cider.  “Simply call in your order, and we can assist with car delivery when you arrive,” says Derek Wyck, owner of 192 Brewing.

Bastion Brewing Co. is offering to-go/take out orders fro both beer and food.  Gift cards are also available.  “We will be offering deals on 4 and 6 pack cans to go,” says Kelly Solomon, GM of Bastion Brewing Co.

Farmstrong Brewing will be open Tuesday-Friday from 3-7 and Saturday 12-5 for to go purchases including;  packaged cans, draft crowlers, growlers, and kegs.

SVC Cardinal Craft Brewing will be closed through at least April 24th.

Northsound Brewing is working on beer delivery and offers growlers, cans and kegs to go.  You can buy a gift card as well.

Support Your Local Breweries and Keep Well!

 

 

The New Face of Ragged and Right Cider Project

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Whatever you do and whatever you make, according to Ragged and Right’s head cider maker Jacob Mitchell, it’s all about “finding the perfect balance”.

Starting in 2017 as an offshoot of Farmstrong Brewing, Ragged and Right Cider project (RRCP) started as a passion project. Eventually, the increased demands of beer expansion reduced the brand to limited flavors exclusively available inside the Mount Vernon taproom. Three months ago Farmstrong Brewing hired on Jacob Mitchell to not only assist in the brewery but to also take over, reimagine, and revitalize the Ragged and Right Cider Project.

Jacob Mitchell, Ragged and Right’s Head Cider Maker

Jacob’s passion for hard cider started at home, crafting small batches and sharing his varietals with family and friends. He later honed his skill at the Peter Mitchell Cider School at OSU and continued refining over his time at Eaglemount Cidery in Port Townsend. He then transitioned to Elemental in Woodinville as their head cider maker before finding his new home in the Skagit Valley to continue his nearly decade-long career in the industry.

“I love this area”, Jacob beams, “watching all the fertile farmland transition from nothing to a massive bounty every year is incredible.” When he and his girlfriend aren’t renovating their Airstream you can find them hiking their favorite ranges or fishing for Steelhead in the Skagit. His love of the valley went hand in hand with Farmstrong and Ragged and Right Cider Project’s dedication to sourcing locally whenever possible. Jacob was especially pleased to find that RRCP’s juice was not only from WA apples but was also fresh-pressed at Cedardale Orchards down the road.

“I love avoiding concentrate if I can. Fresh pressing retains so much more of the color, flavor, and tannins”. Jacob is also adamant about not adding sugar and back sweetening with only the highest quality flavors. His first creation for Ragged and Right was a mix of sweet tango apples and blackberry, cleverly named Blackberry Tango, that is already a smash hit at Farmstrong and select taprooms in the region.

Jacob’s First Creation: Blackberry Tango

Jacob is very excited to continue experimenting and already has plans for an apricot, bow hill blueberry, bourbon peach, and countless others. The thing he looks forward to the most is securing and experimenting with new and interesting apple varietal combinations, looking for the perfect blend that’s perfectly tangy, sweet, and acidic.

As Jacob continues his quest, we know that his addition to Ragged and Right was the perfect balance the project needed.

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Chuckanut’s New Beers for Early Spring

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Spring is in the air, the sun is showing its bright face bringing beer to our mind! Chuckanut has the crispies to keep you going as the weather warms and you get more active. The newest Chuckanut collaboration is with Zeeks Pizza called Zealander Pilsner. The big kahuna of this sessionable pilsner is New Zealand grown hops Rakau and Wai-Iti. These hops play together to give the beer a mixture of stonefruit, lemon and lime notes against a malt backbone of classic German Weyermann malts. Crisp, hoppy, and bold the Zealander Pilsner is begging to be had with your next slice of pizza.

Chuckanut’s Irish Dry Stout will be out soon, just in time to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Different from our regular winter seasonal Stout this traditional Irish style stout has an espresso-like flavor from the use of roasted malts. Lower in alcohol, it finishes dry and crisp and is made for celebrating. Very similar in tastes to the granddaddy of all stouts “Guinness” but more local!

Marzen Lager (March Bier) appears later in March to help celebrate spring. In Germany, this style was held in ice caves and brought out in March at the beer gardens. Amber and incomparably smooth with a round and slightly sweet palate, its spicy flavors complement the deep toffee-like aroma. Chuckanut Marzen has an appetizing bitterness that serves to balance rather than challenges the malt underpinnings. Its complicated malt bill makes this traditional Marzen one of the most tantalizing of lagers! Great with burgers and bbq now that the weather is changing and we start grilling.

Don’t forget the Doppelbock that was released for Valentine’s day. Third, in our big bier series, this is a smooth, dark rich lager with lots of dark, dried fruit flavors, and a balanced clean finish. Watch out for this beer with its 7.4% ABV it’s a lot easier to drink than you think!

Citra Leaf Pilsner continues its role as the hoppy lager of choice. Using Yakima Chief Citra Leaf hops in a basic Chuckanut Pilsner recipe this beer is for the hophead that wants a clean, citrus-inspired crispy Pilsner. Chuckanut intends to continue to brew this delightful hoppy lager year-round. If you don’t see it in your favorite beer joint, ask for it. It’s becoming a big favorite of Chuckanut fans.

Skagit Farm to Pint FEST 2020 Tickets Now On Sale!

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skagit_farm_pint_fest_2020_ticketsonsalePresented by the Port of Skagit, the 3rd Annual Skagit Farm to Pint FEST features all 14 Skagit Valley Breweries pairing a beer (featuring Skagit Valley grain) and a bite showcasing Genuine Skagit Valley ingredients. Skagit Valley’s Whiskey Fever and Sway Wild will be rockin’ the stage! Proceeds support the non-profit Farm Business Incubator and Training Program: Viva Farms – Long Live Farms!

WHEN: Grand Finale of Skagit Beer Week, Skagit Farm to Pint FEST is Saturday, April 4th, 2020 from 2-6 (General Admission).

WHY: Connect YOU to Skagit Valley Breweries & Bounty. Showcase Skagit Valley malt and local food. Support Viva Farms.

WHERE: Heritage Flight Museum at the Port of Skagit. New indoor restrooms this year for all!

TICKETS: 21+ ONLY

COUNTRY FINANCIAL VIP TICKETS includes 60-minute exclusive tasting prior to the event (1-6), swag bag, special VIP pairing, commemorative pint glass, 14 beer & bite pairings, unlimited beer samplings, live music, trivia, and games.

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS includes entrance to the festival starting at 2 pm, commemorative pint glass, 14 beer & bite pairings, unlimited beer samplings, live music, trivia, and games.

GROUP SALES & DD TICKETS AVAILABLE

BUY TICKETS HERE

Anacortes Brewery Releases and Events for February 2020

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New Releases

Sunrise IPA (ABV 6.2% / IBU 70) This bright modern style IPA is augmented with Lupulin powder packing a juicy citrus aroma. Skagit Valley malt, Vienna malt and wheat combine for a medium mouthfeel.  Late addition Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops add a bold, crisp finish.

Deception Pass Pale Ale (ABV 5.4%  /  IBU 40) Named for our most visited state park and featuring locally grown Skagit Valley Malt, this refreshing, session-able ale is golden in color with aromas of apricot and pine finishing with earthy citrus notes from dry hopping with Simcoe.

Events for February (WA State)

Dine Out to End Homelessness, 11:00 AM Thurs Feb 6, Rockfish Grill, Anacortes

Daddy Daughter Dance, 5 PM Sat Feb 22, Rockfish Grill, Anacortes

WA Beer Open House, 11 AM Sat Feb 29, Anacortes Brewery

 

Anacortes Brewery / Rockfish Grill
320 Commercial Ave
Anacortes WA 98221
360-588-1720