Chuckanut Brewery and Aslan Brewing are pleased to announce their West Coast Pils Collaboration will be out in the markets in both draft and cans. Chuckanut has been good friends since Aslan opened in 2014, six years after Chuckanut was established in Bellingham, Washington.
Brewing with friends is always fun and making the West Coast Pils brought the two breweries together for a great NW beer style. West Coast Pils is the Lagered cousin of the popular West Coast IPA. A special tapping will take place September 10 at 5 p.m. at the Aslan Depot (1322 N State St, Bellingham).
This beer showcases a star studded list of hops with its juice bar, grapefruit and lychee aromas and flavors in a crisp golden lager. Kettle hops include Spalt, Amarillo and Centennial plus it’s dry-hopped with Cryo-Mosaic, Strata and Comet. The West Coast Pils is a hoppy bright beer that’s great on its own or paired with Shrimp Scampi or a spicy Thai dish like Green Papaya Salad.
Brewing the West Coast Pils at the Chuckanut Brewery in Skagit at the Port of Skagit on the original brew system that was in Bellingham brought back lots of memories. The small 10bbl system was in Chuckanut’s original North Nut Brewery & Kitchen for 13 years until Chuckanut closed that location and moved the little brewhouse system to storage waiting for their expansion project was reinstalled in Skagit. Just this year, in spring 2025, the system was re-installed and brewing again. This 10bbl system saw many brewers working alongside Will Kemper, Chuckanut’s Brewmaster, who went on to make their own breweries including Josh Pfriem (Pfriem Family Brewers), Kevin Davey (was Wayfinder now Gold Dot/Heater Allen), Bryan Cardwell (Structures) and others. Besides this West Coast Pils Collab many more will follow including CBGB Dark Czech Lager (collab with Austin Beer Garden Brewery ABGB), American Pilsner (collab with Breakside Brewing), New Zealand Pilsner with famed bottleshop Special Brews, Baltic Porter (collab with Bierstadt and Bagby Beer) among others. Stay tuned for these and other collab beers coming out of Chuckanut Brewery and make sure to try them.
West Coast Pils Chuckanut/Aslan Collaboration will be available at Chuckanut’s South Nut Tap Room, and the four Aslan locations (Aslan Brewpub and Aslan Depot in Bellingham as well as Aslan Fremont and Aslan Tangeltown). West Coast Pils cans and draft can also be found in various specialty grocers and bottleshops around the Northwest and Portland, OR.
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