Chuckanut Brewery Launches Cans for Oregon Distribution + 2025 Beer Release Calendar
After closing its Portland, Oregon taproom last year, Chuckanut Brewery is back in Oregon in 12 ounce aluminum cans. The Burlington, Washington based brewer has just delivered its first two can offerings – Bohemian-Style Pilsner Lager and Kölsch German-Style Ale – to Day One Distribution, its Oregon distributor.
To celebrate this debut in cans, Chuckanut Brewery will be at Belmont Station in Portland today from 4:00 – 7:00pm. Both the Bohemian-Style Pilsner Lager and Kölsch German-Style Ale will be available in cans and Citra Leaf Pilsner, Export Stout, and Kölsch will also be on draft. Both cans will hit the rest of Day One Distribution’s footprint beginning tomorrow.
Over the past few years, Chuckanut Brewery has been eyeing an expansion of its can offerings. Its beers had been packaged in bottles but with the popularity of cans, the brewer knew it needed to head in that direction. To get the space necessary for canning, Chuckanut Brewery expanded on to its production brewery in Burlington, nearly doubling its size.
“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.”
Their new canning line arrived in Burlington in December 2024 and the team has 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 fine Chuckanut in the 12oz can format, but now it’ll be available everywhere we distribute in Oregon and we couldn’t be happier!”
To learn more about Chuckanut Brewery, visit chuckanutbrewery.com.
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.