Cardinal Craft Brewing

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26 2026

On Tap

Mi vida Lager

Latin American lager beers are light, crisp, and refreshing pale lagers typically brewed with adjuncts like corn, rice, or cane sugar to soften the body and combat warm weather.

Padilla Bay Passion Fruit Blonde
2026 Final Project Cardinal Ghost Common Lager

The California common is brewed with lager yeast but fermented at ale fermentation temperatures. There is a noticeable degree of toasted malt and/or caramel-like malt character in flavor and often in aroma. Often referred to as “steam beer". Woody and mint flavor are classic notes from the Northern Brewer hops.

West Coast IPA

A West Coast India Pale Ale (IPA) is a hop-forward American beer style known for its crystal-clear appearance, high bitterness, dry finish, and bold pine or citrus flavors. It originated in California and the Pacific Northwest during the American craft beer revolution.

CCB Hard Seltzer

Gluten Free Neutral Base Hard Seltzer! Ask for our current flavors. We take the neutral seltzer and add flavoring from Amoretti to order so we can rotate flavors, kinda like an old soda fountain! One Tap Multiple Flavors Available!

Hazy IPA

Emphasizing hop aroma and flavor without bracing bitterness, the Hazy IPA leans heavily on late and dry hopping techniques to deliver a bursting juicy, tropical hop experience. The skillful balance of technique and ingredient selection, often including the addition of wheat or oats, lends an alluring haze to this popular take on the American IPA.

Centennial Red Ale

Skagit Valley College turns 100 in 2026! To celebrate we created a Red Ale featuring Skagit Valley Malting Pilot Pale Malt and Centennial Hops from the Yakima Valley. A red ale lends to the perception of medium hop bitterness, flavor and aroma. Coupled with a solid malt profile, this should be a beer with balance between hop bitterness and malt sweetness.

Golden Lager **Kill The Keg**

This Golden Lager has little in the way of hop and malt character. A straw to gold, very clean and crisp. lager has little in the way of hop and malt character. A straw to gold, very clean and crisp this one has us looking forward to the warmer Spring days...

Robust Porter "2026 NABA Silver Medal Winner"

The Robust Porter features more bitter and roasted malt flavor than a brown porter, but not quite as much as a stout. Robust porters have a roast malt flavor, often reminiscent of cocoa, but no roast barley flavor. Their caramel and malty sweetness is in harmony with the sharp bitterness of black malt.

English Dark Mild "2026 and 2025 Medal Winner"

Malt and caramel are part of the flavor and aroma profile of the English-style mild and Hop bitterness is very low to low. These beers are very low in alcohol, yet often are still medium-bodied due to increased dextrin malts. This is a two time International Beer Awards Medal Winner 2026 Gold and 2025 Bronze!!

Northwest IPA

PNW IPA brewed with 2 Row and Munich malts for a light golden color. This refreshing IPA has Chinook and Cascade hops throughout the boil for the traditional hop bitterness and pleasant aromas.

Centennial Blonde Ale

Skagit Valley College turns 100 in 2026! To celebrate we created a Blonde Ale featuring Skagit Valley Malting Pilot Pale Malt and Centennial Hops from the Yakima Valley. Blonde ale is an easy-drinking beer that is visually appealing, rounded and smooth