Cardinal Craft Brewing

German-style Kolsch is a beer hybrid, meaning that its production and subsequent beer drinking experience saddles qualities of both lager beers and ale beers. These light and refreshing ale-lager hybrids are perfect for warm summer days and have become a favored style by American craft brewers and beer lovers

Vienna Lager ranges from copper to reddish brown in color. The beer is characterized by malty aroma and slight malt sweetness. The malt aroma and flavor should have a notable degree of toasted and/or slightly roasted malt character. Hop bitterness is low to medium-low.

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...

The addition of oatmeal adds a smooth, rich body to the oatmeal stout. This beer style is dark brown to black in color. Roasted malt character is caramel-like and chocolate-like, and should be smooth and not bitter. Coffee-like roasted barley and malt aromas are prominent. Cold brew coffee was added to the conditioning tank to give this beer a rich aroma and coffee flavor profile.

American amber ale is one of the most widely enjoyed styles throughout the United States and serves as a cornerstone style of the American craft brewing revolution. American Amber is darker in color than their pale ale cousins, the presence of caramel and crystal malts lending a toasted, toffee flavor.

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.

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.

Dole-Licious IPA is a Hazy IPA that has been infused with 100% Dole Pineapple Juice for a tropical flavor and aroma. Made with Skagit Valley Malt and hopped with Chinook and Azacca.

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.

For you malt fans. The Scotch ale is malty, with a rich and dominant sweet malt flavor and aroma. A caramel character is often part of the profile. Some examples feature a light smoked peat flavor. Skagit Valley Malting’s rich peat smoked malt infuses this sweet medium bodied 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