First house root beer
The brewing operation expanded beyond beer with its first house root beer.
What’s brewing now
Keep the core. Keep experimenting.
The 2026 season expanded BrewCo’s range with first-time ingredients and styles while keeping the flagship lineup and Spruce Tip Blonde at the center.
801.99Beer barrels reported so far in 2026
923.59Total 2026 production incl. root beer + seltzer
15 hrOregon Citra harvest to Skagway brew process
#1People’s Choice Best Overall · Haines Beerfest 2026
2026 firsts
A bigger sandbox for the brewing team.
First hard seltzer
The team added a first hard-seltzer program to the 2026 production mix.
First fruit beer
Assistant brewer Jacob Waldren led a Blueberry Cream Ale, BrewCo’s first fruit beer.
First fresh-hop ale
Citra hops moved from an Oregon farm into the Skagway brew process in roughly 15 hours.
First coffee beer
A Golden Stout paired coffee with cacao nibs for a lighter-colored beer with darker flavor cues.
New IPA direction
Off Broadway IPA shifted from hazy to West Coast style, with a consistent base and rotating dry-hop combinations.
Northern collaboration
Skagway ↔ Whitehorse.
BrewCo’s relationship with Woodcutter’s Blanket in Whitehorse continued into 2026 with a collaborative Wee Heavy after the earlier Cascadian Dark IPA project. The common thread is a small northern brewing community sharing recipes, process knowledge and ingredients across the border.
Read the collaboration story →