About
ilk Beer is a craft brewery brewing and serving in downtown Olympia, WA, offering a wide range of innovative beers including pilsners, IPAs, pale ales, lagers, stouts, and hop water. They focus on honest, balanced brews with unique hops, malts, and collaborations, often drawing from personal stories, family traditions, and local influences. Their lineup features both core beers in 12 oz cans and seasonal 16 oz releases, emphasizing crisp, flavorful, and sessionable options.
Pilsners and lagers
Hazy and West Coast IPAs
Family-inspired Mexican-style lagers
Collaborative beers
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What They Make
ilk Pils
Honest and true pilsner made with American grown malt, corn grits, Yakima valley Adeena hops and rotating German hops. Crisp and clean, herbal and lightly fruity, bitter and well balanced.
ilk WC IPA
Slightly hazy and firmly bitter IPA with Citra and Mosaic hops plus rotating classic or modern IPA hops.
ilk Pale
Lightly hazy pale ale with pils and pale malts, flaked oats, hopped and dry hopped with Citra, Cascade and Galaxy.
ilk Hop Water
Hoppy, refreshing sparkling water with rotating blend of hops and fruit flavors. Case of 24x 12 oz cans.
Villarreal
Cereal mash of corn grits, Vienna malt, and pils, hopped with Saaz. 2025 WA Beer Awards Gold Medal.
Salazar Family Lager
Vienna malt, corn and pinch of dark malt. Family-inspired.
Awards
Gold Medal
2025
Latest News
Most recent packaging dates include Salazar Family Lager, ilk Milk, and Praise the Ray! on 4/8/26; Villarreal and Dive on 3/25/26.