Aslan Brewing & Patagonia Provisions Collaborate on Kernza Lager

This past summer, Aslan Brewing Company partnered with Patagonia Provisions, the food and beverage business of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, on its version of Kernza Lager. Now the beer is available in 6-pack, 12oz cans.

Kernza Lager is the latest beer endeavor from Patagonia Provisions as it has partnered with eleven independent US craft breweries to introduce lager-style beers brewed with Regenerative Organic Certified Kernza and other organic ingredients. Each brewery partner’s beer will be unique, exclusive to its geography, The objective of the Patagonia beer partnership program is to scale regenerative farming practices and perennial ingredients that improve soil health, restore ecosystems, and help fight the climate crisis.

“Patagonia is thrilled to partner with Aslan Brewing Company, a Certified B Corporation that brews certified organic craft beers,” says Paul Lightfoot, Patagonia Provision’s General Manager. “Craft beer drinkers want delicious, high-quality beer made with clean ingredients that are better for the planet, and we look forward to bringing that beer to Patagonia customers with Aslan in Washington.”

Brewed with Chinook and Pekko hops, Pilsner malt, and Regenerative Organic Certified Kernza, The Kernza that Aslan used is sourced from A-Frame Farm, a 1,200-acre Regenerative Organic Certified® farm in Madison, Minnesota.

Aslan’s Kernza Lager is a bright, easy-drinking, organic pilsner with a slightly nutty malt characteristic provided by Kernza. It’s perfectly balanced by the lemon-forward, piney, and floral notes from the hops. The lager is also quite sessionable at just 4.5% ABV.

Participating breweries and Patagonia will each contribute 1% of Patagonia beer sales to a local non-profit that supports environmental initiatives and meets 1% for the Planet eligibility criteria. Aslan’s Kernza Lager will benefit Surfrider Foundation’s Northwest Straits Chapter, to help in making the Pacific Northwest a better, cleaner place to live through the protection of the world’s oceans, waves, and beaches.

“We’ve really looked forward to partnering with Patagonia Provisions, a company with similar values of protecting our planet through the production of high-quality goods made from organic ingredients,” says Aslan’s Marketing Director, Georgi Shillington. “Our Kernza Lager is 100% organic, like all of our beers, but we are thrilled to be using a Regenerative Organic Certified perennial grain for the first time! This beer is helping us lead the brewing industry into actively fighting the climate crisis and we hope to see a growth in organic brewing practices in the future.”