German-style KolschNorthwest Beer GuideMid-September, Washington, Bellingham, Growing Veterans Farm, ColumbusComment

Aslan Fresh Hop Kolsch

German-style KolschNorthwest Beer GuideMid-September, Washington, Bellingham, Growing Veterans Farm, ColumbusComment
Aslan Fresh Hop Kolsch

Released: Mid-September

Ingredients: Pilsner, Wheat malt and fresh Columbus hops from Growing Veterans

4.70% ABV | 20 IBU

A spin on a fresh hopped beer, this Kolsch is brewed with only fresh Columbus hops grown by Growing Veterans.

About the hops

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Columbus
Columbus

The exact lineage of the proprietary hop Columbus is unknown. Its namesake was created in part as the result of a legal dispute between Hopunion and Yakima Chief when both parties attempted to patent the same hop. Yakima Chief’s variety was named Tomahawk®. After an agreement was reached, both names were registered. They are technically the same hop however.

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About the Farm

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Growing Veterans Farm
Growing Veterans Farm

About Growing Veterans Farm

Growing Veterans was founded by a combat wounded USMC veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, Christopher Brown, and a former mental health counselor turned farmer, Christina Wolf. Together, they agreed using the farm as the catalyst for human connection and veteran reintegration could have a powerful impact on the health and well being of not only vets returning home, but the world. They were crazy enough to believe it could happen, and just smart enough to pull it off.

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