Direct, low cost access to Kernza® is a critical component to the future of premium spirits and high quality beers. Our commitment to the distilling and brewing industries comes with education and shared experencies, if learning how is something you'll need.
Distilling is, in our view, the among the highest and best uses of Kernza® perennial grain. The positive environmental impact of the deep roots carbon capture, waterways protection, soil health rejuvination provide the ability to show your responsibility to make a difference, in an industry not knows for sustainability.
"And there's something about Kernza®"....The smooth mouth feel, the softness, the floral notes, the slightly nutty flavor profile.
In our experience, the nutritional makeup of the grain offers something that few people have known or understood, until now. It lies in the grain itself, and the fact that pre-prohibition whiskey was different, better, because the starch content of grains like rye was so much lower, then.
Take the research of Todd Leopold, at Leopold Brothers in the YouTube clip. In the discovery and building of their pre-prohibition era 3 chamber still, Leopold discovered in historic documents that the starch content in rye long ago was 60%. Sadly (for whiskey), modern methods have lowered the quality in the chase for high yields, and has increased the flavorless starch content of rye to 80%. So Leopold searched and studied distilling, brewing, and malting, and discovered an artisan rye with lower (62%) starch, and the smooth mouth softeness of their whiskey returned.
Enter Kernza®. With a starch content of only 46%, and high protein of 19g, there is magic in the grain when used in its whole grain form as 100% Kernza premium whiskey. The. most experienced tasters of fine whiskey note "wonderful, soft, nutty aromas and smooth mouth feel", and the characteristic that "the burn of whiskey is gone"
And when the mash waste is immediately upcycled with our exclusive partnership with www.netzro.us, the resulting grain as a renewed food source with all the high nutrition of Kernza®, with all the carbs/sugar removed, to create a high protein super-grain, with wide uses as a single ingredient health food.
Arcola Farms brings Kernza to you, directly from local growers near you. Educated, impact-minded farmers are connected with you to create a high value, local story for your premium spirits.
And yes, the same is true in brewing! Kernza is only used at a 15% blend for beer, but the smoothness, the grain qualities, and the environmental impact story is the same. Our favorite local story comes from owner and brew Karl Eicher at Haggaard Barrel Brewing. In our R&D brewing project with Karl, he created the now highly regarded Glonky Fruited Sours. During the brewing process, he called us to share the discovery..."It must be the high protein, it tastes like a freakin' smoothie". The Smoothie-Style line of fruited sours was born. Version one has 50 pounds of mango and strawberry in the (32 gallon) barrels. Version two (just released May 2024) is on tap at Tilia in Minneapolis and in Mpls stores. Made with Sour Sop, papaya, and guava, it's just in time for summer.
National brands, and breweries far and wide are using Kernza® as a primary ingredient.
Get your farm-direct Kernza® from the growers network of Arcola Farms. Contact us for details.
The Story of the Leopold Bros 3 Chamber Still, and what low starch means for whiskey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NL2vimfbog
The Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, and the Crampton and Tolllman Papers
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