30 Second Beer Review: Aslan Brewing Company Dawn Patrol

Aslan Brewing Company is a certified organic brewery based in Bellingham, Washington — an hour south of the Canadian border, between the Cascades and the San Juan Islands — and Dawn Patrol is their flagship pale ale, the beer that defines what they are and what they stand for. The name is surfer culture’s term for the earliest morning session, up before anyone else, out in the water when the light is still gold and the crowd hasn’t arrived. It’s a fitting identity for a Bellingham brewery that has been quietly doing things right since 2013 — organic ingredients, unfiltered delivery, a farm to glass philosophy that predates the trend by a decade.