Lowlander Winter Ale

20180422:
Note - Received @ 2:50 PM PT: (for Amsterdam, Netherlands +9 hours)

This beer has a great smell. Ada says it smells like BBQ sauce. I suppose it does. Hmm, I get a warm finish with every sip. It definitely has a cinnamon finish. There's also a lingering taste of nutmeg. I might be detecting the clove, since I was reminded a little of chai tea - though I thought the dominant flavor in chai tea was cardamom. In any case, this beer has a great taste.

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Lowlander Winter Ale

Relevant Links:
Winter Ale (Lowlander Website)
Lowlander Winter Ale (RateBeer.com)
Winter Ale | Lowlander Beer (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information: (Mixed with Fact Sheet)

LOWLANDER BEER
WINTER ALE
BREWED WITH CINNAMON, GINGER, NUTMEG AND CLOVE
RICHLY SWEET, SMOOTH WITH A HOPPY BITE & WARMING SPECULAAS SPICE FINISH

STORY
The story of Dutch speculaas cookies began in the ‘spice’ islands – once the only source of exotic ingredients like nutmeg. Back in Amsterdam, then the centre of spice trade, bakers created secret mixes using clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger to make luxurious cookies known as speculaas.

Due to the high costs of spices speculaas was often only baked in the winter and given as a gift. The gift giving winter tradition of the Lowlanders has continued to this date, as they start giving their loved ones initials in speculaas, chocolate letters – or now in bottles of spiced Winter Ale.

INSPIRATION
Inspired by the bakers who experimented making spice mixes, we have given warming Winter Ale a botanical twist. Our spiced American brown ale has been dusted with our own secret speculaas mix containing, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and ginger, to name a few (but not all – there’s a reason this recipe tastes so good – the rest is a secret).

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BREWED WITH
Cinnamon
The pale dried cinnamon bark once brewed in our ale creates a sweet and light woody flavour that gives our ale that typical speculaas taste.

Nutmeg
Original brought back to the western world by the Dutch nutmeg adds a festive pungent and complex lingering spice note to our Winter Ale.

Clove
Native to the Moluccan islands – a group of islands in Indonesia also known as the spice islands – these buds give a strong aromatic scent, a slightly sweet taste and produce a pleasant warming sensation.

Ginger
This fiery knobby root – one of the worlds oldest spices – adds a rich, rounded warming sensation to our Winter Ale beer.

KEY FACTS
6% alcohol
15 PLATO
37 EBU
35 EBC

MALT: PALE, KARAMEL, BROWN & MUNICH
BOTANICALS: CINNAMON, NUTMEG , CLOVE, GINGER
HOP: CASCADE, CHINOOK, CENTENNIAL
COLOUR: DEEP BROWN
TASTE: RICHLY SWEET, SMOOTH WITH A HOPPY BITE & WARMING SPECULAAS SPICE FINISH
PAIRING: NUTTY AGED CHEESE, STEWS OR SIMPLY ENJOY WITH A SPECULAAS COOKIE!

Bottle: 330ML, One Way Glass
Case: 24 Bottles, Cardboard Case
Pallet: 60 Boxes, One Way Export Pallet