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Left Hand Snow Bound Winter Ale

 (RETIRED)
Left Hand Snow Bound Winter Ale - Spice/Herb/Vegetable

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76
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Formerly brewed at Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable

Longmont, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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3353.32/5.03.31/5.0Winter8.6%82.9Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Fight cabin fever! Made with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, hops, yeast, honey, orange zest, and other spices.

Editor’s Note: beginning in 2006, Snow Bound became the name for Left Hand’s strong winter seasonal beer made with honey and spices. It was previously known as XXXmas Ale. Below is the original XXXmas Ale description for reference.

XXXmas Ale is a spiced strong ale, using all natural ingredients to give it its festive nature. We brew this beer from a relatively high initial gravity to give it strength and body. This is (in our opinion) appropriate to a winter beer, and it helps to balance the numerous spices added. Honey is also added to increase fermentable sugars and give additional sweetness. Northern Brewer and Saaz hops are used sparingly, to allow the spices to evidence themselves. We add ground nutmeg, whole cloves, crushed cinnamon, orange zest and chopped ginger to spice the beer. Carbonation is kept low to accentuate the flavor of the beer and spices. It’s like a liquid cake. Brew water is relatively soft.
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 thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 25, 2007  
Redish brown with a medium white head. Spicy and hoppy tones. Malt sweetness ond lots of seasonal spices. Medium to full body with a dry aftertaste.


 kenb (1100), Oregon, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 16, 2007  
22 oz bottle via shp555 (thanks!). Pours a semi hazy dark reddish brown with an average beige head. Nose is cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon. And that is how it tastes with some added candy, orange peel and some subtle earthy hops. Body is medium, carbonation medium.I don’t normally care for spicy beers, but this one is actually one of the better ones as the spices blend well and are not overpowing.Nice work!


 Marsiblursi (1631), Göteborg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 11, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours dark brown with red hints. Very spicy aroma with tones of clove, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger(bread). Fruity with notes of oranges, bananas, cherries and some other more subtle fruits. The malt brings light notes of caramel and chocolate. Very spicy flavour as well with clove and ginger up front but also some hints of nutmeg and cinnamon. Some notes celery of both in the aroma and in the flavour. Creamy and round but maybe a tiny bit raw mouthfeel. Spices linger in the aftertaste. Medium full body.


 Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 20, 2007  
Mahogany red with a nice head. The aroma has notes of spice, fruit, Christmas cookies (brunkage) and the flavour has sweetness, notes of caramel, spices like clove and cinnamon - well a lot of spice used in the Danish "brunkage" and orange citrus fruits. Interesting and nice mix. 2394


 larsniclas (3383), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 10, 2007  
Bottled. Deep brown. Small, beige head. Fruity and spicy in both aroma and flavour; clove, vanilla and physalis-fruit.


 rlgk (3377), Vårgårda, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 9, 2007  
Bottle at Delirium Cafe, GöteborgAmber color, offwhite head. Clove aroma, malty and vanilla notes, creamy and fruity. Clove flavor, malty but also hoppy, quite pleasant with some spices, cinnamon for example. Malty finish with some hops.


 ekstedt (2411), Göteborg, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20
Jul 7, 2007    Updated: Nov 29, 2008
Bottle at Delirium Café, Göteborg, Sweden. Hazy dark reddish brown, medium off-white head. Chocolate malt aroma with sticky spicy notes of ginger and cinnamon. Medium bodied, ok mouthfeel. Ok balance, quite dry with low bitterness.


 Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/512/20
Jul 7, 2007  
Bottle at Dellirium Café Göteborg: Hazy deep red colour, nice creamy head. Aroma of citrus, spicy nose, and a hopyness, who is well hidden. Flavor is surprisingly smouth, but have all the idgrediens who was in the aroma.Thin to medioum body, light to medium finish.



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