Taiwan Winter Melon Ale(小滿冬瓜茶啤酒)

▶ 2017 Asia Beer Award, Singapore (ABA) Bronze
▶Xiaoman (means “Grain Full”) marks the beginning of the growing season of crops. While watching their crops grow, farmers send their prayers to God for a rich harvest.

▶In our experimental “Grain Full” beer, we use the local Taiwanese ingredient “winter melon sugar” to replace the Belgian candi sugar used in most traditional Belgian beer. The unique caramel, toffee, bubble gum, ripen fruit and floral flavors of winter melon sugar match perfectly with the mild spicy and peppery notes of Belgian Pale Ale. This beer not only quenches thirst, but also brings back many people’s childhood memory (remember the smell of the candy shop you always went with your parents or grandparents?)

▶「小滿」在「立夏」之後，天氣逐漸加溫，梅雨持續不斷。「小滿者，物至於此小得盈滿。」指得是夏熟作物逐漸長大趨於飽滿，對於農家來說，「小滿」代表著對於未來莊稼豐收的殷殷期盼。

▶「小滿」冬瓜茶啤酒是以比利時淺色愛爾啤酒 Belgian Pale Ale 為底，將比利時啤酒中慣用的甜菜糖以台灣特有的冬瓜茶糖來替代。冬瓜茶是台灣特有的飲品，出現在這塊土地上已超過百年。先民將冬瓜加入糖熬煮出特有的冬瓜茶芳香，鎮熱消暑。你我兒時記憶中的夏日冬瓜茶，如今是經歷洗鍊的成年小滿，苦樂中帶甘甜。 Show Less