The Star Route Smashing Pumpkin Ale is a combination of fall, cool weather, harvest season, and pumpkins. A 5.1% slice of Pumpkin Pie flavored beer is full of nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger just in time for Thanksgiving.
Ingredients: Pumpkin and Pumpkin Pie Spices.
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Death Wishes is an annual beer release that highlights a winter spiced ale. This ale combines allspice, nutmeg, Madagascar vanilla beans, bourbon Madagascar vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks and a few other secret ingredients. This year's release will have a variant that uses a winter adjunct.
5.8% ABV | 14 IBU
October once again brings the Platzen Altbier to Star Route. This copper colored, cold-conditioned top fermented beer, similar to a California Common, but originating in Germany, uses Northern Brewer and German Tradition hops, which provide the floral and fruity flavors.
5.1% ABV | 35 IBU
Ingredients: German Pilsner, Munich Malts, Northern Brewer and German Tradition Hops
Winter seasonal ale has cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla beans and Ginger root for those wonderful smells and flavor of the winter season. Medium body and sweet malty flavor is perfect for cold days next to the fire
6.7% ABV | 27 IBU
Ingredients: Maris Otter Pale Malt, Vienna Malt, Crystal Malt 150l, Cara-Pils Malt, Oats, Chocolate Malt
