Low Lander
Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
6.95
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Every now and then we get the urge to plunder the riches of traditional Scottish beer-making in search of liquid gold. Obviously this traditional Scottish export ale is more copper than gold but you get the idea.
Lowlander is a tribute to this hallowed beer style and unsurprisingly, it’s the malts that take centre stage with layers and layers of complexity... toasty, sticky dried fruit and luscious caramel are all intertwined with just a gentle hop resin coming through in the background.
Lowlander is a tribute to this hallowed beer style and unsurprisingly, it’s the malts that take centre stage with layers and layers of complexity... toasty, sticky dried fruit and luscious caramel are all intertwined with just a gentle hop resin coming through in the background.
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7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2026
at 14:04
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
26/8/2026. Cask at the 47th Peterborough Beer Festival. Heavily malted, biscuit, clammy.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2026
at 17:41
6/10
Sample from Graham (Grumbo). We were sat together at the Peterborough Beer Festival on 26th August 2026.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2026
at 17:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
on 25 Jul 2026
at 22:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Cloisters, Edinburgh. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark bread. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. Soft. 250726
Tried
from Cask
at
Cloisters
on 25 Jul 2026
at 22:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On cask at Crown Inn at Biggar - deep old copper body, thick white head. Malty forward character, strong caramel, treacle and molasses, warming pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2026
at 11:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark, dark copper with a creamy, white head. Big toffee aroma, earthy, full of berry undertones, predominantly cherry. Taste is mildly bitter the whole way through, with slightly chalky, mineral-like overtones covering a rich, sweet malty body. Medium bodied, slightly oily, dry. Great character for the current 4.4%
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2026
at 18:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Beer Shop Folkestone. Near black beer lasting tan head. Some maltiness. Some light chocolate flavour. Decent condition. Not much hop. Light fruitiness which is plum and damson. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2026
at 13:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Tempest webshoppe. It pours clear deep mahogany brown with a decent fluffy yellowy - white head. The aroma is toasty, brown bread, malt loaf, bitter - sweet character, dried fruits, fruit cake, splash of cola and caramel. The taste is bitter - sweet, toasty, brown bread, malt loaf, touch of coffee/cacao, dried fruits, raisin, fruit cake, cola, Dr Pepper, ryvita and a touch of spice with a dry, toasty brown bread finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Flavourful and rounded. Nice take on a trad style.
Tried
from Can
at
Tempest Brewing Co
on 29 Jan 2026
at 17:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can. Opalescent, chestnut colour with ruby shimmer and average, thick, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, off-white head. Mellow, minimally nutty, malty and yeasty fruity aroma, notes of red and blue berries, a touch of plum butter, whiffs of cherry. Taste is minimally toasty and nutty malty, minimally floral and fruity hoppy, hints of hazelnut, chestnut, a touch of red and blue berries, plum butter, subtle residual sweetness; slightly dry, minimally floral finish.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, soft, dense, creamy carbonation.
Sweet-ish and fruity in the nose, rather dry and floral taste, quite punchy for its low abv - not bad.
Oily-watery texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously slightly dry palate, fine, soft, dense, creamy carbonation.
Sweet-ish and fruity in the nose, rather dry and floral taste, quite punchy for its low abv - not bad.
Tried
from Can
from
Craft Bier Bude (REWE von Wantoch)
on 24 Aug 2025
at 14:39