Leelanau Good Harbor Golden

Leelanau Brewing Company
Brewed at Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bière de Garde
Lake Leelanau, Michigan USA

Serve in Stem glass, Tulip

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Bottle. Hazy gold pour with a small ring of white foam. Grainy lemony aroma, pretty typical american sour farmhouse ale, tart flavor, citric acidity light bodied and refreshing. Palate is dry, with lively carbonation.

Bottle 750ml. Pours blond/golden with low white head. Some lacing. Aroma is of fruits, sourness. Taste is pretty much the same. Palate: Ligth body. Overall: Very fruity, somewhat ligth body. A good beer.

Bottle (750 ml). Shared by Julien, Pier-Luc & Benoit, thanks! Pours cloudy straw color with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is fruity (peach, lemon, apricot, pear) with wood/oak, tart and funky notes. Taste is slightly sweet and moderately sour with, again, lots of fruits (peach, lemon), wood, funky notes and an underlying malt presence. Light to medium body. Moderate carbonation. Very good refreshing Sour (Bière de Garde?), but there’s something missing to make it a great beer.

Bottle from Pier-luc and Julien, Thanks! Pours a cloudy blond, small white head, little lacing. Aroma is fruity, peaches,lemony, oak. Taste is fruity, peaches, lemon, a bit herbal, funk, tart, oak. Low body and medium carbonation. Pretty good stuff.

750mL shared at Meridian Pint during CBC celebrating my 5500th rating. Pours a glowing, low haze peach color with minimal acid cut foam. Nose is brilliant peach/nectarine, juicy, fresh, like smelling fresh fuzzy peach juice after a bite. Taste is bright starfruit, peach/nectarine, and I’m told crabapple. Palate is perfectly lactic sour. Bright, fresh, brilliant nectar fruit flavor all around. Incredible.

From the bottle at Meridian Pint. Pours a slightly-hazy light peach color. Nose is light funk, wheat, and heavy stone fruit. Reminiscent of fruity batches of Fantôme Saison. Fruity and tart with a bit of body. Really exceptional and super smooth for 7.5%. An amazing beer that I was absolutely stunned by.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/29/2011. Fast gusher upon opening as expected, but didn’t lose any. Pours very cloudy golden straw color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy bright white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with plenty of carbonation streaming off the sediment. Aromas of huge tart lemon, peach, sour apple, pear, apricot, pineapple, pepper, clove, oak, hay, straw, funk, and earthy spiciness. Incredible aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity, spicy, and funk notes. Taste of big peach, tart lemon, sour apple, pineapple, pear, apricot, clove, pepper, hay, straw, oak, funk, light leather, and earthy spiciness. Moderate tart acidity on the finish; with lingering notes of tart lemon, peach, pear, sour apple, pineapple, apricot, clove, pepper, hay, straw, oak, light leather, and earthy spiciness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity and balance of tart fruity, spicy, and funk flavors; with nearly zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a crisp, acidic, and lightly prickly mouthfeel that is very nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an absolutely incredible barrel aged wild golden ale. Huge complexity and balance of tart fruity, spicy, and funk notes; and very smooth to sip on. A highly fantastic offering. As the carbonation died out because of the gusher, it became slightly harder to drink; but with full carbonation this was absolutely insane.

great beer. tons of sea-foam cream head. rocky head and sticky lacing. nose is full of tart green apple, oak, and slight earthy essence. taste follows nose with a fair amount of directness. good carbonation, medium mouthfeel with slight oily residue and dry, oaky finish.

Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, citrus, yeasty and brett. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate finish. 300912

Bottle, 7.5%. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, grapefruit and brett. Flavour is malt, brett, fruit, little dry, little sweet, oak, little sour, little grapefruit and medium bitter.