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Leelanau Good Harbor Golden

Leelanau Good Harbor Golden - Bière de Garde

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
Style: Bière de Garde

Dexter, Michigan USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1393.74/5.03.7/5.07.5%98.1Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Bottles contract brewed at Jolly Pumpkin. The traditional bière de garde was a hearty solid beer that was fit for storing to use as compensation to farmhands instead of gold. After a long day in the Leelanau sun we would rather get paid in this beer than gold. Good Harbor Golden celebrates its magnificent appeal as a stoic, solid, quiet-type ale. Because the beer spends so long in the oak it won’t be ready for the public until sometime in May.
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 Rciesla (3510), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/511/20
Jun 2, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a golden body with a light white lacing. Aroma is ginger oakiness with a moderate pear aroma. Flavor is spicy with a moderate amount of sweet malt. decent.


 Hudspart (371), Hudsonville, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 29, 2008  
750ml bottle: I really liked this beer. Pours yellow with a thick head. Sour aroma and flavor. Very good.


 pepsican (884), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 25, 2008  
cloudy yellow pour with a thin white head. Strong oak and yeast aroma. Flavor was more of the same, a bit of vinager and some tannins. Finishes acidic, well done.


 polomagnifico (532), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
May 11, 2008  
Hazy pale yellow hue with a white head. Fruity with a sour skunky off flavor. Fizzy palate and light in body. Sour and fruity with yeasty funk. Ick,


 GeneralGao (3051), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
May 6, 2008  
750ml bottle courtesy of heemer. Thanks Eric. Poured a cloudy light yellow color. The head was fizzy, white, and didn’t leave much lace behind. Smelled of white wine, oak, yeasty bread dough, and subdued vinegar. Very effervescent and fairly acidic on the tongue. Vinous and oaky flavors with a good splash of warm alcohol. I liked this one.


 heemer77 (4294), Savannah, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 6, 2008  
Bottle. The body was bright hazy gold with a white head. The aroma was sour lemons with some funky blue cheese. The taste was sour and dry wood. There was also some tart apples. Crisp and refreshing. A more sour version of the style and well made.


 hopdog (5535), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
May 2, 2008  
750ml bottle acquired in trade with Styles (thanks!). Poured a medium and hszy yellow color with a small sized white head. Aromas of citrus (lemons), vanilla, cherries, apples, and sood. Tastes of citrus, cherries, green apples, wood, vanilla, and a little funky.


 egajdzis (3602), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
May 2, 2008  
Poured a hazy golden color with a medium sized white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of brett, oak, vanilla, wild yeast, citrus, and apple. Taste of citrus, green apple, oak, vanilla, and a lightly sour finish.



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