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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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 Mette (224), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Jan 4, 2009  
Uklar gul farve med et lille hvidt skum. Duft af citrus, mærkelige frugter og gær. Smager af sæbe og citrus og er ikke særlig humlet. Kort syrlig eftersmag og godt med bobler. Efter disse 3 øl er der dømt sure opstød i stor stil.


 ironchefscott (341), portland, Oregon, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 29, 2008  
I really enjoyed this beer....a bit of sour that I really think balances the sweetness quite well......I could drink the hell out of this...


 Lagunitasfan (432), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 29, 2008  
Light hazy yellow color. Sharper on the nose than others. Tart. I kept coming back to this one at AlohaCs tasting. Thanks to WeeHeavy(I think).


 wetherel (1565), Encinitas, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 29, 2008  
Tried at alohaCs 2008 end of the year tasting. Cloudy light yellow. Interesting orange peel citrusy aroma. Easy to drink. Very nice.


 JB175 (1654), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 22, 2008  
Golden color with a gentle aroma of light citrus and sourness with some stone fruits and spices poking through. Flavor is mildly sour yet full bodied with some spices, oak, and cider. Nice!


 Fin (3382), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 12, 2008  
Bottle at the Gingerman, New York, 21-11-08 that Beastiefan purchased and shared with us, cheers mate. I wrote up my description in the lovely little notebook that Garthicus kindly gave me, it also had a lovely little torch pen that whilst tempermental for some worked fine for me now I will never had a problem finding my way home on a dark winters night all thanks to Garthicus and his pen torch, cheers mate. Pours hazy lemon in colour with an off white head. Really good wet wooly aroma, good solid crunch to this beer, big juicy Bramley apples, nice bite really tangy blooming marvellous, can Jolly Pumpkin do anything wrong A7 A4 F7 P4 OV17


 travita (1861), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Smell is fruit, light wine like, oak, spices, and yeasty. Cloudy light golen in color with a light white foamy head. Taste is fruity, some spices, some oak, and yeast.


 garthicus (1216), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Nov 30, 2008  
750ml bottle, shared this with me by Beastiefan2000 Appearance: Yellow & hazy with a large head. Aroma, Sour and juicy,apples and pears, absolutely mouth watering. Flavour - Wow, Sour, juicy, fruity, lip-smacking. Quite tart, a wonderful brew.



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