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Leelanau Good Harbor Golden

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1393.74/5.03.7/5.07.5%98.1Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
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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 Ungstrup (15111), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
May 3, 2009  
Bottled. A hazy light golden beer with a bit of sediment floating around under a thin white head. The aroma is acidic with notes of citrus and brettanomyces. The flavor is acidic with notes of citrus and brettanomyces as well as light notes of wheat, leading to a lightly tart finish.


 Papsoe (14904), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
May 12, 2009  
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Hazy yellow with a creamy white head leaving laces. Lightly tart Brett aroma. Light body, pale malts, tart fruitiness, a whiff of green apples and an astringent and lactic dry finish. Nice one. 010509


 yespr (12020), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 2, 2009  
From bottle, Papsoes blindtasting #2, courtesy of Jeppe. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Mild fruity and light acetone like aroma, vague wheaty note. Citric and dry sourish flavured. Vague residual wheaty sweetness and light yeasty touch. Dry and citric brett-ish flavoured finish. Fresh and vague acetone like lasting impression.


 fonefan (11101), VestJylland, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 9, 2009  
Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #2. ]
Unclear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy citrus tart, fruity, acidic apricot - green apples. Flavor is moderate sweet to heavy and moderate acidic with a long duration, and a dry dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090501]


 joergen (8523), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 4, 2009    Updated: May 2, 2009
Bottle #2 at Papsø’s blindtasting. Hazy yellow cloured with black floaties and a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of brett with an acidic touch and notes of citrus. Fruity flavour of brett and citrus with notes of barnyard and an acidic touch. Tart finish.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2009  

Name: Good Harbor Goldent
Date: April 25, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, DLD
Appearance: cloudy yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, light malt sweetness, lots of spicy hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of oak and spicy hops, light bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 23, 2008  
Straw coloured and cloudy. Nose of pediococcus, wood and a little brett. Taste is pedio, wood, brett, too. Hint of tartness...fun stuff...not too different from other soury funky American experiments but I like it.


 KimJohansen (6921), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 2, 2009  
Clear golden with a medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with yeasty and brett notes. Sour flavour with lacto, sour lemons and grapefruit notes. Flavour was sour with lacto, brett, lemons, grapefruit and woody notes. Finished sour.



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