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Leelanau Good Harbor Golden

Leelanau Good Harbor Golden

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A Bière de Garde brewed by
Leelanau Brewing Company

Lake Leelanau, Michigan USA

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623.78/5.03.75/5.07.5%95.8 Snifter P  Stats

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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 RblWthACoz (959), Brooklyn, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Feb 12, 2008  
Pours a foggy straw with a thin off white head. Nose is a good level of funky that carries an almost lambic kind of nose at first. Slight fruit tone. Dies off to a more earthy and subdued woody character. Flavor brings a severe complexity. The first thing I think is cheese (most specifically brie). Why bother picking up half a pound at the Bedford cheese shop when you can get it here. Actually. It just makes me want to take a bite out of some hunk of cheesy goodness. Great thinner mild fruit tones. Body is very nice. Smooth carbonation on a consistent liquid body. Extremely drinkable. I don’t usually like this style, but this is good. Definitely unique. The most memorable beer I have had in quite some time.


jrt (61), USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/517/20
Feb 9, 2008    Updated: Mar 1, 2008
This is a beautiful beer. Very active bright white head and the beer radiated a lemony glow. Tasted a little tart/lemony, too, but also delicious cereal maltiness and a touch of funk. Has some sweetnes, too, then finishes dry and oaky. The golden grain maltiness lingered, too. This is what I hoped Ommegeddon would taste like.


 KAggie97 (1855), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Bottle from Maxbauer’s After Hours.
Pours a foggy yellow, like a lighthouse giving hope to seafarers from afar. Aroma is a blend of zesty lemon peel and lemon candy, with a touch of champagne (or is it sparkling wine). Flavor is a mouth-puckering blend of lemon, coriander, lemon, and lemon. Lively mouthfeel from a brew that simply won’t die on the tongue. A fantastic biere de garde; almost good enough to take my mind off my dog’s passing.

But there ain’t a beer in the world that can make me forget my Buster boy.


 Suttree (2267), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 28, 2008  
Golden colored, as one might expect. Smells lemony, citrusy and spicy, with herbal and winey notes. Flavor is really nice - citrus and tart, an underlying note of white wine, and a lot of subtle spices mixed in. Very tasty and refreshing.


 rudolf (1543), Buffalo, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/517/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Bottle, shared at Cole’s. Gold, light chill haze. Thin white head. Nose is sweet tarts, lemon, honey, lavender, peach, brett. Flavor is light brett, lemon, a bit tart with wood, bretty cherry. Tartness grows as it warms. Finish is sweet tarts & brett, floral. Wonderful.




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