Leelanau Brewing Company

Client Brewer in Lake Leelanau, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2005

Contact
473 N Manitou Trail, Lake Leelanau, MI, 49653, United States
Description
Each and every beer is hand-made in small batches, using age old techniques of open fermentation, barrel aging and bottle conditioning.

We do not pitch any wild yeasts into our alchemy. Our magic is performed the old fashioned way.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Bierkompass

Pours light orange with a small white head. Aroma has notes of fruits, earthy notes, pumpkin, peach, spices and malts. Taste is quite fruity with earthy notes and malts. Finish is slightly sour and bitter with notes of fruits. Okay, quite well balanced ale.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2011 at 12:44

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22oz bottle split with the DC crew courtesy of Ryan. Hazy orange-brown. Funky sour nuances. Oily beige head. Medium bodied, quite refreshing. Tart, lemony barnyard funk. Mellow and smooth. Perfect session sour. Sour Blonde? Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2011 at 19:07

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Slightly hazy golden coloured body with a very thin whtie head and almost no movement at all. Light of citrus, honey, sour grapes, sour cherries, oak, viognier, apricots and a little touch of coriander seed. Light to Medium-bodied; Sharp oaky and pungent malt flavour with a lot of citrus, lemons, light spices and a touch of the honey and honeysuckle. Aftertaste is quite complex with a touch of barnyard notes, yeast and some floral notes. Overall, a good and complex beer, but lacking in strong flavours, carbonation and some other notes - but a good beer, just not amazing and not necessarily a biere de garde. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased at Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan two days earlier on 28-April-2011 for US$16.99! sampled at a friends house in Northville, Michigan on 30-April-2011.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2011 at 18:48

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Half Time. Pours hazy copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is lightly sour and oaky. Med body.Falvor is lightly malty, fruity, slightly sour and oaky. Quite mellow for oak aged. Finishes dry, sour and bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2011 at 15:47

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, wheaty, yeasty, citrus and spicy - coriander. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Bone dry finish. Reminds me of a saison. 030710
Tried on 07 Mar 2011 at 11:47

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Bright golden color, small white head that settles to an edge. Aroma of citrus, malt, wood. Lots of oak in the flavor makes this one stand out from most pale ales. Dry, bitter finish. Nice.
Tried on 27 Nov 2010 at 13:26

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On tap at MBGSF 2010. Pale gold color. Tangy, fruity, citrus aroma with a bit of dust and funk. Medium sourness, citrus, and a cracker-like, biscuity malt. A touch of honey. Well done, well-balanced and very tasty.
Tried from Draft on 31 Jul 2010 at 16:30

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bottle at RBESG 2010 ... light fruit hop ... zezty fruit hop ...little sharp .. load of lemon
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2010 at 10:43

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bottle at RBESG 2010 ... sweet apple hop nose ... bright hop ... bitter and light ... apple in linger ...
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2010 at 10:23

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Bottle shared by joshuahfl. Pours hazy ellow with a transient white head. Slightly fruit appleish aroma. Near medium body with spritely carbonation. Just a little bit funk. A little appleskin. Tart, but not strongly so. Shows JP influence. Quite nice. Definitely not a standard wit.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2010 at 20:13