JW Lees Harvest Ale

Discussion in 'United Kingdom & Ireland' started by rpgoof, Dec 20, 2018.

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  1. rpgoof

    rpgoof Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2018 Michigan

    I've been trying to build as big a vertical as I can of JW Lees Harvest Ale and I've come to realize that 2003-2006 bottles are elusive as ever. I'm in the US as well, which doesn't help much. Does anyone have any information on these vintages?
     
    #1 rpgoof, Dec 20, 2018
  2. DavidK1126

    DavidK1126 Initiate (0) May 7, 2019 New Jersey

    I have some 2005s and just a few 2006s. I purchased them in a liquor store in Mount Holly, NJ a few years ago. I had the impression that both proprietor and regular customers had no idea what they were. I bought the entire stock of all of the vintages on offer. What would you like to know?
     
    #2 DavidK1126, May 16, 2019
  3. rpgoof

    rpgoof Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2018 Michigan

    I'm mostly wondering about availability anywhere in the US. I have noticed that the east cost seems to be the best area in terms of availability, but even then I'm sure its a hunt for 2003-2006. I suppose trades are an option too but I'm not sure this is the appropriate forum for such a transaction
     
    #3 rpgoof, May 18, 2019
  4. f8met

    f8met Aspirant (277) Jun 27, 2014 England

    They are not that common in the UK.
     
    #4 f8met, May 20, 2019
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  5. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    I tend to only see them for sale at the Christmas Markets
     
    #5 EmperorBevis, May 25, 2019
  6. Hu55ersfield

    Hu55ersfield Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2014 England

    If you want J.W. Lees, Harvest Ale, go to their selling partner, bestofbritishbeer.co.uk they have the last few years in stock of Harvest Ale, and they will ship bottles to the United States.
     
    #6 Hu55ersfield, Jun 7, 2019
  7. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    The J W Lees beers are imported into the US by B. United, which maintains a large warehouse of vintage beers.
    http://www.bunitedint.com/information/brands/formats/70/

    Unfortunately, their website's been "under construction" for many years :rolling_eyes:, so their list of distributors/beer finder is (still) not online.
    http://www.bunitedint.com/consumers/
    ...but they do encourage people to contact them and list a Michigan rep at http://www.bunitedint.com/company/contact_us/
     
    #7 jesskidden, Jun 9, 2019
  8. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Just in case you didn’t know - the recipe changes each year.
     
    #8 zid, Jul 23, 2019
  9. Beerbom

    Beerbom Pooh-Bah (1,750) Dec 20, 2014 California
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    Some 2013 Calvados and regular 2015 just dropped in SF at one of my places. They do online sales by the way
     
    #9 Beerbom, Jul 31, 2019
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