Good Beer Company Sophisticated Lady
Good Beer Company Sophisticated Lady is a farmhouse ale in evening dress — a 7% ABV mixed-culture saison aged in California Pinot barrels and dry-hopped with Amarillo and Centennial hops. The Pinot barrels lend vinous notes of white grape and cherry skins; the American hop dry-hop adds lemon zest and lime pith over a grainy foundation. The palate is bone-dry and effervescent. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 7%
- Size: 750mL
- Style: Mixed-culture saison / farmhouse ale, Pinot-barrel-aged and dry-hopped
- Barrels: California Pinot barrels — white grape and cherry-skin character
- Dry hop: Amarillo + Centennial
- Origin: The Good Beer Company, Santa Ana, California (now closed — bottles are legacy stock)
Barrel Sophistication, Farmhouse Soul
Most dry-hopped saisons lean Belgian; Sophisticated Lady leans New World. The Pinot-barrel aging gives it a wine drinker's vocabulary — white grape, cherry skins — while Amarillo and Centennial pull it back toward the hop garden with lemon zest and lime pith. It is the most polished expression of Good Beer Co.'s Santa Ana mixed-culture program, and with the brewery closed, a finite one. Find more barrel-aged wild beers or the remaining Good Beer Company bottles at Del Mesa Liquor.
Tasting Notes
Nose: White grape, lemon zest, light funk. Palate: Vinous Pinot character with citrusy hop lift over grainy malt. Finish: Bone-dry, effervescent.
How to Enjoy
Chill and pour into a wine glass — this one drinks like a natural white — with oysters, sushi or a goat-cheese salad. The barrel wants to be treated like wine.
Frequently Asked Questions
What barrels are used? California Pinot barrels, which give the beer its vinous white-grape and cherry-skin notes.
What hops? Amarillo and Centennial, dry-hopped.
Is the brewery still open? No — The Good Beer Company (Santa Ana) has closed; remaining bottles are legacy stock.
Evening dress, farmhouse soul — order Good Beer Company Sophisticated Lady online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.