{"id":11760,"date":"2022-12-31T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=11760"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:55:54","slug":"linked-revisiting-2011-funky-buddha-passionfruit-berliner-was-a-harrowing-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2022\/12\/31\/linked-revisiting-2011-funky-buddha-passionfruit-berliner-was-a-harrowing-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Revisiting 2011 Funky Buddha Passionfruit Berliner Was a Harrowing Experience&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:921,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/dontdrinkbeer.com\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/30\\\/revisiting-2011-funky-buddha-passionfruit-berliner-was-a-harrowing-experience&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230608042532\\\/https:\\\/\\\/dontdrinkbeer.com\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/30\\\/revisiting-2011-funky-buddha-passionfruit-berliner-was-a-harrowing-experience\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 17:38:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-26 04:19:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 16:49:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 07:00:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 23:40:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 16:02:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 03:32:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 23:12:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:922,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/7403747948&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190111060141\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/7403747948\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 17:38:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-26 04:19:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 16:49:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 07:00:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 23:40:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 16:02:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 03:32:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 23:12:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:923,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/7403748956&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190112002256\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/7403748956\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 17:38:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-26 04:19:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 16:49:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 07:00:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 23:40:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 16:02:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 03:32:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 23:12:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 16:41:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dontdrinkbeer.com\/2022\/12\/30\/revisiting-2011-funky-buddha-passionfruit-berliner-was-a-harrowing-experience\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via DDB<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This was one of like 50 bottles so at least we know this is a contained incident most people won\u2019t endure. I paid $100 for this vial of pool chemicals to step on my cubes. The swallow is Southwest customer service and no vouchers are provided. You can feel the sides of your tongue contract and your tastebuds become ridged and embossed as it sucks the saliva out of every opening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve never had pure citric acid but this has to be approaching that meyer lemon event horizon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We live in a privileged beer landscape now where even better beers can be overlooked. It\u2019s important to reflect upon these lactic sleep paralysis demons from the past, to move beyond the florida snake oil, to seek absolution in drinkability.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m pretty blown away that Alex was able to find one of these over a decade later. It was pretty good when nearly fresh but a 10 year old Berliner, ugh.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a photo I took in 2012 with my Olympus E-PL2 mirrorless. Looks like DDB\u2019s photo skills are almost caught up (JK)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Berliner Raspberry - The Funky Buddha&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/7403747948\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Berliner Raspberry - The Funky Buddha\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Berliner Raspberry  The Funky Buddha\"  width=\"768\"  height=\"1024\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5311\/7403747948_894c09f4f3_b.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Berliner Raspberry - The Funky Buddha&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/7403748956\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Berliner Raspberry - The Funky Buddha\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Berliner Raspberry  The Funky Buddha\"  width=\"630\"  height=\"1024\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8025\/7403748956_42c5e3322e_b.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via DDB: This was one of like 50 bottles so at least we know this is a contained&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-12-31T16:56:12Z","apple_news_api_id":"4bb48481-2c58-4f6d-a2af-b85b9b94a19a","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-12-31T16:56:12Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AS7SEgSxYT22ir7hbm5Shmg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[192,7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer","7":"category-linked","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-33G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5305,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/linked-my-2015-in-beer-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":11760,"position":0},"title":"Linked: My 2015 in Beer Summary","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Over at my Beer Blog, I\u2019ve written a 2500 word summary of my 2015 in Beer and thoughts for 2016. 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