{"id":1996,"date":"2014-01-05T11:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T15:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2014-01-05T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T15:58:12","slug":"beer-haul-bcs-vanilla-has-really-fallen-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/01\/05\/beer-haul-bcs-vanilla-has-really-fallen-off\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Beer Haul: BCS Vanilla has really fallen off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9106,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/11777651923&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251105063400\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/11777651923&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/11777651923&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 16:57:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 00:59:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 06:57:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 09:54:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 08:44:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 21:40:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:57:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-12 09:57:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Bourbon County Vanilla 2010 + McDonalds&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/11777651923\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  alt=\"Bourbon County Vanilla 2010 + McDonalds\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7360\/11777651923_0ea83161fe_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last time I had one of these was split 3 ways with Dave Sakolsky and our mutual friend, Wally. traded for it and it was a few Hill Farmstead stouts like 2012 Damon to get it and this was April of 2012 so probably 4 months after I really got into beer. I loved it as this beer was like vanilla ice cream stout but I had a bottle last night split with a friend and it was nowhere close to what it was. Bottled November of 2010, first tasted April of 2012 and now January of 2013 and I\u2019m glad we\u2019re not holding on to this one much longer. Also, if anyone is curious, this is Chris\u2019 bottle he won at the Binny\u2019s Chicago auction on Black Friday The other bottle for the BCS tasting on the 11th (5 days!!) is the one I traded for in August for Three Lawson\u2019s Maple Tripple beers with Retail1O. Glad we\u2019re going to open that sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>PS: This beer pairs really well with McDonald\u2019s Cheddar Onion Burger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last time I had one of these was split 3 ways with Dave Sakolsky and our mutual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":"2018-12-07T17:29:20Z","apple_news_api_id":"521edbd9-b3dd-41c2-a954-ed2e5c7b96c8","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T17:29:24Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUh7b2bPdQcKpVO0uXHuWyA","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":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-haul","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-wc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1814,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/11\/19\/bcs-tasting-2014-palate-cleansers-breaks-to-consider\/","url_meta":{"origin":1996,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 BCS Tasting 2014 &#8211; Palate Cleansers \/ Breaks to Consider?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve never organized a big tasting before. 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