{"id":2128,"date":"2014-02-27T16:16:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2014-02-27T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:16:32","slug":"linked-some-stuff-ive-been-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/02\/27\/linked-some-stuff-ive-been-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Linked: Some stuff I&#8217;ve been reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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I think they\u2019re worth sharing with you all. Thanks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beergraphs.com\/bb\/344-high-functioning-craft-beer-and-alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High Functioning: Craft Beer and Alcohol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americancraftbeer.com\/item\/beer-ratings-and-best-beer-lists-are-total-bullshit-a-chicago-guy-s-rant.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beer Ratings and Best Beer Lists Are Total Bullshit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/article\/meet-mr-whiskey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Pickerell, former master distiller at Maker&#8217;s Mark, shares his thoughts on Pappy and if there&#8217;s a right way to drink whiskey.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dontdrinkbeer.com\/2014\/02\/07\/guize-huffington-post-decided-that-the-midwest-has-some-of-the-might-be-best-beers-perhaps-tried\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GUIZE: Huffington Post Decided that THE MIDWEST HAS SOME OF THE MIGHT BE BEST BEERS PERHAPS TRIED<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beergraphs.com\/bb\/322-against-hoarding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Against Hoarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/currency\/2014\/01\/the-bourbon-myth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Beam and the Myth of Bourbon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/webfeature\/show\/id\/49053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is Snobbery Dead?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of these I bookmark via Instapaper to use in blog posts but then I got busy and&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":"2016-05-17T19:12:12Z","apple_news_api_id":"ef98e8e2-76b9-44c9-9ad9-00cd4fce03ba","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-05-17T19:12:12Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A75jo4na5RMma2QDNT84Dug","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":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-beer-news","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-yk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3767,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/site-news-a-look-at-my-traffic-statistics\/","url_meta":{"origin":2128,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Site News: A look at my traffic statistics","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Every once in a while which is usually once a year, I post my stats. 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